Melbourne Victory Ward off a final's miss?

Exciting news in Melbourne as the Victory sign Olyroo Nicky Ward from QPR in England.

This could be the key to a Victory revival. The guy has energy to burn, plays midfield, where Victory are so pedestrian and may just be the missing link.



If he can link with Archie Thompson and Danny Allsopp and I would suspect he can Victory may well scrape a win over Adelaide.

And one win could be enough to lift this team, the whole club and the supporter base.

Is it too late for Victory to sneak into the finals?

Well almost, but they aren't that bad a side. And have enough key players who could lift that extra bit if they get a win.

Nicky Ward isn't the saviour but he could provide the energy to release the pressure off Grant Brebner, Carlos Hernandez, Adrian Caceres and co.

Suddenly I think things are looking up for Victory. Ernie Merrick has to play him.He will. He's desperate and like I mention in my earlier post on Victory this week Coaches often change when they are desperate.

Victory fans seem to think Ernie won't play him. He's too young.

Ernie will. He's desperate. Besides he's no Kaz Patafta or Kristian Sarkies. He's 22 and proven in the A-League from the first season.

The A-League suddenly got a whole lot more interesting!