Dane Nelson

Striker - Free Agent
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618 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

31 May 2038
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match31 May 2038

Hawke's Bay United sink to position 7

10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad31 May 2038

Chris Fenton breaks a bone — 17 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 May 2038

Only the photograph left for Chris Sutton

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Chris Sutton will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hawke's Bay United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad31 May 2038

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Sam Sutton 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.

Squad31 May 2038

Chris Stamatelopoulos signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Chris Stamatelopoulos commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 3 years.

Squad31 May 2038

Stefan Waine has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Hawke's Bay United 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

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582 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

21 Sep 2037
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match21 Sep 2037

Every point is an argument now for Hawke's Bay United

Position 6 and 9 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad21 Sep 2037

Kosta Garbett 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 Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad21 Sep 2037

Cameron Kirwan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Cameron Kirwan and Hawke's Bay United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

575 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

3 Aug 2037
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom3 Aug 2037

Hawke's Bay United put Matt McCowatt on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom3 Aug 2037

The Hawke's Bay United board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Squad3 Aug 2037

Monty Boxall breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market3 Aug 2037

Auckland City watching Chris Sutton

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hawke's Bay United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market3 Aug 2037

Clayton De Vries has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hawke's Bay United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad3 Aug 2037

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Kosta Garbett 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.

Squad3 Aug 2037

Noah Cacace signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Noah Cacace and Hawke's Bay United agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2037

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Singh 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.

Market3 Aug 2037

Team Wellington expected to open talks for Bill Colvey

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hawke's Bay United will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

551 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

16 Feb 2037
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market16 Feb 2037

Chris Sutton is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hawke's Bay United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad16 Feb 2037

Stefan Stamatelopoulos says Hawke's Bay United 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.

Squad16 Feb 2037

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Sam Sutton 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.

In brief