The Adelaide United Chronicle
Match21 Oct 2028
No end in sight to Adelaide United's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Adelaide United has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Mpho Khethang 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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
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.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Bart Vriends wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Adelaide United know it.
Squad23 Oct 2028
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.
Match21 Oct 2028
A bad afternoon for Adelaide United against Central Coast Mariners
0‑2 to Central Coast Mariners, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United promote Bryce MacDonald from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bryce MacDonald 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United promote Tristan Smith from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tristan Smith 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.
In brief
- Market Jarrod Jackson steps up from the Adelaide United academy
- Market Declan Holmes steps up from the Adelaide United academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Panagiotis Kikianis