Cooper Wood

Left Forward - Melbourne City U18
11 Sep 2027
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Marked for Cooper Wood

42 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 May 2027

The knee: Cooper Wood out for 16 days

16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Melbourne City lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market17 May 2027

Nathaniel Atkinson is on his way

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

The dugout17 May 2027

Ben van Dorssen keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Melbourne City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad17 May 2027

A falling-out at Melbourne City

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

Squad17 May 2027

Mathew Baker signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathew Baker and Melbourne City agree another 3 years.

Squad17 May 2027

Liam Bonetig 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.

In brief

  • The dugout Joel Anasmo has become a man the manager trusts
  • The dugout Ryan Kalms knocks on the manager’s door
Back issues
41 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 May 2027

The knee: Cooper Wood out for 25 days

25 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Melbourne City lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad10 May 2027

Words exchanged at Melbourne City

Sebastian Despotovski 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 dugout10 May 2027

Luke Supyk has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne City 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.

In brief

40 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 May 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Cooper Wood

33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Melbourne City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout3 May 2027

Marcus Younis says Melbourne City went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market3 May 2027

Takeshi Kanamori told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Takeshi Kanamori has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Melbourne City.

Squad3 May 2027

Liam Bonetig 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.

Squad3 May 2027

Kavian Rahmani 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 Melbourne City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout3 May 2027

Marcus Younis has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne City 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.

In brief