The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad19 Feb 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Cooper White
36 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Adelaide United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
Logan Davies keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Adelaide United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Feb 2035
Dylan Pierias 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Feb 2035
Adelaide United come up short against Perth Glory
Perth Glory left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
The manager makes an example of Andrew Mitchell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
Izei Serrano faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Izei Serrano after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Player ratings19 Feb 2035
Hayden Phillips will replay that one
1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.
Squad19 Feb 2035
Bryce Richards signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bryce Richards and Adelaide United agree another 3 years.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
Jonny Yull 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 Jonny Yull is on it.
In brief
- Looking ahead Mitchell Glasson goes back to face Sydney FC
- Squad A first senior shirt for Anthony Wright
- Market The Amlani Tatu question follows Adelaide United around