Deklan Sutton

Striker - WaiBOP United
27 Apr 2028
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Marked for Deklan Sutton

85 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad13 Mar 2028

Deklan Sutton: 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.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Matt Tuiloma in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad13 Mar 2028

The manager makes an example of Maulud Riruwai

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

Back issues
57 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Aug 2027

Real improvement from Deklan Bell at WaiBOP United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Deklan Bell is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Jake Singh 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.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Deklan Sutton has improved at 28, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Market30 Aug 2027

WaiBOP United sign Oliver Just, one for the future

Oliver Just is 17, and WaiBOP United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad30 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Bill Singh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market30 Aug 2027

The Matt Tuiloma talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WaiBOP United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

48 Edition

The Southern United Herald

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Jun 2027

Southern United sink to position 6

9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Stefan Smith breaks a bone — 48 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Ben Sutton is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.

Market28 Jun 2027

Southern United turn down Waitakere United for Clayton Waine

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market28 Jun 2027

Joe Bell is a Southern United player

The fee is $22.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Waitakere United drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad28 Jun 2027

A late step up for Joe Kirwan

At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 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.

In brief

48 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Jun 2027

Will Kennedy is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Kristian Popovic has improved at 25, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 5 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Market28 Jun 2027

WaiBOP United get their man

The chase for Deklan Sutton ended with $13.0K changing hands and Southern United out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

In brief