The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Tashreeq Matthews
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market25 Oct 2027
Lachlan Wales 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 Western Sydney Wanderers can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Lachlan Wales: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Western Sydney Wanderers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Mitchell Gibson signs on for the long haul
Western Sydney Wanderers moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Mitchell Gibson, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Match23 Oct 2027
Still nobody has beaten Western Sydney Wanderers
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Brandon Borrello 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 Western Sydney Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
6 academy graduates step up at Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Owen Martin joins the Western Sydney Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen Martin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
Western Sydney Wanderers promote Riley Wood from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riley Wood has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ryan Wallace joins the Western Sydney Wanderers first team
- Squad Angus Thurgate makes it 200
- The dugout Bozhidar Kraev has become a man the manager trusts