The Adelaide United Chronicle
Match21 Oct 2028
Nowhere to hide for Adelaide United
0‑3 against Central Coast Mariners, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market23 Oct 2028
Panagiotis Kikianis 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 Adelaide United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United count the cost of losing Jay Barnett
22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
Nobody could get near Jonny Yull
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Adelaide United
Craig Goodwin 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Alex O'Brien comes home
The shirt still fits. Alex O'Brien is back at Adelaide United, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Oct 2028
Simon Bailey comes home
The shirt still fits. Simon Bailey is back at Adelaide United, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Oct 2028
Hayden Walsh comes home
The shirt still fits. Hayden Walsh is back at Adelaide United, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Amlani Tatu
- Boardroom Inquest at Adelaide United
- Player ratings Luka Jovanović leaves them behind him