Gavin Johnson

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137 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match10 Mar 2029

No end in sight to Perth Glory's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Perth Glory has to find a result from somewhere.

Market12 Mar 2029

Oliver Evans is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Perth Glory is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Lamin Sillah 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 Perth Glory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match10 Mar 2029

Melbourne Victory take the points off Perth Glory

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

Oscar Page gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Declan Kleiboer falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings12 Mar 2029

Nobody could get near Henry Hore

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Gavin Johnson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gavin Johnson and Perth Glory agree another 3 years.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

Oliver Mason faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Oliver Mason after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

Back issues
128 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

8 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match6 Jan 2029

No end in sight to Perth Glory's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Perth Glory has to find a result from somewhere.

Match8 Jan 2029

Perth Glory are in real trouble now

Position 10, 7 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.

Squad8 Jan 2029

A falling-out at Perth Glory

Lamin Sillah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets8 Jan 2029

Perth Glory rebuffed over Jonty Bidois

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Melbourne Victory have kept their man, and Perth Glory go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout8 Jan 2029

Yordy Reyna gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match8 Jan 2029

The half-term report on Perth Glory

Position 10, 7 points, and every result so far reduced to one line. The second half of the season starts with the same squad and a different set of expectations.

Squad8 Jan 2029

Gavin Johnson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gavin Johnson and Perth Glory agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch8 Jan 2029

Alby Kelly-Heald wants to come home

“I did not go to Melbourne Victory to sit and watch. I want to come back to Perth Glory and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.

Player ratings8 Jan 2029

Nobody on the pitch touched Tom Lawrence

7.74, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Perth Glory had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

In brief

122 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match22 Nov 2028

The small margins put Perth Glory out

Out, 2‑3 to Macarthur FC, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings27 Nov 2028

Oliver Middleton runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Tempers go at Perth Glory

Sam Sutton 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.

Match25 Nov 2028

Wellington Phoenix take the points off Perth Glory

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Match22 Nov 2028

Perth Glory hit back inside 3 minutes

Macarthur FC held the lead for 3 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Perth Glory answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 2‑3 Oliver Mason left the room before anybody could ask which.

Looking ahead27 Nov 2028

A test against the best for Perth Glory

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Adelaide United.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

No place in the plan for Lachlan Jackson

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Squad27 Nov 2028

A first team debut at 15 for Reece Sullivan

Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 15. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.

In brief