2024/25 Melbourne Victory Thread - Brace Yourself.. The Kisnorbo Era Begins

[Zidane98]

Great composure on the young lad, looks promising one to keep an eye on.

Has he been playing in the VPL team? Very nice work from him.

 

[Quicky]

Reports that Nikos Vergos will sign with Victory from Atromitos Athens. He's a striker. Would be our first visa signing of the off-season.

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[Zidane98]

Reports that Nikos Vergos will sign with Victory from Atromitos Athens. He's a striker. Would be our first visa signing of the off-season.

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Interesting. So our lineup this season could be:


-----------------Langerak-----------------


Atkinson------Geria------Miranda-------Bos


---Piscopo--------Teaguey-------Zizou

--Arzani-------Bruno-----Vergos


Depth

Duncan
Rawlins
Adama
Hamill (also can fill in at CM)
Valadon
Monge
Reec
Nish
Folami


Can Rawlins play at CB? We're looking light at CB. I see Hammill as more of a utility player, much in the same mould as Chappy. Surprised we didn't hang on to Chappy who IMO was a handy squad player. I believe we should be signing a quality Aussie CB instead of Atkinson although it does seem that Atkinson is looking like he is joining.

 

[Zidane98]

Vergos confirmed. Bit of a journeyman. But so was Zizou.

 

[giggler99]

Vergos confirmed. Bit of a journeyman. But so was Zizou.

MV socials with the highlights



A guy at work follows the Greek league says he's pretty good scored heaps of goals, He reckons if he comes here serious rather than thinking its a holiday he'll be one of the leagues top scores.

 

[Zidane98]

MV socials with the highlights



Guy at work follows the Greek league says he's pretty good scored heaps of goals, He reckons if he comes here serious rather than a thinking its a holiday he'll be one of the leagues top scores.

Reckon our front 3 will be either


Arzani / Bruno / Vergos

Or

Arzani / Reec / Vergos.

Bruno cant play every game and may be more effective this season off the bench.

The question is how many South fans will he attract and how much the club could make off Souvlaki revenue.

 

[giggler99]

Reckon our front 3 will be either


Arzani / Bruno / Vergos

Or

Arzani / Reec / Vergos.

Bruno cant play every game and may be more effective this season off the bench.

The question is how many South fans will he attract and how much the club could make off Souvlaki revenue.

Ha! The hardcore South fans will never turn, I will definitely contribute to the Souvlaki revenue
Just checked his wikipage pretty average not that many goals as my mate was telling me. Looks like he had his best seasons playing for Panetolikos between 2020-22. Good thing is he's still only 28 and he's pretty tall so if we can plonk the ball on to his head he'll score enough goals for us.

 

[giggler99]

While I'm on the Victory socials

 

[GreekLunatic]

Nikos Vergos was a start Under 19 players from Greece he left Olympiakos cause Real Madrid B wanted him. He made some strange moves. If he is fit and is coming here to show his best, he will be a good pick up

 

[Quicky]

Victory beat Altona Magic 2-0. Vellupillay and Piscopo with the goals. Both good finishes. Vergos started and played 30. Bos starting over Traore. No Teague or Folami on the bench, are they injured? Arzani and Fornaroli started on the bench.

 

[Zidane98]

This is one of the best matches I've ever attended including EPL matches

 

[Zidane98]

One thing about Docklands that was good was the large supply of GA tickets which lead to larger crowds. It was very ease for the casuals to rock up on Matchday and purchase a GA ticket easily. That's why we were getting 25-30k there regularly for awhile.

Such a crowd isn't possible at AAMI as the only seats left sound be Cat A which just aren't going to be purchased by a casual attendee.

I reckon the club should just sell as many GA tickets on Matchday as possible and bad luck if a GA member can't get in because GA sells out.

 

[tigs2010]

One thing about Docklands that was good was the large supply of GA tickets which lead to larger crowds. It was very ease for the casuals to rock up on Matchday and purchase a GA ticket easily. That's why we were getting 25-30k there regularly for awhile.

Such a crowd isn't possible at AAMI as the only seats left sound be Cat A which just aren't going to be purchased by a casual attendee.

I reckon the club should just sell as many GA tickets on Matchday as possible and bad luck if a GA member can't get in because GA sells out.

Would drop my membership if they did that lol

 

[Zidane98]

Would drop my membership if they did that lol

I think it would be fine, it would encourage members to rock up early. First in, best dressed etc.


Need to capitalise on the casual matchgoer who is looking to rock up and buy a GA ticket. Currently the club reserves the majority of GA tickets for members even if they don't attend. Which means often Cat B/A is all that's available despite many GA seats staying empty. And the average person who's rocking up casually isn't likely to shell out for Cat B/A.

 

[tigs2010]

I think it would be fine, it would encourage members to rock up early. First in, best dressed etc.


Need to capitalise on the casual matchgoer who is looking to rock up and buy a GA ticket. Currently the club reserves the majority of GA tickets for members even if they don't attend. Which means often Cat B/A is all that's available despite many GA seats staying empty. And the average person who's rocking up casually isn't likely to shell out for Cat B/A.

All well and good but I can't get there that early with a 3yo and sit around waiting for the game to start. So I guess it depends what the club prefers, the membership $$ or the the casual goers $$

 

[Zidane98]

All well and good but I can't get there that early with a 3yo and sit around waiting for the game to start. So I guess it depends what the club prefers, the membership $$ or the the casual goers $$

Both. There aren't going to be too many times that a GA member turns up and all GA tickets are sold out.


If I were in charge I'd look at the stats and see on average how many members attend every week. That should be the number of GA tickets reserved for GA members. Then, put GA tickets on sale until they're exhausted. I reckon it'll be rare that a member misses out and for derbies / big ticket fixtures they are usually always reserved seating anyway (have to enter your membership on ticketek to get a ticket).

 

[Munga]

This is one of the best matches I've ever attended including EPL matches

Goosebumps! Hernandez's technique was ridiculous, first touch rockets, curled shots that are off target until it sneaks inside the post ... it's beautiful stuff.

 

[Quicky]

I think we still need to strengthen the squad. CBs and CMs. I'd love ro see us bring back Deng from Japan.

We've released Bonevacia and Bozinovski, with the latter trialling at Adelaide United.

 

[Quicky]

Has anyone else heard the rumour that Teague is out of favour with Kisnorbo? It doesn't make any sense to me.

 

[giggler99]

Has anyone else heard the rumour that Teague is out of favour with Kisnorbo? It doesn't make any sense to me.

What? Where you hear this?

 

[Quicky]

What? Where you hear this?

I read it on another forum from other Victory supporters. It struck me as strange. It struck them as strange too.

 

[Munga]

We need FVS back in air to give us a preseason update!

 

[Zidane98]

Has anyone else heard the rumour that Teague is out of favour with Kisnorbo? It doesn't make any sense to me.

I'm filing that under bullshit. Surely not.

 

[Zidane98]

I read it on another forum from other Victory supporters. It struck me as strange. It struck them as strange too.

Which forum if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Quicky]

I'm filing that under bullshit. Surely not.

I had the same reaction but have heard it from a few different people now. I hope it's just an overreaction to Teague missing the cup match. I'd assumed that was an unannounced injury or management.