The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market9 Aug 2027
Liberato De Vries 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 Hawke's Bay United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Chris Wood 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Alex Garbett attracts admirers
The name of Alex Garbett has come up in conversations Hawke's Bay United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Francis Barbarouses signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Francis Barbarouses and Hawke's Bay United agree another 1 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Deklan Smith
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Deklan Smith, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
When it matters, Francis Boxall plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Market Francis Stamatelopoulos leaves for nothing
- Market Monty Reid leaves for nothing