Central Coast Mariners Squad for 2009/10 HAL Season

[Bear]

lol at you believing everything you read

here is another one for you

 

[clarence]

Kwasnik's late departure paved the way for Gumps to come back into the squad, so it wasn't all bad.

I haven't heard that Kwasnik was making overtures to the Mariners, or vice versa, for them to re unite?

 

[dibo]

Then please educate us by giving the Adam Kwasnik side of the story.

i don't have any inside goss, but maybe kwas was offered less than he thought he was worth?

 

[Teddy Bear]

Then please educate us by giving the Adam Kwasnik side of the story.

i don't have any inside goss, but maybe kwas was offered less than he thought he was worth?

Exactly.

 

[clarence]

Kwasnik was definitely a decent squad member for us in 2007/08, but the tactic of hoofing the ball to Kwassie and seeing how far up the sideline he could get was overplayed by Lawrie.

A season or two later, with the A-League seemingly improving, and Kwassie not having a good season in Wellington, I'm wondering whether a re union is worth the cost? Could we be giving up a squad spot for someone cheaply, then finding out later that a midfielder of quality might have been available (even if only for the ACL) if we had chased the signature harder?

 

[Alicia]

Then please educate us by giving the Adam Kwasnik side of the story.

I'm pretty sure only Adam Kwasnik can do that.... :

 

[dibo]

Then please educate us by giving the Adam Kwasnik side of the story.

i don't have any inside goss, but maybe kwas was offered less than he thought he was worth?

Exactly.

so where exactly is the problem? players have the right to choose where to play with an eye on their own financial security.

Kwasnik was definitely a decent squad member for us in 2007/08, but the tactic of hoofing the ball to Kwassie and seeing how far up the sideline he could get was overplayed by Lawrie.

A season or two later, with the A-League seemingly improving, and Kwassie not having a good season in Wellington, I'm wondering whether a re union is worth the cost? Could we be giving up a squad spot for someone cheaply, then finding out later that a midfielder of quality might have been available (even if only for the ACL) if we had chased the signature harder?

i absolutely see your point, but the problem is that we're not exactly being overrun with wide midfielders desperate to play here at the moment. LG said some weeks ago there were 20 players being tracked, it'd be a surprise if none of them were wide midfielders but what if kwas actually presents a better option?

LM set a precedent early in the season with the re-signing of gumprecht - if you can't find a better option take what you can get. i think if he signs with us again it'll be fair to say that kwas will at least pass this test.

 

[Teddy Bear]

obviously its just going to go around in circles. What we have learned. Some fans rate him, some fans don't, the mariners didn't rate him too highly, the nix didn't rate him and kwassie rates himself.

I do hope to be proved wrong if he comes back.

 

[Andy]

Then please educate us by giving the Adam Kwasnik side of the story.

i don't have any inside goss, but maybe kwas was offered less than he thought he was worth?

Exactly.

There was A LOT more to it than that

 

[morrijo]

Now the goss is that Asian teams are looking at Wilko.

When will this stop when players are under contract.

I know clubs are a business but signing contracts to players to then transfer them is hapening far to often.

I think heff will be of to asia too. but he is out of contract

 

[Bear]

Its life in football. Have to live and deal with it, cos its never going to change.

 

[northernspirit]

exactly
AFL and NRL dont have these issues because theres nowhere else to play, its a fact of life - what we need to concrentrate on is enticing some overseas based australians in the lower leagues of europe to come back to the HAL and also some decent foreigners

 

[dibo]

exactly
AFL and NRL dont have these issues because theres nowhere else to play, its a fact of life - what we need to concrentrate on is enticing some overseas based australians in the lower leagues of europe to come back to the HAL and also some decent foreigners

it's good business sense for the clubs to ensure the players are contracted so then they get a transfer fee (something that the NRL clubs in particular haven't worked out - see the SBW case).

 

[FFC Mariner]

Football is truly a global pyramid with the top being leagues such as the EPL/Serie A/ La Liga etc

Its like a food chain where the higher club plunders those below.

We will never (ever) be at the top of the food chain and thats just the way it is.

I note that none of us have a problem when HAL clubs get players from the State leagues (usually for little or no compensation)

NRL is now experiencing that from the UK and it is probably going to ruin their comp. AFL is immune coz no one else on earth is remotely interested in the game.

 

[dibo]

AFL is immune coz no one else on earth is remotely interested in the game.

...except when the supply of young players dries up because football is getting them all on promises of big money and travelling the world.

 

[marinermick]

I think heff will be of to asia too. but he is out of contract

on what basis?

heff signed a three-year deal with the club

 

[FFC Mariner]

Leijer played for FFC reserves last night as the beat W Brom 2-0.

By all accounts he played well but is now well down the pecking order. He was making the bench for the 1st team last season but not got a look in this year.

A loan spell in UK would seem most likely TBH.

Reckon it would be worth a cheeky offer to see if he would play ACL. Trouble is, I expect that they see returning as a retrograde step (see Carney D) and would rather play for some shit box Lge 1 or 2 club.

 

[typool]

Leijer played for FFC reserves last night as the beat W Brom 2-0.

By all accounts he played well but is now well down the pecking order. He was making the bench for the 1st team last season but not got a look in this year.

A loan spell in UK would seem most likely TBH.

Reckon it would be worth a cheeky offer to see if he would play ACL. Trouble is, I expect that they see returning as a retrograde step (see Carney D) and would rather play for some shit box Lge 1 or 2 club.

id love to see a player like adrian Leijer come back for the ACL
im sure if its just a loan it could be on the cards and a young player like him might get excited over this?? 

 

[kevrenor]

id love to see a player like adrian Leijer come back for the ACL

What the thug from Dubbo? Why would we want him?

 

[dru]

id love to see a player like adrian Leijer come back for the ACL

What the thug from Dubbo? Why would we want him?

To provide a bit of mongrel in our back line?