The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market9 Aug 2027
Cameron Wood hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Michael Cacace 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
The Cameron Wood conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Hawke's Bay United will make the call about Cameron Wood this week. WaiBOP United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A late step up for Francis Sutton
At 26 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cameron Wood is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Jai Smith signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jai Smith and WaiBOP United agree another 1 years.
In brief
- Market Matt Cacace leaves for nothing
- Market Michael Stamatelopoulos leaves for nothing