Strong rumours are surfacing that the board are finally considering Merrick's future at Melbourne due to strong fan pressure, the club are keen to come back into the fans good books after lots of controversial decisions during the season. Despite Lord's backing of Merrick and his signing of a 3 year contract, many board members are turning around about the idea. Crowds have dropped to an almighty low this season, although still having the highest in the league, the club are barely scraping even.

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Cameron of Melbourne FourFourTwo Belief Factor 5/10 - no matter how much some people want it to happen, Victory have shown no signs yet of making it happen. If they're going to do it though, now would be a good time to give a new boss a chance to get to grips with the squad ahead of the ACL.