The Waitakere United Sentinel
Match4 Jan 2027
Waitakere United are in real trouble now
Position 5, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market4 Jan 2027
Michael Lockyer 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 Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The season belongs to Winston De Vries
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Waitakere United have had the benefit of it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Deklan Reid 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sanele Radebe 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.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
Deklan Lewis counts the days
“I watch every Waitakere United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Auckland City runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A defender's afternoon for Sanele Radebe
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Ben Lewis
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Ben Lewis has come out of that comparison in the side, and Waitakere United have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A defender's afternoon for Winston De Vries
Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Market No place for Dane Just in the plan
- Match No goals between Waitakere United and Auckland City
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Sam Nelson