According to some media reports, Durakovic narrowly survived a midweek boardroom vote on his future following Victory's disappointing start to the A-League season.

Scrutiny mounted on the coach's position when Francis Awaritefe quit the club on Tuesday, just six months after being appointed as director of football.

Rumours of a personal mentoring and coaching relationship between marquee signing Harry Kewell and former Argentina striker Abel Balbo, believed to be a former candidate for a technical role at the club, appeared to undermine Durakovic's position further.

But skipper Leijer believes his coach remains the man for the job at AAMI Park.

"From what I know, everyone is, yes," he said when asked if all parts of the club were still behind Durakovic.

"I haven't spoken to the chairman this week but that's up to them to decide what's going on behind the scenes.

"Our job is to get things right on the park. That's the only thing we can control. We can't control anything that's going on off the pitch."

Victory's latest on-field disappointment came when they gave up a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to 10-man Perth Glory last weekend.

They have a chance to make amends on Sunday, when the A-League's bottom club, Gold Coast United, arrive at AAMI Park.

"We've spoken about what we need to do and something we weren't happy with on the weekend was our intensity," Leijer said following a high-temp workout for the senior squad on Friday.

"Obviously it hasn't been going the way we would have liked. I think that training session was evidence of the disappointment in the boys and what we're trying to do to turn things around and make sure we're up the top of the table where we should be."

Following an off-season marked by high-profile recruitment and growing expectations, Leijer has not been surprised by the scrutiny Victory have come under after failing to live up to their billing.

"The world we live in is pressure - that's what sport is all about," he said.

"We're working hard to get back where we should. That's all it's going to take. The game on the weekend is still only round eight ... there's still a long time to go in this season. You can say what you like but we're confident we can turn it around.

"This year the spotlight has been on us all a lot more. Whether that's part of the reason for the performance, who knows?

"But we're all professional, we're all dealing with it. And we have to. We've got no choice. We have big name players, high expectations and that's what it should be."

It remains to be seen if the reports of an exclusive relationship between Kewell and Balbo prove to be true.

Irrespective of the rumours, Leijer trusts his new teammate to have Victory's best interests behind his actions.

"To be honest, I wouldn't even know about it if it wasn't in the media," he said.

"It hasn't affected me at all; I don't think it's affected the other players. The way I see it, Harry's the ultimate professional and he's trying to do everything he can to keep himself at the top of his game.

"And if that means he thinks he needs a coach outside of what's going on here, then that's fine.

"He's obviously got high expectations of himself and wants to succeed at this club. If that's going to make him a better player, then I'm all for it.

"Football is a game of opinions. We can't control what people think, we can't control what people perceive. If Harry has to do that to get the best of his game, then that's no problem."