The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Harry Sawyer damages knee ligaments — 135 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 135 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Perth Glory walk away from Promise Omochere
$2.7M was the most the club would pay and Bristol Rovers were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Melbourne Victory come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Perth Glory did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Perth Glory
Luke Brattan 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $18.0K for Vinko Stanisic
Perth Glory have gone to Adelaide United with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Diesel Herrington
Perth Glory asked and Central Coast Mariners said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad No place for Michael Ruhs in the new shape
- Squad A row about effort at Perth Glory
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Mark Birighitti