Absolutely pathetic.
Melbourne Victory - Kurzed.
Absolutely pathetic.
It's a balance, the league is struggling so you don't want Victory to fold and you don't want to destroy active support, but there needs to be a change at Victory so this seems light.
I can think of two other sanctions and they seem more severe than what the Victory has been given for lesser crimes.
The first was us being fined $1 million for not meeting metrics (although Dome intimated that this was BS it was widely reported).
The second was Perth Glory being fined $300 odd k and being unable to finish higher than 7th for breaching the salary cap.
Seeing as Melbourne only has to pay $400k of the $550k "fine" and is having no points deduction, the Perth sanctions were higher than what Melbourne is facing. Which might be fair, it's the fans not the club in this case, except, as I said above, the club has known that this is how their fans have behaved for years and have just risked it.
I expected them to forefeit the game and to get points deductions over financial fines.
Fans can just buy tickets in another stand yea?
Victory should at least have forfeited the game in my opinion
If the active groups won't report people who they know shouldn't be there then the only real way to enforce it is through technology. Having a bunch of security guards with some photos trying to spot dozens of people out of thousands is not going to work.
It's a shame when the PFA engaged with the fan groups that it was only with select few. I was hoping that the PFA, phoenix or fever would have recorded it and put it online for the wider fanbase to hear the conversation
I too would have liked the PFA engagement with fans to have been more open, sure get a number from each group together, but you could have at least streamed the discussion and made it a public forum - the technology exists to involve everyone.
The other fanbases protested in a non-violent way. If that is just rolling over and their choice was what happened and there is no apology, it ain't hard to put 2 and 2 together.
Transparency from all parties and proper media exposure would be nice as various fans groups may give feedback to their members but what about the fans whom don't belong to any?? For example, not every Nix fan hangs out of this site and might wish to know what is going on within the game so to speak.
Agree, not every follower of the a-league is an "active" member - but their voice is just as important as our, moreso even as they need to be engaged with more to keep their attention.
Thank you, Chairman!
It'd be awfully handy if Bruno had to sit out Friday's match – especially given Miranda's suspension plus the injury doubts involving both Traore and Geria.
This would have gone into the match thread, but it doesn't seem to have been created at this stage.
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And yeah, he has been referred to the MRP. I have nfi if it is a fine or if he faces a natch ban.
777 own 20% of the shares in Melbourne Victory.
777 own 20% of the shares in Melbourne Victory.
Flew Bonza Sunshine Coast to Melbs last Thursday. Maybe coming back yesterday with Jetstar was the right move.
How to make a 100 Million dollars? Set up an airline with 200 Million.
Tony Popovic, who is on over $700,000 per year, will be given the option to either live with a figure closer to $400,000, or depart Melbourne Victory, who are playing hardball in the light of a rumoured 2024/25 TV deal disbursement of just $1.4mil. [ftbl]https://t.co/EYvDXKUEmQ
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) May 2, 2024
777 own 20% of the shares in Melbourne Victory.
They replaced Bonza pretty fast
We are pleased to announce that life, health and wellbeing insurer, AIA Australia, will become the Club’s Principal Partner for the 2023/24 @aleaguemen Finals Series.
— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) May 2, 2024
AIA will feature on our iconic front-of-shirt throughout the Finals.
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All the clubs including the Nix will be hoping for some solid transfer fee income, in the off season, coming off the record year in 2023.
And the Mariners may end having one of the bigger budgets in the league, if they can win the AFC Cup with it's $US1.5M ($AUD2.3M) payday. Plus having also qualified for this year's ACL Champions League Elite.
All the clubs including the Nix will be hoping for some solid transfer fee income, in the off season, coming off the record year in 2023.
And the Mariners may end having one of the bigger budgets in the league, if they can win the AFC Cup with it's $US1.5M ($AUD2.3M) payday. Plus having also qualified for this year's ACL Champions League Elite.
All the clubs including the Nix will be hoping for some solid transfer fee income, in the off season, coming off the record year in 2023.
And the Mariners may end having one of the bigger budgets in the league, if they can win the AFC Cup with it's $US1.5M ($AUD2.3M) payday. Plus having also qualified for this year's ACL Champions League Elite.
Yes you may well be right RR. Sounds like at the moment with the two AFC comps (ACL & AFC Cup) all the prize money is weighted towards the final stages only. Not much in way of travel subsidies etc for the clubs from the AFC, until the playoffs.
https://www.theinnersanctum.com.au/asian-champions-league-too-expensive-for-clubs-says-new-report/
The reduction from 40 to 24 teams in the Asian Champions League Elite (ACLE), will reduce the total amount of games played, but increase the matches per team, whilst theoretically ensuring more higher quality matchups in the group/league phase.
New.
— Josimar Fotballblad (@JosimarFotball) May 10, 2024
Josh Wander and Steve Pasko have been removed from the board of the football division of 777 Partners after bankruptcy specialists were called in.
By @pbsportswriter and @PhilippeAuclair https://t.co/0Txc9Bo5fZ
Is the 777 house of cards beginning to crumble?
Thank you, Boss!
— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) June 12, 2024
Tony Popovic will depart the Club after three seasons at Melbourne Victory.
Thank you and all the best, Tony 💙
Tony Popovic was set to accept a substantial pay cut to remain at Melbourne Victory, but became furious upon discovering that John Didulica had been courting the services of Patrick Kisnorbo — who is now the favourite to manage Victory — since May. [nca]https://t.co/BPpsVVFBDj
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) June 12, 2024
Understand that former Melbourne City and Troyes coach Patrick Kisnorbo is close to being appointed as the new Melbourne Victory coach.
— AussieScout (@scout_aussie) June 22, 2024