FFC Mariner
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Live at the ground I think Rowles went missing for the 1st - shades of last season. Happy to be corrected
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CCM v $ity - Rd 6
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style_cafe
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Seriously spewing that I missed tonight`s game.
Everyone played so well and even when passes went astray they fought to get the ball back.
A big shout out to Staj and his coaching staff.It just goes to show how important a good preseason,a fit team and a few early wins does to galvanise a team.
It looks like Matty might be perusing these pages too. I gave him a bagging for his reaction to Kuol last weekend but tonight he was sensational.
When Kuol challenged him to head the ball, Matty had a quiet word then put his arm around him and at that moment I felt we could win the game.
It was good to then see Kuol jump up on Matty when we won and also try to hoist him up with Tonjik.
DDS was also incredible tonight,an amazing goal and serious effort from Kuol to set him up maybe DDS`s best ever A-League game....
MARINERS `TIL I DIE
Everyone played so well and even when passes went astray they fought to get the ball back.
A big shout out to Staj and his coaching staff.It just goes to show how important a good preseason,a fit team and a few early wins does to galvanise a team.
It looks like Matty might be perusing these pages too. I gave him a bagging for his reaction to Kuol last weekend but tonight he was sensational.
When Kuol challenged him to head the ball, Matty had a quiet word then put his arm around him and at that moment I felt we could win the game.
It was good to then see Kuol jump up on Matty when we won and also try to hoist him up with Tonjik.
DDS was also incredible tonight,an amazing goal and serious effort from Kuol to set him up maybe DDS`s best ever A-League game....
MARINERS `TIL I DIE
This was special. Had his little ones in his arms after the match and let them run around on the pitch.
Wombat
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With respect PL, there is no way known he is the fastest player, unless he is one of those blokes who is heaps slower with the ball at their feet. He tried to skin the City fullback tonight but he easily out run.
Forum Phoenix
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Then Clisby says, hold my beer.
Ok second half was good. But cost us two goals first half.
Clisby gave Noone too much space but Luna wasn’t marked either, should not have been getting that ball uncontested. Rowles involved in both goals.
Agreed. Clisby does get caught out too often ball watching and not giving a good option to receive the easy pass.
Wombat
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To be fair to Clisby (who is the most improved player this year) those Goals were also down to Rowles and Tonyik (and Stens who had a woeful 1st half). All 3 were loose as hell and guilty of ball watching far too much. There is no leader and no organiser without Bozanic (and a screening Mid shouldn't be running the backline)
But MC sent us into the season without a Defensive leader and we are going to flounder sometimes and Birra is a quiet keeper.
Having said that our two young CB's have alot of potential and decent coaching can and will get them there.
Wombat
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Easily fixed by an experienced CB or barking keeper.
midfielder
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Tonights match reflected what most on the forum believed in a salary capped league you should be competitive.... Staj proved for me tonight you can win if you are smart enough... Staj has done an outstanding job to date with this squad...
A coach is rated over four areas…
1] Tactical knowledge and the ability to develop a game plan for whoever you are playing.
2] Management of the squad,
3] Selection of players for the squad.
4] Development of a style of play.
Staj, gets a big pass for mine on who he has left go and their replacements, difficult to see a dud in all his signings.
His management of the squad seems very sound and he appears to have the full support of both players and staff.
Of all the things he has done, IMO the most important is the signing of so many attacking players… we have on the park at any one time two strikers, the wide mids and the 10 who can all score and subs on the bench to replace them. This means when we attack, we have 5 players who can score and six if you count Olly.
To date the game plans have work, against Poachers FC a goal off a rebound not uncommon but very hard to defend, and a sucker punch against the Nix’s when we were all over them…
On the smallest budget, he has developed a quite attacking side that is exciting to watch…
A coach is rated over four areas…
1] Tactical knowledge and the ability to develop a game plan for whoever you are playing.
2] Management of the squad,
3] Selection of players for the squad.
4] Development of a style of play.
Staj, gets a big pass for mine on who he has left go and their replacements, difficult to see a dud in all his signings.
His management of the squad seems very sound and he appears to have the full support of both players and staff.
Of all the things he has done, IMO the most important is the signing of so many attacking players… we have on the park at any one time two strikers, the wide mids and the 10 who can all score and subs on the bench to replace them. This means when we attack, we have 5 players who can score and six if you count Olly.
