Welcoming back Marco

The fans may be baying for blood but Marco Rojas is feeling good about returning to Wellington in enemy colours tomorrow.

''I'm feeling pretty good about it,'' the smug little Victory midfielder says from Melbourne ahead of tomorrow's flight and Sunday's A-League game at Westpac Stadium.

''It'll be good to go back to Wellington and have a good gloat and remind myself what a sh*t-hole I was in for the last two years.''

Rojas is special to the Phoenix fan group, who gave the teenager from Hamilton his first shot at professional football through their innovative scholarship. Many fans felt personally betrayed and labelled him a 'Judas' for turning his back on the club.

The Yellow Fever website has a thread titled 'Welcoming back Marco' and not all of the homecoming ideas and chants are friendly.

''I don't know what they expect but the time that I had there, the scholarship that the Yellow Fever gave me, I totally deserved it so I don't give a sh*t really.'' Rojas said.

The talented All White is shy off the field but seems to operate in his own little bubble on it.

''Yeah for me, I don't know if it's the same for other players, but when I play, everything is pretty much about me.''

While there is sure to be plenty of noise from the stands, Rojas, who has been impressive in three starts for the otherwise unimpressive Victory, is not expecting a hard time from his ex-Phoenix team-mates.

''I don't think they'll be too bad, I've been keeping in touch with them the whole time, even though I don't need to. They've obviously been saying good things about me and I've been humouring them as if they're normal friends. So I don't think it'll be anything bad when I go back''