WORST

Corey Brown

The left-back position is one Melbourne Victory never expend much of the salary cap on – just ask Daniel Georgievski.

Even so, Corey Brown has been consistently subpar all season long – and this latest disastrous week may well be the tipping point. Following he and Josh Hope’s ‘Keystone Kops’ slapstick routine on the left flank in the leadup to Sydney’s winner on the weekend, Brown was forced to front up mano-e-mano against one of the finest talents in Asia - Anderson Talisca.

Surprising absolutely no-one, Brown made an absolute hash of it, ball-watching for the opening goal and leaving Talisca free to cut onto his favoured left side for the second.

Brown continually put his team under pressure with poor passing choices, and overcommitted centrally when defending the counter attack that led to the third.

Bruce Djite singled him out at halftime, saying Talisca was making him look like a semi-pro footballer. You could forgive some NPL players for being offended by the comparison.

Leigh Broxham

Usually Victory’s Mr Reliable, Broxham had himself an absolute shocker at both ends of the field. More often used in the backline these days, Broxham looked more than a little uncomfortable in midfield, giving away an early free kick from which Talisca struck the post, failing to track the Brazilian’s run for the opener, and generally looking unsure of his positioning off the ball.

His nightmare evening was compounded in the second half when Gao Lin’s effort rocketed back off Matt Acton, into Broxham’s side, and into the vacant net for an unfortunate own goal.

There was still time for Broxham to ignore the run of substitute Kenny Athiu, who would’ve been clean through, and instead shoot tamely at goal, butchering Victory’s clearest opening of the whole game. A rare off night.