Kevin Muscat has to begin again after losing Milligan to cap a horror run before playing Jets Mark Milligan just before his knee is taped but he soon quit Melbourne Victory training. MELBOURNE Victory coach Kevin Muscat has been forced to completely reshuffle his first XI for tonight's visit to Newcastle Jets having lost six players through injury, suspension and international duty. Teenager Dylan Murnane will come into the first team amid a defensive crisis and he'll most likely be assigned the task of nullifying former Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey. Mitch Nichols, who could be playing his last game for Victory if it accepts a $350,000-plus offer from J-League side Cerezo Osaka, will drop into a deeper role with Leigh Broxham shifting to right-back. Murnane, who turns 19 next week, was plucked from the youth team late last season making two starts at left-back but Muscat may keep Adama Traore in that position and pair the teen up with Chilean Pablo Contreras, who returns from injury. Muscat had played Mark Milligan in central defence earlier in the week by the Victory captain limped off the track yesterday with a knee injury, ruling him out of the Jets clash. Tara Rushton and Mark Rudan preview round 14's opening clash as Newcastle Jets and Melbourne Victory meet at Hunter Stadium. Nick Ansell was impressive last week but has left for Olyroos duty in Oman. With Adrian Leijer suspended after last week's red card, Jason Geria would've been the next choice to partner Contreras at the back but he's joined Ansell, fellow defender Scott Galloway and winger Connor Pain for the U22 AFC Championships. Offsetting Victory's absentees is the fact that the Jets also have four players in Oman, with prolific striker Adam Taggart receiving a late call-up, joining Andrew Hoole, Josh Brillante and Connor Chapman in Aurelio Vidmar's squad. Dylan's done really well. We're probably down to the bare bones of our squad in terms of numbers but it's not an excuse. "We'll go to Newcastle, we'll be positive and we'll try to bring three points back," Muscat said. It's not ideal (the number of absentees) but it's what we're faced with at the moment so we're just going to have to accept it. It's not an easy place to go and get results but last week we learnt that when we stop being positive we stop playing the game the way we want to play it. Heskey will make just his second start of the season, due to a pre-season injury in a friendly against Victory plus Taggart's good form. Victory welcomes back Archie Thompson, who will be starting from the bench on one of the rare occasions. Unsighted this season, Jesse Makarounas and Francesco Stella come into the squad while Andrew Nabbout looks set to start. "We'll have to take a little bit of precaution with Archie, he's missed five games but he's certainly trained really well this week so he'll be involved in the game," Muscat said.