2015 Mariners Pre-Season Games

[Rowdy]

Sweet, thanks.

Simple mistake, although if you make the mistake of going to Newcastle you will aways be correct in saying ' you went down' ....no matter which direction you came from

 

[style_cafe]

I`m hoping that once the COE is fully operational , night time trial games & preseason games will be held there so that any revenue made goes straight to the club

 

[Luke]

We played a full strength Sydney FC today in Leichardt behind closed doors and we won 3-1.
Roy,J.rose and Sim the scorers.Decent signs.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

We played a full strength Sydney FC today in Leichardt behind closed doors and we won 3-1.
Roy,J.rose and Sim the scorers.Decent signs.

Wow we are having a very positive off season with lots of games. Such a contrast to last preseason where we had minimal games.

 

[localpom]

We played a full strength Sydney FC today in Leichardt behind closed doors and we won 3-1.
Roy,J.rose and Sim the scorers.Decent signs.

Thanks Luke. Good signs. Any idea on the sides?

 

[sydmariner]

We played a full strength Sydney FC today in Leichardt behind closed doors and we won 3-1.
Roy,J.rose and Sim the scorers.Decent signs.

Was Matt Simon playing

 

[Gratis]

Good good. the sky poos are recent grand finalists and premiership contenders, going toe to toe with them (albeit preseason) is most encouraging

 

[scoober]

Good good. the sky poos are recent grand finalists and premiership contenders, going toe to toe with them (albeit preseason) is most encouraging

Is it just me or does anyone else think that sydney squad is much weaker this year then last? For me they just don't have the cutting edge and will struggle to score goals.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that sydney squad is much weaker this year then last? For me they just don't have the cutting edge and will struggle to score goals.

They still not have a striker like Yanko or ADP that can score 10+ goals and I'm not sure the replaced Bernie with adequate talent. They'll probably still be top 4 but this season will be all MV again.

 

[Luke]

Thanks Luke. Good signs. Any idea on the sides?

Not 100% but I know Reddy didn't play at all.Pearce started in goal who was a nervous wreck apparently but he did okay (makes me eat my words a little ) then another trial keeper played the last 15 minutes and directly set up Sims goal. Neil,Mcging,Posc,L.Rose,Monty,J.Rose,Fitzy,Fab and Roy all played.They went with a "matchday" squad so plenty of boys got 90 minutes.Sim came off the bench I think.
Sydneys only real weak spot was their forward line.No Brosque or Smeltz so Simon started.Ando also came off the bench for them.Their marquee (forgotten his name) scored a bomb volley off a corner.

 

[nebakke]

Sydneys only real weak spot was their forward line.No Brosque or Smeltz so Simon started.Ando also came off the bench for them.Their marquee (forgotten his name) scored a bomb volley off a corner.

That sounds fairly encouraging then If we were able to sneak three goals past a decent looking Sydney frontline, there might be some promise for the season, let's see.
Any chance we could start telling Sim that the season only starts in May? - He seems to score a lot more in pre-season/early on

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that sydney squad is much weaker this year then last? For me they just don't have the cutting edge and will struggle to score goals.

Mmm.... I think Arnie tends to get the best out of strikers. He plays systems to suit his cattle. Holosko will prove at worst very decent under Arnie. Then they have Smeltz, Brosque and Matty... that's a better cutting edge than we've ever had? I think their attack will be very solid. Where I think they may be weaker is at the back. Arnie typically focuses on preparing his defence first and attack second in pre season... so losing to us 3-1 hopefully bodes ill for them But I'm sure they'll still be very competitive.

 

[Luke]

We are playing Victory today behind closed doors at AAMI so it will be a big test.2pm kickoff.I don't think word was going to go out but Victory let the cat out of the bag on twitter.
Victory starting 11 is close to their best.Bozanic also starting.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

We are playing Victory today behind closed doors at AAMI so it will be a big test.2pm kickoff.I don't think word was going to go out but Victory let the cat out of the bag on twitter.
Victory starting 11 is close to their best.Bozanic also starting.

Sweet. Have you got any insiders to let us know how the game goes, Luke?

 

[Luke]

Sweet. Have you got any insiders to let us know how the game goes, Luke?

Victory are doing updates on twitter thankfully.I'll post the good stuff in here for those without it.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

Oh sweet.. I have to say, I'm very impressed by Walmsleys preseason schedule. So many quality hitouts.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

Here is the Mariners lineup. Interesting no Ferriara and playing with 2 DMs again with McGing moving forward up out of the backline. Fitzy to play right wing I assume.

 

[Capt. Awesome]

Hah. Nabbout trialing against Victory.

 

[sydmariner]

Here is the Mariners lineup. Interesting no Ferriara and playing with 2 DMs again with McGing moving forward up out of the backline. Fitzy to play right wing I assume.View attachment 465

So are we in the seatbelt kit or the plmtree kit

 

[sydmariner]

We are playing Victory today behind closed doors at AAMI so it will be a big test.2pm kickoff.I don't think word was going to go out but Victory let the cat out of the bag on twitter.
Victory starting 11 is close to their best.Bozanic also starting.

Why so many closed door games ?