The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle
Market1 Oct 2035
Jackson Williams 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 The request is on a desk at Western Sydney Wanderers, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Oct 2035
A falling-out at Western Sydney Wanderers
Angus Thurgate and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad1 Oct 2035
A row about effort at Western Sydney Wanderers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Victor Barbosa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Oct 2035
Victor Barbosa is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout1 Oct 2035
Angus Thurgate has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Western Sydney Wanderers will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout1 Oct 2035
No hiding place for Jackson Williams
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jackson Williams, and the manager let it.
Market1 Oct 2035
The Alou Kuol question follows Western Sydney Wanderers around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Alou Kuol’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market1 Oct 2035
Talks stall between Western Sydney Wanderers and Daniel Brown
“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 dugout1 Oct 2035
Thomas Doyle 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
- Squad Oliver Beath is put on a programme of his own
- Squad Zach Lisolajski is training like a man with a point to make