The Waitakere United Sentinel
The terraces23 Feb 2032
Anger at Waitakere United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom23 Feb 2032
Pressure builds in the Waitakere United boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad23 Feb 2032
A fracture rules Monty Garbett out for 66 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Waitakere United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market23 Feb 2032
Clayton De Vries 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Feb 2032
Bill Payne 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Feb 2032
Sam Stamatelopoulos signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Stamatelopoulos commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Liberato Stamatelopoulos out for 43 days
- Market Kosta Cacace linked with a move away
- Market The clock does Jake Rufer’s negotiating for him