All time Mariners best XI

[eenfish]

With less than 30 days to go before season 9 kicks off, we're also less than two years away from getting the first decade Mariners Best XI. So I thought it might be time for a bit of fun and give our opinions on what the current all-time best XI is.

Feel free to tear my team apart but I think it should be:

Formation: 4-2-3-1
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Pedj Bojic and Josh Rose
CBs: Alex Wilkinson and Patrick Zwaanswijk
CM: Rostyn Griffiths and John Hutchinson
AMC: Michael McGlinchey
Wingers: Adam Kwasnik and Bernie Ibini
Striker: Matt Simon
Coach: Graham Arnold

Who would you put in your 1st XI?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Goal machine in place of Matty, Jedi in place of Hutch. Trent at RB so that hat wearing twonk is out.

Wee Mac in place of Kwas so the the Great Tommy P at number 10

 

[localpom]

Matty

Vidmar Trent Dutchy Rosey

Monty Jedi

Weemac Matty Simon

Rogic

Aloisi


Oh how I would love to see that side at their peak! Bench would be Pedj, Danny Vuks, sasho, Rostyn, Flores.

 

[AuzDutchy]

Matty

Vidmar Trent Dutchy Rosey

Monty Jedi

Weemac Matty Simon

Rogic

Aloisi


Oh how I would love to see that side at their peak! Bench would be Pedj, Danny Vuks, sasho, Rostyn, Flores.

How the flip can yoh pick flores!!! He hasn't even played anything meaningful yet!!!

 

[pjennings]

Formation: 4-2-3-1
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Alex Wilkinson and Josh Rose
CBs: Trent Sainsbury and Patrick Zwaanswijk
CM: Rostyn Griffiths and Mile Jedinak
AMC: Daniel McBreen
Wingers: Matt Simon and Michael McGlinchey
Striker: John Aloisi
Coach: Graham Arnold

 

[localpom]

How the flip can yoh pick flores!!! He hasn't even played anything meaningful yet!!!

As a bench player......he is maybe our biggest signing yet so I have to include him. We will see what he can do. If not him then Tommy P tho think Flores is a far superior player. By the end of the season we will see who makes the list...I think Dukey and Caceres will be close calls as well.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Would try to fit Musti and Tommy P in that side.

To date, Musti has been our best number 10. Expect Flores to put that right pretty quickly mind you

 

[eenfish]

Would try to fit Musti and Tommy P in that side.

To date, Musti has been our best number 10. Expect Flores to put that right pretty quickly mind you

Fair go to wee mac, bloke was spectacular last season.

 

[Wombat]

We would play 442 with 2 strikers..

Ryan
Wilko (season 1 form) Tesco. Dutchy. Rose
Beanie. Rostyn. Gumps. Weemac
Aloisi. Mori

Subs. Danny, vidmar, Jedi, Perez, Simon.

 

[Kareem]

Formation: 4-2-3-1
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Alex Wilkinson and Josh Rose
CBs: Trent Sainsbury and Patrick Zwaanswijk
CM: Rostyn Griffiths and Mile Jedinak
AM: Tom Rogic
Wingers: Simon and Michael McGlinchey
Striker: Daniel McBreen
Coach: Graham Arnold

Subs: Vukovic, Vidmar, Hutch, Aloisi

 

[nero]

Hutcho must be in this team. Yes we have had a long line of great DM's, but Hutch is and has always been the core of this team no matter how much everyone or myself has bagged him through the years.

Arnie and Dutchy has been the main reason for the Mariners 2nd renaissance. Before him the defense was always leaky, even with Vidmar.

Up front: I would say Mcbreen and Matty up front.
Aloisi was great till he went flat during finals time and then rubbish for Sydney the following season.

Backs: Wilko, Dutchy, Saints, Rose - Since Dutchy join unbreakable defense.

Mids: Mile, Weemac, Rogic, Hutcho
GK: Ryan
Bench: Gumps, Griffiths, Sasho, Musti, Pedj, Alosi

 

[Tassiemariner]

4-4-2 Narrow Diamond
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Pedj Bojic and Josh Rose
CBs: Alex Wilkinson and Patrick Zwaanswijk
DM: Mile Jedinak
CM: Michael McGlinchey & John Hutchinson
AMC: Tommy Pondeljak
Strikers: Matt Simon & Danny Mcbreen
Coach: Graham Arnold

Subs - Vuko, Sainsbury, Heff, R Griffiths, Rogic, Kwasnik, Amini

Can we please get a new star RB? Hate putting Bojic there.

 

[eenfish]

4-4-2 Narrow Diamond
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Pedj Bojic and Josh Rose
CBs: Alex Wilkinson and Patrick Zwaanswijk
DM: Mile Jedinak
CM: Michael McGlinchey & John Hutchinson
AMC: Tommy Pondeljak
Strikers: Matt Simon & Danny Mcbreen
Coach: Graham Arnold

Subs - Vuko, Sainsbury, Heff, R Griffiths, Rogic, Kwasnik, Amini

Can we please get a new star RB? Hate putting Bojic there.

I'd like to hope the sting of losing Pedj to Sydney will ease off in the years... but he will get one hell of a reaction when he returns to Bluey for the first time.

Heres hoping Storm has a storming season at the right back position.

 

[sydmariner]

With less than 30 days to go before season 9 kicks off, we're also less than two years away from getting the first decade Mariners Best XI. So I thought it might be time for a bit of fun and give our opinions on what the current all-time best XI is.

Feel free to tear my team apart but I think it should be:

Formation: 4-2-3-1
GK: Mat Ryan
FBs: Pedj Bojic and Josh Rose
CBs: Alex Wilkinson and Patrick Zwaanswijk
CM: Rostyn Griffiths and John Hutchinson
AMC: Michael McGlinchey
Wingers: Adam Kwasnik and Bernie Ibini
Striker: Matt Simon
Coach: Graham Arnold

Who would you put in your 1st XI?

U 4got mcbreen

 

[dibo]

Is it so hard to write "you forgot"?

 

[sydmariner]

Is it so hard to write "you forgot"?

 

[scottmac]

Is it so hard to write "you forgot"?

Get with the times old man!

 

[dibo]

Get with the times old man!

Get off my lawn!

 

[MagpieMariner]

Is it so hard to write "you forgot"?

4 extra letters

 

[dibo]

What I don't understand is that it's no easier to write and it's harder to read.

I write full words all the time; they fly out because my fingers know where they're going next. Autocorrect means that even with a mobile it's easier to write full words. Either way, it's far harder to type the abbreviations and *much* harder to read - it breaks up the shape of the words and you have to *read* each word rather than simply go on shape.

Even on twitter, I generally don't use abbreviations unless I'm being silly about it (e.g. "kthxbai").

It's not 1995, this isn't IRC. Stop it.

It's harder to do, it's harder to read; it's a pain in the arse.

Death to pointless abbreviations.

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