Kai Murray

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Auckland FC U18
27 Mar 2033
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Marked for Kai Murray

277 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

17 Nov 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Nov 2031

Mpho Maila asks to leave Auckland FC

“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.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Time is catching up with Francis De Vries

Everybody at Auckland FC saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 36 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.

Squad17 Nov 2031

A falling-out at Auckland FC

Riley Dalziell and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Luka Pršo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Kai Murray stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kai Murray and Auckland FC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout17 Nov 2031

Francis De Vries gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Francis De Vries is on it.

The dugout17 Nov 2031

The manager has not finished forgetting James Reynolds's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Looking ahead17 Nov 2031

A reunion for Daniel Hall

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Central Coast Mariners in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout17 Nov 2031

Mpho Maila asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
273 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

20 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Oct 2031

A muscle injury sidelines Dean Bosnjak for 18 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Auckland FC will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad20 Oct 2031

A falling-out at Auckland FC

Riley Dalziell and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market20 Oct 2031

Auckland FC promote Hayden Gallagher from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hayden Gallagher 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.

Market20 Oct 2031

One of our own: Marcus Cummings joins the Auckland FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Cummings is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market20 Oct 2031

One of our own: Kai Murray joins the Auckland FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kai Murray is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market20 Oct 2031

Caleb Williams steps up from the Auckland FC academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caleb Williams has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout20 Oct 2031

Dean Bosnjak 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.

Squad20 Oct 2031

Words at Auckland FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcus Jackson 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.

Looking ahead20 Oct 2031

The leaders are next for Auckland FC

Perth Glory top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief