The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad23 Jun 2031
Owen Bell damages knee ligaments — 141 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 141 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.
Boardroom23 Jun 2031
Pressure builds in the Hawke's Bay United boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market23 Jun 2031
Stefan Lewis puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
Failed medical for Dane Lewis
The deal with Southern United died in the treatment room. Nobody will say what was found and everybody in the game will find out by Friday.
Squad23 Jun 2031
Owen Bell 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 Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
Hawke's Bay United rebuffed over Michael Boxall
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canterbury United have kept their man, and Hawke's Bay United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad23 Jun 2031
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jai Van Hattum 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.
Squad23 Jun 2031
Michael Sutton out for 50 days
The medical room confirms 50 days on the sidelines for Michael Sutton, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets23 Jun 2031
Hawke's Bay United ask about Bill Payne
A loan enquiry to Canterbury United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout Michael Tuiloma gets it from the manager
- The dugout Tim Wood gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Liberato Boxall asks for a word with the manager