Cameron Smith

Central Defender - Free Agent
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Marked for Cameron Smith

204 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

24 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market24 Jun 2030

Patrick Wood asks to leave Melbourne City

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad24 Jun 2030

Remember the name: Tate Gordon

He is 18, he is averaging 7.06, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad24 Jun 2030

Daniel Graskoski is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.

Squad24 Jun 2030

Words exchanged at Melbourne City

Angus Thurgate and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad24 Jun 2030

Genaro Rossi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market24 Jun 2030

Sebastian Esposito attracts admirers

The name of Sebastian Esposito has come up in conversations Melbourne City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

The dugout24 Jun 2030

The manager makes an example of Ifeanyi Eze

“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.

The dugout24 Jun 2030

Joel Anasmo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne City will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout24 Jun 2030

The manager makes Sihle Nduli a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Melbourne City. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

Back issues
167 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

8 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match8 Oct 2029

Melbourne City up to position 2

48 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market8 Oct 2029

Hiroshi Ibusuki is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Melbourne City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad8 Oct 2029

Zachary De Jesus is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.

Squad8 Oct 2029

Angus Thurgate 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 Melbourne City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad8 Oct 2029

Words at Melbourne City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nathaniel Atkinson 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.

Squad8 Oct 2029

A late step up for Cameron Smith

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.

Market8 Oct 2029

Talks stall between Melbourne City and Caleb Watts

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

Caleb Watts asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

The manager makes Sebastian Esposito a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Melbourne City. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief