The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad22 Nov 2027
Deklan Reid damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 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.
Match17 Nov 2027
12 matches without a win for Waitakere United
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Waitakere United are no longer polite ones.
Match17 Nov 2027
The cup run ends for Waitakere United
0‑1 against Hawke's Bay United, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad22 Nov 2027
A one-man rearguard from Liberato Smith
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market22 Nov 2027
Tim Sutton hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Dane Rufer 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.
Match17 Nov 2027
3 matches without a goal for Waitakere United
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
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The dugout22 Nov 2027
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In brief
- Squad Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
- The dugout Deklan Reid gets it from the manager
- The dugout Noah Van Hattum: “No excuses”