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Perth Now
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Reds slammed for ‘disgraceful' actions
Former Adelaide United midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe has broken his silence on the 'disgraceful' way he was treated by the Reds, claiming the club deliberately attempted to break his 'resolve' and force him to leave. The 32-year-old Englishman's comments come on the back of revelations this week made by former Reds assistant coach Travis Dodd, and the subsequent way Tunnicliffe says they were 'downplayed' by club chief executive officer Nathan Kosmina. Dodd claimed in an interview with 7 News that Adelaide's technical director Ernest Faber was 'undermining' the club's recently departed coach Carl Veart during the Reds' 2024-25 campaign, including calling a 'secret meeting' with the squad's player leadership group to tell them that 'they could pick the team'. The report also claimed that Faber made Tunnicliffe train by himself for two weeks and undertake 'torturous running sessions'. 'Credit to him, for two weeks … he did what he was asked to do. Seemingly Ernest had enough after two weeks, and let him rejoin the first-team squad,' Dodd said. In a post on Saturday on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Tunnicliffe said he wasn't going to comment out of 'respect for the team, the manager and his staff'. However, comments made by Kosmina to Channel 10 on Friday led to Tunnicliffe feeling 'compelled to respond'. 'Different players respond differently to different coaching techniques … that balance is always a tricky one,' Kosmina said. 'Regardless of right or wrong, what we don't want is to be dragged into a tit-for-tat in the media.' Tunnicliffe – whose contract wasn't renewed after his only A-League appearance during the 2024-25 season was as a 90th-minute substitute in a 4-0 win over Central Coast in December – said the Reds 'sought to downplay both the situation and the club's handling of it'. 'Being separated from the playing group and made to train in isolation, was not only deeply disappointing, it was disgraceful,' he said. 'Throughout this period, I continued to fulfil all contractual obligations, remained professional, and did everything that was asked of me. 'I was the only player subjected to this so-called 'individualised program', which in reality appeared to be a targeted effort to pressure me out of the club as part of a cost-cutting measure. It was, in my view, a deliberate attempt to undermine my resolve and force my departure.' Tunnicliffe also rejected Channel 10's claim it had been told that he 'gave the Reds a favourable review' in an end-of-season player survey. 'As for the so-called 'favourable' end-of-year player survey … this claim is entirely fabricated,' he said. Tunnicliffe said he was 'currently taking legal advice on the matter'. Professional Footballers Australia chief executive officer Beau Busch said Adelaide's alleged treatment of Tunnicliffe had breached the collective bargaining agreement. 'The practice of forcing players to train alone and excluding them from their team has no place in the A-League's and is a breach of the collective bargaining agreement,' Busch said. 'We are in contact with Ryan and the club. We will ensure Ryan is supported, and engage with the club to address the matter.' Busch is also set to meet with another departed Adelaide player, Josh Cavallo, who was also critical of the club, and the treatment he received from the Reds. 'Carl (Veart) was under clear instructions by the people above him (Ernest Faber) during pre-season that I wasn't allowed to step foot on the pitch … hence was I was sidelined fit for the entire season,' Cavallo said in a social media post this week. 'What you think Adelaide United is, think again. It's not quite what I believed it was. It broke my heart and also my career as a footballer.' The club declined to comment or provide a statement to News Corp Australia about the different allegations.
Scottish Sun
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Ex-Man Utd wonderkid banished to train on his own and put through ‘torturous' sessions to force him out of club
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A FORMER Manchester United hot prospect was forced into "torturous" training sessions in a bid to make him quit his club. But amid the brutal regime, he was driven on by a supportive coach urging him: "Don't let them break you". Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Ryan Tunnicliffe had a nightmare second year with Adelaide United Credit: Getty 3 Tunnicliffe played with future stars like Paul Pogba at Old Trafford Credit: Getty - Contributor Midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe is the player at the centre of the amazing claims Down Under. He was at Old Trafford from 2009-2014, featuring alongside future heroes like Paul Pogba and earning England caps at Under-16 and U-17 level. Tunnicliffe, now 32, went on to have decent spells with Fulham, Millwall, Luton and Portsmouth. But a move to Australian team Adelaide United on a two-year deal in 2023 went less than smoothly. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL CITY PUNISHED Man City slapped with fine as they accept breaching Prem rule nine times And Tunnicliffe's troubles peaked when the club's technical director Ernest Faber wanted him out - according to 7NEWS Adelaide. The Australian broadcaster revealed whistleblowing claims by former assistant Travis Dodd. The former Adelaide player, 45, suggested that ex-coach Carl Veart was undermined by Faber last season. Dodd reckoned Faber asked players to pick the team without telling Veart. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK And it's reckoned Tunnicliffe was caught up in the situation. He only played four minutes last season before departing in May - with Veart also leaving after five years in charge, as well as Dodd. New Man Utd star Matheus Cunha runs rings around pals as he plays 5-a-side on streets in his hometown And it's alleged Tunnicliffe faced a bizarre ordeal as he struggled for game time. 7News Adelaide reported that Faber "forced unwanted import Ryan Tunnicliffe to train on his own, putting him through torturous running sessions in the hope he would quit the club". Dodd told the TV channel: "I said, 'Mate, don't let them break you'. He goes, 'I can do it'. "And, credit to him, for two weeks he rocked up when he was asked to rock up, did what he was asked to do, and seemingly Ernest (Faber) had had enough after two weeks and let him rejoin the first-team squad." Former Adelaide player Josh Cavallo alleged on the 7News Facebook comment section that he too suffered because of Faber. The ex-Socceroos U-20 ace, 25, claimed Veart was "under clear instructions by the people above him" not to pick him.
The Irish Sun
19-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Ex-Man Utd wonderkid banished to train on his own and put through ‘torturous' sessions to force him out of club
A FORMER Manchester United hot prospect was forced into "torturous" training sessions in a bid to make him quit his club. But amid the brutal regime, he was driven on by a supportive coach urging him: "Don't let them break you". 3 Ryan Tunnicliffe had a nightmare second year with Adelaide United Credit: Getty 3 Tunnicliffe played with future stars like Paul Pogba at Old Trafford Credit: Getty - Contributor Midfielder He was at Tunnicliffe, now 32, went on to have decent spells with But a move to Australian team Adelaide United on a two-year deal in 2023 went less than smoothly. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL And Tunnicliffe's troubles peaked when the club's technical director Ernest Faber wanted him out - according to The Australian broadcaster revealed whistleblowing claims by former assistant Travis Dodd. The former Adelaide player, 45, suggested that ex-coach Carl Veart was undermined by Faber last season. Dodd reckoned Faber asked players to pick the team without telling Veart. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK And it's reckoned Tunnicliffe was caught up in the situation. He only played four minutes last season before departing in May - with Veart also leaving after five years in charge, as well as Dodd. New Man Utd star Matheus Cunha runs rings around pals as he plays 5-a-side on streets in his hometown And it's alleged Tunnicliffe faced a bizarre ordeal as he struggled for game time. 7News Adelaide reported that Faber "forced unwanted import Ryan Tunnicliffe to train on his own, putting him through torturous running sessions in the hope he would quit the club". Dodd told the TV channel: "I said, 'Mate, don't let them break you'. He goes, 'I can do it'. "And, credit to him, for two weeks he rocked up when he was asked to rock up, did what he was asked to do, and seemingly Ernest (Faber) had had enough after two weeks and let him rejoin the first-team squad." Former Adelaide player Josh Cavallo alleged on the 7News Facebook comment section that he too suffered because of Faber. The ex-Socceroos U-20 ace, 25, claimed Veart was "under clear instructions by the people above him" not to pick him. 3 Tunnicliffe left Adelaide in may after an unhappy second season Credit: Alamy
Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
These women were written out of art history. Now their work is getting the recognition it deserves
There are over 200 works on display here, but some of the most sobering thoughts brought about by this exhibition are: what are the works we aren't seeing? What are the works we'll never see? There are the works that were destroyed, there were the works that were reportedly thrown off ships (in response to a debilitating tax that was applied to bringing artworks home to Australia), and there are those that have simply melted into history. In the first room, in a cabinet near Collier's surviving nude is a series of miniatures, including three by Justine Kong Sing, the first professional Chinese Australian artist who went to London. Despite finding success in her lifetime, much of her work has disappeared. 'She exhibited widely in London, including at the Royal Academy. We couldn't find any of her works in the UK, and there's a handful in Australian collections,' says Tunnicliffe. 'We know there's others, because she exhibited a lot – but we don't know where they are.' One of the larger works in the exhibition is A Winter morning on the coast of France (1888) by Victorian artist Eleanor Ritchie Harrison. 'It's the only major painting by her to survive, which we actually tracked down to a house in Sydney,' says Tunnicliffe. Her work was exhibited widely, until her death at the age of 41 from complications of childbirth. For many of the artists on display, even during their lifetime their work was maligned or excluded from Australian art history. 'There was a sense that if you're not painting an Australian landscape, it's not Australian art. If you're outside of Australia, if you're beyond its borders, you're no longer participating in Australian Art,' says Freak. Many artists, she explains, felt they were 'kind of pushed out of the story of Australian art because they were no longer residing in Australia'. The erasure continued even after the artists had left their marks. 'These women, they were high profile in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and after the Second World War, with the return to conservatism which happened after the war, many of these women became written out of Australian art history,' says Tunnicliffe. 'As Australian art history started to be written by male art historians, the woman's role became more and more diminished until they virtually disappeared. And really it was the 1970s when feminist art historians began working this field and reclaiming them, that's when interest grew.' Dangerously Modern is an exhibition overflowing with stories. There's the big picture narrative of a generation of women artists making their way over to Europe to pursue artistic dreams – some made their way easily, others struggled financially. There are the stories of what happened when they got there – relationships they formed and the ways they made ends meet. And there are the stories in the works themselves. One of the most striking works appears about halfway through. Painted by Hilda Rix Nicholas, These gave the world away (1917) is a large-scale painting where the artist has imagined the scene of her husband's death in the Somme Valley. Loading All 50 women in this exhibition left home to pursue their art. Some returned, some didn't. Some became household names, others quietly dropped out of art history. One of the hopes of this exhibition is to, at last, tell the stories that were hidden for far too long. Elizabeth Flux travelled to Adelaide as a guest of Art Gallery of South Australia.
The Age
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
These women were written out of art history. Now their work is getting the recognition it deserves
There are over 200 works on display here, but some of the most sobering thoughts brought about by this exhibition are: what are the works we aren't seeing? What are the works we'll never see? There are the works that were destroyed, there were the works that were reportedly thrown off ships (in response to a debilitating tax that was applied to bringing artworks home to Australia), and there are those that have simply melted into history. In the first room, in a cabinet near Collier's surviving nude is a series of miniatures, including three by Justine Kong Sing, the first professional Chinese Australian artist who went to London. Despite finding success in her lifetime, much of her work has disappeared. 'She exhibited widely in London, including at the Royal Academy. We couldn't find any of her works in the UK, and there's a handful in Australian collections,' says Tunnicliffe. 'We know there's others, because she exhibited a lot – but we don't know where they are.' One of the larger works in the exhibition is A Winter morning on the coast of France (1888) by Victorian artist Eleanor Ritchie Harrison. 'It's the only major painting by her to survive, which we actually tracked down to a house in Sydney,' says Tunnicliffe. Her work was exhibited widely, until her death at the age of 41 from complications of childbirth. For many of the artists on display, even during their lifetime their work was maligned or excluded from Australian art history. 'There was a sense that if you're not painting an Australian landscape, it's not Australian art. If you're outside of Australia, if you're beyond its borders, you're no longer participating in Australian Art,' says Freak. Many artists, she explains, felt they were 'kind of pushed out of the story of Australian art because they were no longer residing in Australia'. The erasure continued even after the artists had left their marks. 'These women, they were high profile in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and after the Second World War, with the return to conservatism which happened after the war, many of these women became written out of Australian art history,' says Tunnicliffe. 'As Australian art history started to be written by male art historians, the woman's role became more and more diminished until they virtually disappeared. And really it was the 1970s when feminist art historians began working this field and reclaiming them, that's when interest grew.' Dangerously Modern is an exhibition overflowing with stories. There's the big picture narrative of a generation of women artists making their way over to Europe to pursue artistic dreams – some made their way easily, others struggled financially. There are the stories of what happened when they got there – relationships they formed and the ways they made ends meet. And there are the stories in the works themselves. One of the most striking works appears about halfway through. Painted by Hilda Rix Nicholas, These gave the world away (1917) is a large-scale painting where the artist has imagined the scene of her husband's death in the Somme Valley. Loading All 50 women in this exhibition left home to pursue their art. Some returned, some didn't. Some became household names, others quietly dropped out of art history. One of the hopes of this exhibition is to, at last, tell the stories that were hidden for far too long. Elizabeth Flux travelled to Adelaide as a guest of Art Gallery of South Australia.
