The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad13 Dec 2027
Steven Ugarkovic damages knee ligaments — 39 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 39 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market13 Dec 2027
Matthew Sutton asks to leave Perth Glory
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Cameron King out for 19 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Perth Glory will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Charbel Shamoon says Perth Glory 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Tiago Quintal is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match11 Dec 2027
Sydney FC take the points off Perth Glory
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces13 Dec 2027
The spotlight tightens on Adam Taggart
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
The one thing Adam Taggart could not do
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
An afternoon Nathan Walker will want back
Marked 5.80. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
In brief
- Loan watch Quinn MacNicol keeps scoring at Persib
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Tom Lawrence