To date the game plans have work, against Poachers FC a goal off a rebound not uncommon but very hard to defend, and a sucker punch against the Nix’s when we were all over them…
On the smallest budget, he has developed a quite attacking side that is exciting to watch…
YanknearCapeCod
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Was this a better finish than last years final match? I think yes.
midfielder
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Wombat
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Well that was a very fun night at Gosford. For those that couldn't be arsed you missed a cracker! I sat next to a bloke called Angry (who once dropped a Ourimbah player with a stomach punch and didnt even wait for the red card, he just walked off before the ref pulled out the card). He was hollering and yelling like a little kid with unbridled joy for the last 15 mins. Beautiful to see the joy our Mariners bring to people when they put in and win.
My views...
I thought the first 15 mins we were excellent and we were clearly a better and more confident side than City. But the warning signs were there with our back 4 wandering all over the place and oblivious to the players they were suppossed to be suppressing. Stens was back to last years form and his passing was Melling like.
We gifted them 2 goals but once we scored we believed again. The Goal was lovely, with the smarts of Urena and Simon setting up Casella for an easy finish.
The 2nd half was a different story and we clawed our way back.
The two subs made a difference and Kuol unsettled them. City gave away a stunningly stupid penalty and Simon is a God from the spot. He completely outfoxed Glover (reject) and me with his body language. Brilliant stuff.
Once the Red card came....OMG i would have loved the class of Janota and Urena to rip them apart (but it was the subs that wrestled the game away from them, so you cant have your cake at eat it too).
Then DDS scored a screamer for the win. Glover left a 4ft (google it ya metric bastards) gap to his left. DDS saw it and unleashed a bullet to the centre of the gap. It was like watching it is slow motion.........i knew 100% he was going to score and the application was perfect, like a Exocet missile.
MOM
3pts Simon. Such an intelligent Footballer. Loves to score a Goal on an occassion.
2pts DDS. I'm starting to love DDS and that ovation he got when he went off was magic. Created and scored his goal on his own.
1pt. Kuol. Daddy Kuol. (Lets make that a chant... ALOU, Alou Kuol, Alou, ALOU COOL.) City couldn't handle his pace and aggression. I love him as a sub as tired defences cannot handle him.
My views...
I thought the first 15 mins we were excellent and we were clearly a better and more confident side than City. But the warning signs were there with our back 4 wandering all over the place and oblivious to the players they were suppossed to be suppressing. Stens was back to last years form and his passing was Melling like.
We gifted them 2 goals but once we scored we believed again. The Goal was lovely, with the smarts of Urena and Simon setting up Casella for an easy finish.
The 2nd half was a different story and we clawed our way back.
The two subs made a difference and Kuol unsettled them. City gave away a stunningly stupid penalty and Simon is a God from the spot. He completely outfoxed Glover (reject) and me with his body language. Brilliant stuff.
Once the Red card came....OMG i would have loved the class of Janota and Urena to rip them apart (but it was the subs that wrestled the game away from them, so you cant have your cake at eat it too).
Then DDS scored a screamer for the win. Glover left a 4ft (google it ya metric bastards) gap to his left. DDS saw it and unleashed a bullet to the centre of the gap. It was like watching it is slow motion.........i knew 100% he was going to score and the application was perfect, like a Exocet missile.
MOM
3pts Simon. Such an intelligent Footballer. Loves to score a Goal on an occassion.
2pts DDS. I'm starting to love DDS and that ovation he got when he went off was magic. Created and scored his goal on his own.
1pt. Kuol. Daddy Kuol. (Lets make that a chant... ALOU, Alou Kuol, Alou, ALOU COOL.) City couldn't handle his pace and aggression. I love him as a sub as tired defences cannot handle him.
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Forum Phoenix
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First goal he didn't give him space, he bit in and was turned into a Traffic cone and thoroughly beaten. Credit to him, he knew he f**ked up and was clearly spewing at himself. Second goal he was caught out of position but as Wombat said that was stens fault, but he was ball watching and slow to respond. Then yeah, Rowles lost McClaren and definitely screwed the pooch. Great finish though.
Though I will say in both cases thereafter their strikers were impeccable and very hard to stop imo. Two mistakes that on another night we might get away with but they could and should have been cut out by proper defending. Clisby and Rowles will cop it during the video analysis session for sure. But, apart from a shit free kick and at most fault for two goals, he was otherwise genuinely good again.
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