The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Waitakere United say no — this time
The offer from Hawke's Bay United for Max Wilson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexander Pearson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexander Pearson and Waitakere United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Waitakere United
Max Wilson 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Waitakere United rebuffed over Yeangel Montero
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Naxxar Lions have kept their man, and Waitakere United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Alexander Pearson
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Liberato Sutton falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Max Wilson knocks on the manager's door
- Market Waitakere United and Francis Colvey are talking past each other
- Squad The training reports on James Reid are not good
- Market Cameron Boxall goes looking for football