Max McGrath

Left Forward - Sydney FC
18 Apr 2036
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Marked for Max McGrath

484 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

5 Nov 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad5 Nov 2035

A one-man rearguard from Anothando Menemene

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market5 Nov 2035

Ryan Robertson is on his way

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

Squad5 Nov 2035

Words at Sydney FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Louis Verstraete 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.

Squad5 Nov 2035

Jayden Chambers-Morgan 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 Sydney FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match3 Nov 2035

A bad afternoon for Sydney FC against Melbourne Victory

0‑2 to Melbourne Victory, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout5 Nov 2035

Anothando Menemene 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 ratings5 Nov 2035

Nobody could get near Mitchell Ferguson

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market5 Nov 2035

Talks stall between Sydney FC and Anothando Menemene

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout5 Nov 2035

Shane Harrison: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief

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483 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

29 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings29 Oct 2035

What a way to start for Max McGrath — 7.24

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.24 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

Market29 Oct 2035

Liam Shaw has one foot out of the door

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

Squad29 Oct 2035

Words exchanged at Sydney FC

Quinn MacNicol and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market29 Oct 2035

Sydney FC and Quinn MacNicol 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.

Squad29 Oct 2035

Mitchell Wood stays put

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

Match27 Oct 2035

Sydney FC share the spoils with Central Coast Mariners

A 1‑1 draw with Central Coast Mariners leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout29 Oct 2035

When it matters, Patrick Wood plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout29 Oct 2035

Shane Harrison on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Shane Harrison after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout29 Oct 2035

Anothando Menemene 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 Anothando Menemene trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief