The Adelaide United Chronicle
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Adelaide United
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match12 Dec 2026
The goals have deserted Adelaide United
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Adelaide United can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Adelaide United
Joshua Smits and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match12 Dec 2026
Adelaide United come up short against Sydney FC
Sydney FC left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Ben Wright: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Luke Duzel gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Looking ahead14 Dec 2026
A reunion for Craig Goodwin
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Newcastle Jets in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market14 Dec 2026
Still no ink between Adelaide United and Ashley Charles
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Adelaide United, another week without a signature from Ashley Charles.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
When it matters, Fabian Talladira plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Dylan Pierias was unplayable
- The dugout Jonny Yull has been promised minutes
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Kosta Barbarouses