The Perth Glory Sentinel
Match9 Jan 2027
12 unbeaten for Perth Glory
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Perth Glory did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Brian Kaltak, 33, rolls back the years — 8.11
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.11 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Perth Glory count the cost of losing Sam Sutton
44 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Brian Kaltak in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Perth Glory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A move Declan Kleiboer 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. Declan Kleiboer is living that version at Perth Glory, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Brisbane Roar tell Perth Glory: Giorgos Vrakas is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match9 Jan 2027
Henry Hore the difference as Perth Glory beat Auckland FC
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Henry Hore. 2‑0 against Auckland FC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Ninety minutes of Henry Hore at his very best
Marked 8.04. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Perth Glory.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Jaiden Kucharski
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Brisbane Roar are about to pick up the phone
- Squad Riley Foxe signs on for more
- Market A long bet from Perth Glory on Declan Kleiboer