The Adelaide United Chronicle
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Panagiotis Kikianis frozen out at Adelaide United
This is not rotation. Panagiotis Kikianis has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Adelaide United is pretending otherwise.
Market16 Apr 2029
Mpho Khethang has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Adelaide United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Adelaide United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Panagiotis Kikianis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Andriano Lebib 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market16 Apr 2029
Adelaide United promote Chris Beath from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chris Beath 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Adelaide United promote Bryce McCallum from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bryce McCallum 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Ben Davies joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ben Davies is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
A promise honoured at Adelaide United
Something was said to Harry Sawyer and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Brad Smith has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Adelaide United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Jake Najdovski
- Squad Jay Barnett has seen what the next man earns
- Squad “I want to play”: Michael Bell speaks