The Adelaide United Chronicle
Player ratings15 Jan 2029
Medin Memeti, 21, steals the show — 7.96
Marked 7.96 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Jay Barnett says Adelaide 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Jake Najdovski 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Ba come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Adelaide United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Adelaide United
Dylan Pierias and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Words at Adelaide United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cassius Mailula 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.
Match13 Jan 2029
Medin Memeti the difference as Adelaide United beat Central Coast Mariners
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Medin Memeti. 2‑0 against Central Coast Mariners, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Adelaide United lose Bryce MacDonald
34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings15 Jan 2029
Yaya Dukuly in the eights
A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Squad Bart Vriends wants to finish where he started
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Andriano Lebib
- Player ratings Dylan Pierias runs at them all day