Sam De Vries

Central Defender - WaiBOP United
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9 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

Matt Reid is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at WaiBOP United

Jai Singh 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Sam Stamatelopoulos has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief

Back issues
8 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

The step up is real for Sam McCowatt

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Jai Singh was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A late step up for Michael Tuiloma

At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Sam McCowatt 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.

Loan watch21 Sep 2026

Keanu Johnston wants to come home

“I did not go to Western Sydney Wanderers to sit and watch. I want to come back to WaiBOP United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Market21 Sep 2026

The shop window has Sam Singh in it

WaiBOP United have let the market know Sam Singh can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

3 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Sam McCowatt 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.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Sam Singh

“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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United try to borrow Jordan Vale

Auckland City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Jake Boxall signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jake Boxall and WaiBOP United agree another 3 years.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Joel Edwards 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market17 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United put Joel Edwards up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Joel Edwards may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

1 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Sam McCowatt 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 WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Sam De Vries signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sam De Vries and WaiBOP United agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at WaiBOP United

Jai Singh and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Keanu Johnston again

The phone has started ringing about Keanu Johnston again, and this time the name on the line is Western Sydney Wanderers. WaiBOP United are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at WaiBOP United

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

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United try to borrow Paris Domfeh

Auckland City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief