The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad26 Jul 2032
Harrison Devenish-Meares breaks a bone — 115 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 115 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market26 Jul 2032
Clayton Taylor puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Perth Glory, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Jul 2032
Clayton Taylor 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 Perth Glory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2032
Blake Walsh signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Blake Walsh and Perth Glory agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2032
Perth Glory rebuffed over Jacob Farrell
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Melbourne Victory have kept their man, and Perth Glory go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad26 Jul 2032
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthony Didulica 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.
Market26 Jul 2032
Harrison Devenish-Meares told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Harrison Devenish-Meares has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Perth Glory.
The dugout26 Jul 2032
Grant Campbell 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 Grant Campbell is on it.
The dugout26 Jul 2032
Blake Walsh knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Perth Glory, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Alex Badolato has been promised minutes
- Market Daniel Scott placed on the list
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Clayton Taylor