Marked for Anthony Edwards
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad9 Nov 2026
15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Perth Glory lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matthew Sutton, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Will Freney and Perth Glory agree another 4 years.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
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 1‑2 Connor James left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Charbel Shamoon 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jaiden Kucharski trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
Back issues
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Crisis
Squad2 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anthony Edwards
23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Perth Glory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Perth Glory now.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Matthew Millar 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jamie Gallagher and Perth Glory agree another 3 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
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 0‑2 Connor James left the room before anybody could ask which.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Perth Glory, and it is a cruel one.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Jamie Gallagher and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Matthew Sutton knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matthew Sutton trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
30 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Perth Glory lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Anthony Didulica is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matthew Millar 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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Cameron Cook dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match24 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Half-satisfied: Connor James on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Looking ahead26 Oct 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Macarthur FC in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The plan did not have a place for Scott Wootton
Nobody at Perth Glory is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
Anthony Edwards damages knee ligaments — 38 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Sebastian Despotovski is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tom Lawrence has improved at 32, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Anthony Edwards damages knee ligaments — 45 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 45 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Arion Sulemani is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anthony Edwards
53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Perth Glory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Will Freney is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
Anthony Edwards damages knee ligaments — 60 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 60 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Charbel Shamoon is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
Anthony Edwards damages knee ligaments — 68 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 68 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tom Lawrence and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
76 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Perth Glory lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Arion Sulemani is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Botev Vratsa keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
83 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Perth Glory lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Perth Glory close the window on a squad of their own making
17 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The paperwork begins on Rui Areias
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Perth Glory have done the hard part with Botev Vratsa, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: Matej Tadič rejects the move
Perth Glory had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at NK Maribor, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad7 Sep 2026
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
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Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anthony Edwards
91 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Perth Glory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Radnicki Nis is saying, and nobody at Perth Glory is enjoying the guessing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matthew Millar 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Perth Glory are still strangers to each other
10 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
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Transfer targets
A loan move for Rui Areias is in the works
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Squad
Sam Sutton is not doing himself any favours
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anthony Edwards
98 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Perth Glory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Western Sydney Wanderers for Jaiden Kucharski was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Matej Tadič
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Perth Glory have done the hard part with NK Maribor, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at FK Senica is saying, and nobody at Perth Glory is enjoying the guessing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tom Lawrence and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Perth Glory offered $140.0K; Adelaide United said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.