Central Coast Mariners Squad for 2009/10 HAL Season

[Marquee]

I know its been mentioned before but should we chase Oliver Bozanic?
He's a coastie, he's played for us before and he cant play reserve football forever.
I think he would be a very handy pickup, even if he isnt as much as an enforcer than Jedi was, he could fill the CM/DCM postion.

 

[Bear]

He is even smaller than Kaz Patafta, to small for our physical league IMO

 

[dibo]

what do people see in diego? honest question - i see a player who's got a couple of neat tricks but loses the ball a lot and is hardly a midfield enforcer.

I look at our current midfield and feel he would bring a lot more to the table than anyone else on our roster. Definately not an enforcer in the mile mould but would be a welcome acquisition and would probably work great with A.C

in what way? are we currently overstaffed in players with flash but little product who give away the ball too much? i thought that caceres already had that role down, though caceres does have the unfortunate tendency to occasionally score a goal or make the last pass for a goal.

 

[Jesus]

come on sterj. We need a new mile

 

[FFC Mariner]

Sterj @ DM

Interesting

 

[goingtoadisco]

The Mariners should go in for Costanzo and Diego Walsh for the Champions League as United wont be offering them a new contract and they have experience in the competition. Diego would walk start into our starting line-up in the centre of midfield and Costanzo would be a great help to our defence.

+1

he would limp onto the field....

 

[Jocwa08]

what about Felipe de Souza Campos
played 12 games for wellington scoring 3 goals
free agent looking to come back to the a-league

 

[Teddy Bear]

I get the feeling a big name signing for ACL is just around the corner. They are always very coy about the signings.

 

[Deej]

what about Felipe de Souza Campos
played 12 games for wellington scoring 3 goals
free agent looking to come back to the a-league

Showed some great touches and could certainly do a job at this level, but I think his attitude and wage demands would be an issue from what I have heard about him

 

[typool]

ok just a thought.
*how many new players do we need\want?

to compete we need a good FULL roster

 

[Bear]

Cant shake the feeling that we will only be signing players who are squad quality and nothing more, thus not even pushing the players we have that are playing average at the moment for a spot

Please let me be wrong

 

[Ted]

Cant shake the feeling that we will only be signing players who are squad quality and nothing more, thus not even pushing the players we have that are playing average at the moment for a spot

Please let me be wrong

Seems pointless. If we can't improve on the starting 11 then why bother?

 

[northernspirit]

yeah id rather 2-3 gun players than 5-6 average ones, we need it to get to the level of qld, melb and adelaide

 

[Bear]

oi i agree with you both, but i just cant shake the feeling thats all. not many gun players out there thats the problem

 

[Ted]

oi i agree with you both, but i just cant shake the feeling thats all. not many gun players out there thats the problem

well just get 1 then, even one gun would be better than 5 average players IMO.

 

[northernspirit]

it took 1 gun to kill the game last week - hernandez
we have enough plodders, time to get someone with some flair and creativity

 

[brett]

come on sterj. We need a new mile

Sterj @ DM

Interesting

I think Jesus means let's sign other fringe Socceroos with the name that is the unit of distance!!!

 

[typool]

it's only going to take one or two players who are more than just your average squad players.

 

[Deej]

We still need a few squad players to come in IMO, but also some important players.  We need a CB who has the leadership skills of Muscat or Vidmar etc, we need to replace Jedi, Hutch can do a job but he's no Jedinak.  We also need a creative player in the middle of the park, Caceres did ok there at times but his shooting has been poor this season and I feel he's far better using his pace on the wing and cutting in.

In terms of squad players I guess it depends who we lose, Osman is gone who else might leave?  Stringers? Gumps? Owens? Mrdja? Sasho?  I think Sash will go, just a feeling......perhaps we'll look for a player who can play up front if required but can also drop into midfield or the wing.  Then leave 3 main attackers to choose from, whether that third attacker be Mrdja or someone else I dunno but there's not a lot around in the market unless we go overseas.  I think someone who can cover at the back (if Stringers goes) is also needed.

Depending on who we let go we'll have a little room left in the cap, Jedinak was on a decent deal as is Sash and Mrdja so there should be a little there to play with.

 

[Bear]

Is Kaz available for v5? He has bulked up a bit, and has a huge amount of creative ability from what iv seen of him