The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Squad1 Oct 2029
Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liam Rose 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.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Oliver Thomas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oliver Thomas commits to Macarthur FC for another 3 years.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Sebastian Esposito is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
The manager's exit leaves Conor Tracey exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Conor Tracey is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
Squad1 Oct 2029
Chedi Afifeh is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Chedi Afifeh has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
The dugout1 Oct 2029
Hayden Doyle gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Macarthur FC have started building around Luke Supyk
- The dugout A door opens for Sebastian Esposito
- Market The Dean Harper story refuses to die