The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market5 Jun 2028
Noah Kirwan agrees terms with WaiBOP United
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Waitakere United people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market5 Jun 2028
Waitakere United turn down Auckland City for Alex Sutton
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market5 Jun 2028
Alex Colvey puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
Chris Lockyer frozen out at Waitakere United
This is not rotation. Chris Lockyer has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Waitakere United is pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Waitakere United
Angus Kilkolly and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A muscle injury and 16 days out for Dane Colvey
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Waitakere United will quote 16 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Waitakere United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joe Van Hattum was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
A loan move for Clayton Boxall is in the works
Waitakere United have made the call to Canterbury United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Noah Kirwan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Noah Kirwan, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Owen Barbarouses has become a man the manager trusts
- Boardroom Waitakere United pull $510.4K back off the table
- Market Nathan Russell linked with a move away