The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad9 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Dane Cacace
16 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Waitakere United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market9 Aug 2027
Francis Sutton asks to leave Waitakere United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market9 Aug 2027
Waitakere United say no — this time
The offer from Canterbury United for Ryan Stamatelopoulos 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Clayton Barbarouses
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Clayton Barbarouses will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Waitakere United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Owen Van Hattum is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Francis Sutton 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.
In brief
- Squad Adi Eko Jayanto signs on for more
- Loan watch Kosta Payne counts the days
- Market Experience through the door at Waitakere United