The WaiBOP United Gazette
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Kosta McCowatt: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WaiBOP United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at WaiBOP United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dane Stamatelopoulos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match16 Jan 2027
WaiBOP United come up short against Team Wellington
Team Wellington left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Dane Stamatelopoulos gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Dane Colvey runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Chris Barbarouses answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Market18 Jan 2027
WaiBOP United put Dane Colvey up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Dane Colvey may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Liberato Tuiloma dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Questions about Michael Barbarouses on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- Player ratings The whistle followed Oliver Tuiloma around
- Squad The selectors could not leave Tim Payne out
- Squad a squad player back in training