The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Adelaide United
Joshua Smits 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Ryan Kitto for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Adelaide United will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Adelaide United lose Patrick Davis
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Jonny Yull
“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 dugout18 Oct 2027
When it matters, Luke Duzel plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Ryan Kitto 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.
In brief
- Squad Benjamin Mazzeo: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Yusei Yamanouchi