The WaiBOP United Gazette
The terraces11 Oct 2027
Anger at WaiBOP United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at WaiBOP United
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at WaiBOP United is running low.
Match11 Oct 2027
WaiBOP United sink to position 7
5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market11 Oct 2027
Tim Kirwan 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 WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Tempers go at WaiBOP United
Ryan Lockyer 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Callum Van Hattum 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Liberato Stamatelopoulos 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Francis Colvey 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.
Loan watch11 Oct 2027
Joe Barbarouses wants to come home
“I did not go to Sydney FC to sit and watch. I want to come back to WaiBOP United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Market Alex Smith leaves for nothing
- Market Sam Singh leaves for nothing