The Sydney FC Gazette
Market20 Jun 2033
Terms done: Gus Hoefsloot is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Adelaide United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Sydney FC is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The dugout20 Jun 2033
Jake Hughes keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sydney FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market20 Jun 2033
Gus Hoefsloot puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sydney FC, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market20 Jun 2033
Sydney FC promote Cameron Jackson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cameron Jackson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market20 Jun 2033
One of our own: Mitchell Ferguson joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mitchell Ferguson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad20 Jun 2033
Words exchanged at Sydney FC
Joey Garuccio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad20 Jun 2033
Caleb Duncan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Caleb Duncan and Sydney FC agree another 3 years.
The dugout20 Jun 2033
Joel King has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sydney FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout20 Jun 2033
Noah Maieroni 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
- The dugout No hiding place for Brandon McCallum
- Squad Gus Hoefsloot wants out of the dugout
- Squad Questions about Mitchell Ferguson on the training pitch