Roar Pro About
A Victory member since the beginning ... sometimes disgruntled, often thrilled ... but always there.
- Member Since:
- December 2011
- Based In:
- Melbourne
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Melbourne Victory
- Favourite Sports:
- AFL, Football,
Latest Articles
Why the A-League doesn't need Del Piero
1 Sep 2012Mike Tuckerman made the case yesterday as to “Why the A-League needs Del Piero”. I for one thought his arguments were a little light and somewhat unconvincing. Don’t get me wrong. I am an avid A-League fan and I would be happy for Del Piero to come to Sydney FC. Lord knows, they need all [...]
Why were the goalkeepers voted the best in the A-League?
7 May 2012The 2011-2012 A-League Season is over and we’ve also moved through the period of annual club award nights and the announcement of each club’s ‘Player of the Year’. All clubs, with the exception of Perth, (to be held in June) and GCU (unknown), have announced their season’s best as follows. – Brisbane Roar: Besart Berisha [...]
FFA moves to strengthen coaching, player pathways
5 May 2012It’s the nature of any sporting competition that most of us spend our time only looking at the shop front window. We thrill or groan at the quality of the football on the park. We watch transfixed as Clive Palmer and Nathan Tinkler air dirty laundry in full sight. And the football enthusiasts and football [...]
FFA needs to ask for an advance
2 May 2012We all recognize that the A-League has a cash crisis. The ten clubs collectively lost $25 million last year, with some clubs obviously losing more than others. Whatever the individual club losses, the most common request from all clubs to relieve their financial burden is for the FFA coffers to fund the entire salary cap [...]
The latest argument for video technology in football
28 Apr 2012A lot has been said in the wake of the Berisha penalty which decided the A-League grand final. Commentators have argued for or against the use of video technology in football in Australia. While I’d argue that the Berisha incident is one of those that would never be resolved by use of video, I still [...]
Victory need to lock in or lock out Magilton
4 Feb 2012Jim Magilton may be only three weeks into his short-term appointment as coach of Melbourne Victory, but it’s time for both the Victory and Jim to make a call on his Australian coaching future. The reason I say this is because Melbourne Victory cannot afford to wait until the end of the season to start [...]
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