The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad25 Aug 2031
Tommy Waine damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets25 Aug 2031
Fee done, terms next for Saúl
Canterbury United and Waitakere United have settled on $43.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Squad25 Aug 2031
Dane Rufer 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets25 Aug 2031
A loan move for Dane Boxall is in the works
Canterbury United have made the call to Hawke's Bay United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad25 Aug 2031
Tommy De Vries signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tommy De Vries commits to Canterbury United for another 3 years.
Market25 Aug 2031
The Clayton Lockyer question follows Canterbury United around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Clayton Lockyer’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout Ryan Cacace gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Fynn Hawkeswood knocks on the manager's door
- Market Monty Kirwan runs his contract down
- Squad Ryan Smith back in training