Caleb Thomas

Striker - Melbourne City
26 Jul 2043
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Marked for Caleb Thomas

861 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

26 Jan 2043
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match21 Jan 2043

Melbourne City through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Adelaide United, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match26 Jan 2043

Melbourne City sink to position 11

10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings26 Jan 2043

Both of them Caleb Thomas's — 9.14

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.14, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market26 Jan 2043

Clayton Taylor has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Melbourne City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings26 Jan 2043

Will Dobson scores twice — 8.30

Two goals and a mark of 8.30 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad26 Jan 2043

Divine Chidera keeps Melbourne City in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings26 Jan 2043

Age has not caught Arthur De Lima yet — 8.13

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.13 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market26 Jan 2043

Michael Gordon asks to leave Melbourne City

“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.

Squad26 Jan 2043

Tempers go at Melbourne City

Aidan Simmons 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

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851 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

17 Nov 2042
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad17 Nov 2042

Divine Chidera keeps Melbourne City in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match15 Nov 2042

Arthur De Lima settles it late for Melbourne City

The 89th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Arthur De Lima decided nobody was going anywhere. Wellington Phoenix had no time left to answer.

Player ratings17 Nov 2042

Age has not caught Arthur De Lima yet — 7.95

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.95 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market17 Nov 2042

Only the photograph left for Brett Hill

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Brett Hill will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Melbourne City the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match15 Nov 2042

Arthur De Lima sends Melbourne City past Wellington Phoenix

It finished 3‑2, and it was Arthur De Lima’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Melbourne City.

Squad17 Nov 2042

Aidan Simmons 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.

Player ratings17 Nov 2042

A masterclass from Caleb Thomas

Marked 8.42 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad17 Nov 2042

Will Firth signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Will Firth commits to Melbourne City for another 2 years.

Squad17 Nov 2042

Tempers go at Melbourne City

Will Firth 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

834 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

21 Jul 2042
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Jul 2042

Quinn MacNicol breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad21 Jul 2042

Caleb Thomas keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Melbourne City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market21 Jul 2042

Isaac Dixon is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Melbourne City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief

817 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

24 Mar 2042
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Mar 2042

Divine Chidera decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match22 Mar 2042

Melbourne City run riot against Sydney FC

6‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Match19 Mar 2042

Melbourne City through in the cup

A 1‑1 win over Melbourne Victory, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad24 Mar 2042

A day Will Dobson will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings24 Mar 2042

A brace, and Joe Lacey takes the afternoon — 8.18

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Joe Lacey provided it, and the 8.18 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings24 Mar 2042

Age has not caught Will Dobson yet — 8.43

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.43 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad24 Mar 2042

Alex Robinson keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Melbourne City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market24 Mar 2042

Adrian MacDonald is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Melbourne City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match22 Mar 2042

Will Dobson among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Will Dobson on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Melbourne City and Sydney FC.

In brief