The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad10 May 2027
A falling-out at Perth Glory
Tom Lawrence and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 May 2027
Cameron Cook gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout10 May 2027
Brandon O'Neill gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Brandon O'Neill is on it.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes Scott Wootton a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Perth Glory. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad10 May 2027
The training reports on Stefan Colakovski are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager comes out for Matthew Sutton
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Matthew Sutton has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Tom Lawrence
- Squad Thomas White is fit again
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Charbel Shamoon at Adelaide United