In his first column he speaks about Johnny Warren.
WHILE I ended up wearing his medal around my neck in 2010, the first time I heard about Johnny Warren was within months of arriving in Australia.
Having heard my philosophy on football, a journalist suggested I grab a copy of Warren's autobiography.
After reading it and doing some further research on him, I really felt a connection to him because of his beliefs on how football should be played -- with flair -- and his passion for the game.
Many people thought Johnny's dream was impossible. But when you truly believe in something it doesn't matter what anyone says.
He tried to promote a South American, specifically Brazilian, style, and I think Johnny will be smiling from above because we are seeing more and more of it with Mustafa Amini, Robbie Kruse and most recently with Tommy Rogic.
The A-League's quality will increase alongside the improvement in the young players and the coaches.
And it has improved dramatically compared to when I was at Adelaide United just two years ago.
I watched games just before I signed, and a lot of teams were playing 4-4-2 and counter-attacking football.
Now nearly every team tries to play possession football. Ange Postecoglou must take huge responsibility for this, because the way Brisbane played under him was unbelievable.
In South America we have a saying: "Treat the ball like your girlfriend." Brisbane players treated it like a princess.
They made me very jealous, and I think many other players, too.
Melbourne Victory doesn't want to be Brisbane. We want to have our own style.
I'm touching the ball more than 50 times a game here. In Adelaide we had a different style and I was touching it far less.
Almost everyone has adopted the Brisbane approach, but added their own flavour and it makes for better football and gives players more chances to express themselves.
Johnny would be proud of where Australian football is at in 2012.
Melbourne Victory's Marcos Flores will be an occasional Herald Sun columnist during the A-League season
He repeats himself as often as Val does! I hope the Tards realise most of the crap he's spilling he's spilled before. 
