Sam Moore

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Wellington Phoenix U18
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Marked for Sam Moore

376 Edition

The Wellington Phoenix Gazette

10 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Oct 2033

Riley Fletcher puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Wellington Phoenix, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad10 Oct 2033

Tempers go at Wellington Phoenix

Kevin Khan 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.

Squad10 Oct 2033

The decline has begun for Alex Rufer

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Wellington Phoenix is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Squad10 Oct 2033

Wellington Phoenix lose Oliver Mitchell

22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad10 Oct 2033

Sam Moore stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sam Moore and Wellington Phoenix agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

Will Dobson 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 Will Dobson is on it.

Market10 Oct 2033

Wellington Phoenix and Aliyu Imrana are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

No hiding place for Stefan Harris

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefan Harris, and the manager let it.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

Josh Damevski 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

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353 Edition

The Wellington Phoenix Gazette

2 May 2033
From our football correspondent Steady

Market2 May 2033

Oliver Mitchell hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Wellington Phoenix can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 May 2033

Words at Wellington Phoenix training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Will Dobson 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.

Market2 May 2033

Wellington Phoenix promote Luke Cooper from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke Cooper 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.

Market2 May 2033

Wellington Phoenix promote Reece Miller from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Reece Miller 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.

Market2 May 2033

Sam Moore steps up from the Wellington Phoenix academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sam Moore 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.

Boardroom2 May 2033

Wellington Phoenix release $1.3M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad2 May 2033

Jai De Vries in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wellington Phoenix this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout2 May 2033

Grant Fisher 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 Grant Fisher is on it.

The dugout2 May 2033

Kevin Khan knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kevin Khan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief