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It looks like Jim down South, sounds like Jim and according to those in the know it will be
Jim.
And while Australia Coaching stocks are at an all time high the Victory are unable to set a new
course or claim to be an innovative club if they take on honest, but still unproven Jim.
He dropped Broxham and Brebner from the midfield and that for me gives him a huge tick, a huge
insight.
Ahead of the match against Gold Coast United today Melbourne Victory have announced that captain
Adrian Leijer has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with an injury to his hip. A
statement from the Club read: "Over the past three weeks, Adrian began to experience severe
discomfort in the pelvic region, leaving
Melbourne Victory were worse than ever - and yet that's despite changing the coach.
Kevin Muscat has been told to work on the defence!
He'd be better doing a Paul Scholes and get himself back on the pitch.
Adrian Leijer and Roddie Vargas are not just weak, but have been exposed all season and how is
Leijer a leader.
Adrian Leijer recently gave up some time for an interview with Adidas Onside. In the two-part
"Access All Areas" interview Adrian gives us a good insight into what its like to be a professional
footballer in Australia as he talks about his motivations, experiences and challenges. All credit
goes to Adidas Onside on YouTube.
With Victory showing sides of improvement last week, and Harry Kewell turning in another quality
performance tonight's game should be a belter.
Big crowd, great stadium and lots of footballers on the park.
If Victory can seal their defence, the team could gain some serious confidence and climb the
ladder.
Rocky Visconte was the man of this match. Not because he was the best player, but because he played
so much better than he has before. Ange starting him over Issy added new Broich like movement to
the Roar on attack. For the first time in 5 games, Brisbane had a midfield that was always
searching forward, looking to beat the first defender and so drawing the second across and creating
space elsewhere.
Melbourne Victory's first half performance was the best they've ever played this season according
to Coach Mehmet Durakovic.
Blimey!
I know the standard has been poor this season but best they've ever played takes the biscuit.
A flukey penalty gave them a 1-0 lead after 40 seconds and then after the usual huff and bluff died
down at Aami Stadium the Gold Coast started to turn the screw.
It started with Ernie - Mehmet inherited and added to the mess and now look where we are.
The Victory midfield has been a debacle since Fred left. His fast running midfield added much to
Archie Thompson and a younger Danny Allsopp's firepower but how many years ago was that.
And was the style sustainable in Asia - or even the A-League.
Sydney are stronger this season - both in defence crucial to their Championship winning year under
Vitaslev and in attack.
Last year they lacked the mobility, pace and craft to hurt any team and always conceded-
eventually.
This year, anyone who saw their Brisbane performance will know that they were able to dominate the
Roar and should have been in the lead by half-time.
Three Melbourne Victory players in Adrian Leijer, Archie Thompson and Jimmy Jeggo have been named
in a 31-player Australia squad for a training camp in Sydney next week. Socceroos coach Holger
Osiek is staying true to his word on giving A-League based players a chance to impress and will use
the two day camp to
