Declan Kleiboer

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The WaiBOP United Gazette

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market8 Feb 2027

Bailey O'Neill’s move to Auckland City falls through

The deal that would have taken Bailey O'Neill to Auckland City has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to WaiBOP United with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Market8 Feb 2027

Stefan Lockyer asks to leave WaiBOP United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Declan Kleiboer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Declan Kleiboer and WaiBOP United agree another 4 years.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Bill Just was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Tommy Garbett named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Tommy Garbett is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Market8 Feb 2027

Talks stall between WaiBOP United and Makai Welch

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

Marco Garbett 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.

Squad8 Feb 2027

No place for Tommy McCowatt in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation WaiBOP United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market8 Feb 2027

WaiBOP United put Kosta Lockyer up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kosta Lockyer may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

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27 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces1 Feb 2027

Supporters organise against the WaiBOP United board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A fracture rules a squad player out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WaiBOP United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market1 Feb 2027

Bailey O'Neill hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Market1 Feb 2027

So close: Kosta Lockyer’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Team Wellington moved on, Kosta Lockyer reports back to WaiBOP United, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A move Makai Welch would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Makai Welch is living that version at WaiBOP United, and it tends to show in the first month.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Window shuts: 3 in, 2 out at WaiBOP United

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 3 arrived, 2 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Bill Just out for 38 days

The medical room confirms 38 days on the sidelines for Bill Just, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Declan Kleiboer signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Declan Kleiboer commits to WaiBOP United for another 4 years.

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

Door shut on Ben Van Hattum

WaiBOP United asked and Waitakere United 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