The Southern United Herald
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bill Lockyer breaks a bone — 80 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Southern United put Marco Reid on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The Southern United board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market2 Aug 2027
Marco Reid asks to leave Southern 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.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Angus Kilkolly is a medical away from Southern United
The deal with Auckland City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Southern United bid $21.0K for Bill Garbett
The offer went to Hawke's Bay United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Southern United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Flynn O'Neill was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Southern United
Bill Lockyer 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Jake Harper is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Southern United has been clear about where Jake Harper stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Squad a squad player out for 32 days
- The dugout When it matters, Alex Tuiloma plays
- The dugout Oliver De Vries asks for a word with the manager