Riley Dalziell

Right Back - Auckland FC
1 Mar 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Riley Dalziell

9 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words at Auckland FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Louis Verstraete is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jake Brimmer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Brimmer, and the manager let it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Auckland FC

Riley Dalziell 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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A row about effort at Auckland FC

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Louis Verstraete was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Perth Glory tell Auckland FC: Sam Sutton 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.

Squad

No place for Pieter Jacobsz in the new shape

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

The dugout

Riley Dalziell 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.

Market

Talks stall between Auckland FC and Mick Crnac

“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.

Squad

The training reports on Marlee Francois are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief