The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Match11 Jan 2031
The wait goes on for Macarthur FC
11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings13 Jan 2031
No sign of nerves from Akol Akon at 21 — 7.75
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Akol Akon did not need any: 7.75, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Akol Akon stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Akol Akon and Macarthur FC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Tempers go at Macarthur FC
Kosta Grozos 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.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthony Cáceres 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.
Squad13 Jan 2031
The manager makes an example of Akol Akon
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings13 Jan 2031
Bernardo Oliveira in the eights
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match11 Jan 2031
Honours even between Macarthur FC and Brisbane Roar
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings13 Jan 2031
Jing Reec runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 10. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market Macarthur FC put Alex Robinson up for sale
- Market Henrique Oliveira leaves for nothing
- Market Daniel Ryan leaves for nothing