The Perth Glory Sentinel
Market24 May 2027
Scott Wootton 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 Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 May 2027
Words exchanged at Perth Glory
Brian Kaltak and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad24 May 2027
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Scott Wootton 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.
The dugout24 May 2027
No hiding place for Stefan Colakovski
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefan Colakovski, and the manager let it.
The dugout24 May 2027
Lachlan Jackson 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 Lachlan Jackson is on it.
Market24 May 2027
Sebastian Despotovski linked with a move away
The name of Sebastian Despotovski keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Perth Glory say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Jaiden Kucharski
- Squad Lucas Scicluna is the talk of the training ground
- Squad Daniel Harris is fit again