The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad26 Oct 2026
The knee: Anselmo out for 57 days
57 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Adelaide United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Craig Goodwin beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market26 Oct 2026
Adelaide United promote Simon Baker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Baker 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Panagiotis Kikianis 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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Half-satisfied: James White on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Match24 Oct 2026
No goals between Adelaide United and Central Coast Mariners
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Central Coast Mariners will be the happier side with the point.
Looking ahead26 Oct 2026
A reunion for Jay Barnett
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Melbourne Victory in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Ben Folami left out for tactical reasons at Adelaide United
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Squad Craig Goodwin says his piece
- Player ratings Ajak Riak ran the game
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Adelaide United