The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad13 Sep 2027
A last season at home is what Bart Vriends is after
It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at Adelaide United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Louis Page 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.
Transfer targets13 Sep 2027
Adelaide United rebuffed over Nick D'Agostino
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Viking have kept their man, and Adelaide United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market13 Sep 2027
Adelaide United promote Adam McLaren from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam McLaren 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Tim Walsh joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tim Walsh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Rory Evans joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rory Evans is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Sep 2027
One of our own: Hugh Johnson joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hugh Johnson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Ethan Alagich
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Adelaide United
Bailey Brandtman was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Loan watch Bailey O'Neil wants to come home
- The dugout When it matters, Craig Goodwin plays
- Squad Joey Garuccio wants out of the dugout