Posts Tagged "Ernie Merrick"
Merrick: winless Sydney are finals-bound
By Melissa Woods, 18 Oct 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick has offered a ray of sunshine to Sydney’s bleak A-League season, predicting the winless defending champions will make the finals.
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Melbourne heap more misery on Sydney FC
By Melissa Woods, 17 Oct 2010Sydney coach Vitezslav Lavicka said he would conquer his fear of heights and climb Sydney Harbour Bridge if his side beat Melbourne Victory in their A-League clash on Saturday night.
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Merrick gets it wrong as Heart steals victory
By victoryblog, 10 Oct 2010I woke up this morning feeling miserable. I haven’t felt like this since the Grand Final loss last season. Last night’s result was disappointing on so many levels I’ll probably struggle to get all my thoughts out in this post.
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Newcastle Jets hold Victory at home
By AAP, 26 Sep 2010Newcastle ended a tumultuous week with a scoreless draw with Melbourne Victory in their first A-League home game under new owner Nathan Tinkler.
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Another draw for Victory against the Fury
By AAP, 19 Sep 2010Melbourne Victory capped off a gruelling three games in one week with a scoreless draw against the North Queensland Fury at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday.
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Merrick urges Victory players to step up
By Greg Buckle, 15 Sep 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick has challenged his players to show greater on-field leadership in the absence of A-League enforcer Kevin Muscat.
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Melbourne Victory silence the Roar
By David Manuca, 13 Sep 2010Melbourne Victory has won their first ever A-League game at AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon, thrashing the previously undefeated Brisbane Roar 3-0 in front of 13,792 fans.
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Perth Glory wreck Victory’s home debut
By Guy Hand, 15 Aug 2010Perth Glory played party-crashers with a 2-0 win over Melbourne Victory on Saturday night to wreck the A-League grand finalists’ debut at their new AAMI Park home.
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Victory still want striker despite goals
By Liam FitzGibbon, 9 Aug 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick says signing a new striker remains a top priority despite a brilliant performance from youngster Mate Dugandzic in their A-League draw with Sydney FC.
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Sydney FC, Melbourne in thrilling 3-3 draw
By Liam FitzGibbon, 8 Aug 2010A stunning free kick by substitute Shannon Cole salvaged Sydney FC a point in an amazing 3-3 draw with Melbourne Victory in their season-opening A-League grand final rematch on Saturday night.
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Victory confident in scoring sans Archie
By Adam Cooper, 16 Jul 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick is confident his squad boasts enough scoring power for the A-League side to take its time finding the best replacement for injured striker Archie Thompson.
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Muscat to play on with Victory
By John Salvado, 8 Jun 2010Melbourne’s Victory’s unprecedented stability at the top will stretch into a sixth A-League campaign, with skipper Kevin Muscat agreeing to play on for another season.
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Victory hear sound of Latino drums
By Adam Cooper, 26 May 2010Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick is prepared for the Victory to be out-played and their fans to be out-numbered when hosting Argentinian giant Boca Juniors in a friendly in July.
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Victory look ahead as ACL campaign fizzles out
By AAP, 28 Apr 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick says the club’s final Asian Champions League encounter will effectively double as a start to the club’s 2010/11 A-League pre-season.
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Should Victory reconsider Merrick’s position?
By Davidde Corran, 16 Apr 2010Dismal, outmanoeuvred and outclassed, Melbourne Victory has been a salient image of impotency in this year’s Asian Champions League.
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What a week it was for the A-League’s newest franchise, the Melbourne Heart, with the signing of former Sydney FC pair John Aloisi and Simon Colosimo, revealing their strip and announcing their training and administrative base.
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Renatinho leaves Victory four dead in a classy display
By Tony Tannous, 24 Mar 2010Many will rush to blame the travel and the congested schedule for Melbourne Victory’s 4-0 hiding at the hands of Kawasaki Frontale last night, and it is tempting to join them. But the reality is that even at full power, both physically and mentally, the Victory wouldn’t have got close to the hosts in such [...]
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Merrick frustrated by professional fouls
By John Salvado, 21 Mar 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick was left frustrated that Sydney FC were not penalised more heavily for a string of “blatant professional fouls” in Saturday night’s A-League grand final.
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A-League’s big day to be stifled by ‘cow paddock’
By Ben Somerford, 14 Mar 2010As much as the grand final clash between Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC on Saturday excites me, part of me feels slightly disappointed that the A-League’s biggest match will be held on a ‘cow paddock’.
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Stubborn AFC are hindering the Champions League
By Mike Tuckerman, 11 Mar 2010Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick had every right to criticise Football Federation Australia and the Asian Football Confederation over the AFC Champions League fixture list.
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