Victory in Melbourne 

The combination of Melbourne’s great play and closeness of the fans created a heady mix that surely will have fans wanting more. It will be interesting to see if the stadium management will again bring the seats in again for our next home game. Being that the next home game is against Sydney surely you would want that atmosphere again.

The North/South/East/West chant brought memories of our last every home game at Olympic Park against the now defunct New Zealand Knights. Coincidentally it was the game that wrapped at the premiership for that season.

Now can we have that every week? That is the quality football combined with the increased atmosphere. I can only hope so.

The latest video of Melbourne’s Rectangular Stadium showcasing the new LED lighting. Can you imagine what it will be like if they set it up so that when Melbourne Victory scores a goal the lights go nuts so that everyone outside the ground knows what’s happening. It will be awesome!

Also it’s good to see that they have it named as Olympic Park on the fly through - let’s hope it stays that way.

I have to say it was pretty poor form by Melbourne Victory fans who let off numerous flares at last night’s Bushfire Appeal Match at Olympic Park. Considering the reason for the match taking place you would have to say it was in poor taste. Melbourne fans have justified the flares by saying it was more of tribute to Olympic Park and the possibility that it would be the last time that the Victory would be gracing this stage.

So will they be letting off flares for the new stadium in our first ever game as a tribute to our new home game? Or were the flares that were let off at Green Gully last year a tribute to our first ever game at Green Gully Reserve? They may think that amongst their group that they have some reasoning for lighting but for many, myself included, most of the time it comes across as a pre-pubescent boys getting their rocks off in a deliberate attempt to provoke the authorities.

And yes I know it’s a bit of pot calling the kettle black considering I have a photo of flare going off as my avatar image

Photo courtesy of one22andan8th via the Victory In Melbourne Flickr Pool.