“I did not go to Newcastle Jets to sit and watch. I want to come back to Perth Glory and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Perth Glory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Godwin Akpobolouka is 20, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
A new face in his position, and Matthew Sutton suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Perth Glory is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
A new face in his position, and Adam Taggart suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Perth Glory, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He is 16, and nobody at Perth Glory signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Adrian Roberts is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Callum Hill is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Connor Phillips is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Perth Glory that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Tom Lawrence has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.