The Waitakere United Sentinel
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Hands off: Chalkanoras Idaliou circle Bill Just
Waitakere United have received the call every well-run club eventually receives — somebody bigger has noticed Bill Just. Saying no is easy; keeping him convinced is the actual work.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Raúl Chirveches stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Raúl Chirveches and Waitakere United agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Raúl Chirveches 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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A falling-out at Waitakere United
Noah Kirwan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Noah Kirwan slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Noah Kirwan is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Market5 Mar 2029
Noah Kirwan told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Noah Kirwan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Waitakere United.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Ryan Van Hattum gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ryan Van Hattum is on it.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
No hiding place for Alex Waine
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Waine, and the manager let it.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Deklan Cacace has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Deklan Cacace has written the date down.
In brief
- The dugout Michael Boxall knocks on the manager's door
- Market The Saúl talk will not go away
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Ben Stamatelopoulos