The Waitakere United Sentinel
Match8 Nov 2031
43 matches without a win for Waitakere United
The run now stands at 43, and the questions being asked around Waitakere United are no longer polite ones.
Squad10 Nov 2031
Max Cooper damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 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.
Match10 Nov 2031
Waitakere United sink to position 7
0 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match8 Nov 2031
Waitakere United let it slip despite Liberato Fenton
Liberato Fenton had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Canterbury United were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.
Player ratings10 Nov 2031
Nobody could get near Bill Payne
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Nov 2031
No sign of nerves from Sam Payne at 21 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sam Payne did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad10 Nov 2031
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Bill Payne 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.
Match8 Nov 2031
A bad afternoon for Waitakere United against Canterbury United
2‑3 to Canterbury United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Match8 Nov 2031
Waitakere United are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
In brief
- Squad Dane Sutton falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Ben Nelson out for 22 days
- Market Jake Rufer placed on the list