2025/26 Melbourne Victory Thread - Arthur Diles Deadman Walking

[netslave]

Jelacic has put in a few good efforts, not been impressed by much else from anyone at this stage,

 

[netslave]

more effort in the wrestling than on the pitch

 

[Zidane98]

Ok that's it.

On Monday I am cancelling my membership until Diles is sacked.

Has never been and never will be an A-League standard manager.

Simply unacceptable that a club like ours is lead by such a manager.

 

[netslave]

fmd

 

[tigs2010]

Unwatchable crap. Feel like im always turning this chit off

 

[giggler99]

What a farrking let down! after a brilliant day watching the cricket the Vuck make my night feel sh!t

 

[Zidane98]

Diles is finished. There is no coming back from this.

 

[Zidane98]

How did we not sign Ibusuki? Reec or Vergos should have been terminated. Ibusuki in. I mean it doesn't take a genius to figure this out and it was so glaringly obvious.

I am pretty sure a Japanese guy would prefer to remain in Melbourne than play in Kolkata.

 

[Tyler Durden007]

 

[Zidane98]

Diles sack watch today.

 

[Foxman98]

Board needs to go with Arty D

Club using teams shitting the bed in finals and us making GFs as band aids to cover our consistently shit on field performances

From hiring Kisnorbo to then long term hiring of Arty just failure after failure

We have been desperate for a striker for years and outside of Brunos insane stretch 2 years ago we have had nothing,

Miranda still in the team and captain is laughable

 

[Zidane98]

Board needs to go with Arty D

Club using teams shitting the bed in finals and us making GFs as band aids to cover our consistently shit on field performances

From hiring Kisnorbo to then long term hiring of Arty just failure after failure

We have been desperate for a striker for years and outside of Brunos insane stretch 2 years ago we have had nothing,

Miranda still in the team and captain is laughable

Arty D was never a long term hire. Given 1.5 seasons only due to lack of experience. Out of contract at the end of the season and clearly the club are not interested in extending. I am going to view him as a long term interim manager once he is gone.

Get someone lined up and terminate him. Has to happen.


Short term solution at CF is play Nishan once he is fit. Long term is terminate Reec, sign one of Cumdog, Mitch Duke etc.

 

[Foxman98]

Arty D was never a long term hire. Given 1.5 seasons only due to lack of experience. Out of contract at the end of the season and clearly the club are not interested in extending. I am going to view him as a long term interim manager once he is gone.

Get someone lined up and terminate him. Has to happen.


Short term solution at CF is play Nishan once he is fit. Long term is terminate Reec, sign one of Cumdog, Mitch Duke etc.

I'd terminate Vergos before Reec

Reec at least presses and tries am yet to see what Nikos adds

 

[Zidane98]

I'd terminate Vergos before Reec

Reec at least presses and tries am yet to see what Nikos adds

One of must go, I don't care which. I'd keep Vergos as backup, he got quite a few goals last season with service.


Reec cannot score, he has like 3 goals in 42 A League games.


Got to sign a striker though ASAP. I still can't figure out why we didn't grab Ibusuki.

 

[netslave]

 

[Zidane98]

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Haha. One will be needed as a backup. We ain't signing two strikers mid season!


I do believe it was right for Bruno to retire as I have heard some say we should have kept him. It was his time.

 

[tigs2010]

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You could cull both strikers and we'd still score no goals lol

 

[Zidane98]

It's got to be Nishan at CF until we sign another striker. What he lacks in physicality and aerial ability is made up for with his pace and runs in behind.

 

[Foxman98]

Would love a shake up this week which wont happen:

GK: Duncan
LB: Davidson
CB: Miranda
CB: Esposito
RB: Rawlins
DM: Valdon
CM: D'Arrigo
CM: Genreau
AM: Mata
ST: Jelacic
ST: Grimaldi

For me Grimaldi and Jelacic can work off each other and are getting into better positions then our "strikers" when they are playing wide and am hoping if we bring them inside more they can work off each other and get into positions to score

Think the extra in midfield will help us out defensively would love to drop Miranda and Davo but Jackson has been worse

Nish will be the other one who can play up top but think he needs to get some run in his legs before starting

 

[Zidane98]

Still no movement on our manager.


Feeling Brisbane will do us 3-0 on Friday night.

 

[peternorth]

Still no movement on our manager.


Feeling Brisbane will do us 3-0 on Friday night.

Slot
Diles

What have we done to desrve thus

 

[Zidane98]

Slot
Diles

What have we done to desrve thus

Nightmare season. Bit different for Slot - extenuating offseason circumstances. Plus he won the title in his first season.


Diles was never the man. Signed because convenient and probably cheap.

 

[peternorth]

Nightmare season. Bit different for Slot - extenuating offseason circumstances. Plus he won the title in his first season.


Diles was never the man. Signed because convenient and probably cheap.

sack themboth

 

[Tyler Durden007]

Next game vs Brisbane? Could be the shittest game of all time.

 

[Foxman98]

Next game vs Brisbane? Could be the shittest game of all time.

They'll either pull it all together and dick on them or fully shit the bed and get dicked on further

I feel like it is the latter