The WaiBOP United Gazette
Match16 Aug 2027
Every point is an argument now for WaiBOP United
Position 5 and 11 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market16 Aug 2027
WaiBOP United say no — this time
The offer from Canterbury United for Tim Stamatelopoulos was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Will Kennedy at WaiBOP United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Will Kennedy is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at WaiBOP United
Ryan Nelson 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
James 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Rian Miziar signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rian Miziar commits to WaiBOP United for another 1 years.
In brief
- Market Francis Cacace told to find a new club
- Market Rian Miziar brings the grey hairs WaiBOP United lacked
- Market Ben Singh leaves for nothing