Fans' Forum

[bikinigirl]

. ok, i'm back ... again:

• club looking at 5 & 10 year rewards for members
• street team idea from the floor was confirmed as an initiative already underway
• any businesses wishing to display mariners fixtures should contact the club ... and/or hassle your locals into doing the same (or displaying what you get on their behalf)
• football family on the coast estimated at 60,000 (players, ex-players and their families)
• work on the CoE is about 3-4 months off re-starting
• official supporters club to help build support through communications with the YA

. more community/engagement stuff:

• in addition to the club's 5 chosen charities each player will have the opportunity to support another
• local business expos
• patrick's efforts to be supported by brownie and also gumpy and brad porter (it now appears this is to be in conjunction with the football school - refer separate thread)
• considering having a fan forum further north too next year
• 8,000 school kids visited through brownie's program ... this will increase to about 15,000 next year
• mariners coaching clinics for the coaches - local and elite teams - mariners way, etc

. there was a lot to talk about:

• looking at some sort of commemorative shirt if membership numbers reach their target
• here to stay on the coast
• mariners mailing list has been increased from about 8,000 to 15,000 with help from the ffa
• draw has tried to allow 3 days between acl/hal games for all acl participants

. w-league:

• 'our' w-league team was never really a mariners team ... it was a FNSW team which borrowed the mariners name for credibility
• the mariners are currently supporting women's football through the ccf elite teams
• ffa are re-evaluating the current w-league setup over the next 6 months

. that's about all i've got ... if you could all come to the next one it would save me typing

 

[Gratis]

haha thanks for all that BG. unfortunately I am out of state at the moment so couldn't make it but will be back and local by the next one

appreciate all the typing

 

[Roy Law]

haha thanks for all that BG. unfortunately I am out of state at the moment so couldn't make it but will be back and local by the next one

appreciate all the typing

Echo that -thanks to midfielder and bikini for the info, it is very much appreciated

 

[style_cafe]

Just another thing I thought of that was mentioned :-
Bob Graham from Wyong council confirmed that 12 firlds were being built near the old dairy site at Wyong.
Laurie then chipped in with another 8 being built at a site in Gosford.

This should help out a lot when fixtures are washed out locally.

Another thing that the Mariner`s should have a look at, along with Beach football,wheelchair football etc. is supporting intellectually disabled football.
I had the absolute pleasure years ago of going to the trials for the Olympics for ID football.
Not only was it a great day but it showed me how wonderful this great game is when it reaches across the full spectrum of our community.

 

[offtheball]

Just another thing I thought of that was mentioned :-
Bob Graham from Wyong council confirmed that 12 firlds were being built near the old dairy site at Wyong.
Laurie then chipped in with another 8 being built at a site in Gosford.

This should help out a lot when fixtures are washed out locally.

Another thing that the Mariner`s should have a look at, along with Beach football,wheelchair football etc. is supporting intellectually disabled football.
I had the absolute pleasure years ago of going to the trials for the Olympics for ID football.
Not only was it a great day but it showed me how wonderful this great game is when it reaches across the full spectrum of our community.

Where abouts in Gosford

 

[scoober]

The only fields being built at the moment is at Lisarow in the old swamp opposite Lisarow high. I'm sure that is only going to consist of a cricket size oval and a u9 size pitch.

 

[style_cafe]

Where abouts in Gosford

Laurie didn`t say where but he made mention of all weather fields(artificial turf)

 

[sydmariner]

Laurie didn`t say where but he made mention of all weather fields(artificial turf)

like the 1's @ soccer 5's

 

[style_cafe]

like the 1's @ soccer 5's

That was my interpretation.
They should find somewhere as far west as possible to avoid the coastal rain.

 

[style_cafe]

This is from the missus so no brickbats...ok? (no not Ginger or Maryanne)

If they want more people to sit in the sun on the eastern side why don`t they have nice summer type tops for the girls.Ie singlet tops, boob tubes & bikini tops in Mariners colours.
We live on the Coast & surely these a more representative of the lifestyle we live than "polo shirts".

hmmmm..she has a point there.

 

[dibo]

Heh...

Boobs.

 

[bikinigirl]

If they want more people to sit in the sun on the eastern side why don`t they have nice summer type tops for the girls.Ie singlet tops, boob tubes & bikini tops in Mariners colours.
We live on the Coast & surely these a more representative of the lifestyle we live than "polo shirts".

. feel free to bring it up at the forum or contact the club ... but preferably both

. apparently i was a voice of one asking for a bikini ... despite boardies being available

This is from the missus so no brickbats...ok? (no not Ginger or Maryanne)

. hmmm ... i had always wondered about the skipper and mrs howell

 

[style_cafe]

. feel free to bring it up at the forum or contact the club ... but preferably both

. apparently i was a voice of one asking for a bikini ... despite boardies being available

Bikini having met you & being impressed by your kindness I would have supported you 100% on that one..



. hmmm ... i had always wondered about the skipper and mrs howell

shhh...it was the professor not me..

 

[true believer]

the only way to get more people to sit in the eastern stand is to block the sun ,on the eastern side
umm a negative photon generator.

 

[adz]

Wonder how much it would cost to put a roof over the stadium

 

[dibo]

It'd depend on a range of factors - whether you're going for retractable or fixed, whether you'd have to change anything about the pitch, whether there would be structural works required to the existing stands or whether it would be engineered as an independent structure.

Based on my calculations and incorporating assumptions for each of these factors, I arrive at the sum of eleventy billion dollars and fifty three cents.

 

[true believer]

uumm how about a rail gun firing photonic plates at the correct focal length .to block the sun
with the added bonus that the large capacitor bank required to fire the thing , could be hooked up to the away seats .
so when not required for blocking the sun .you could give the scum and tards supporters a tickle.
when you feel like it .of course a responsible person like wombat could hold the trigger.
cost ? more than my pocket money, but is that important

 

[sydmariner]

uumm how about a rail gun firing photonic plates at the correct focal length .to block the sun
with the added bonus that the large capacitor bank required to fire the thing , could be hooked up to the away seats .
so when not required for blocking the sun .you could give the scum and tards supporters a tickle.
when you feel like it .of course a responsible person like wombat could hold the trigger.
cost ? more than my pocket money, but is that important

Like that episode of the Simpsons where mr burns build that dish thingie that blocked out the sun lol

 

[style_cafe]

It'd depend on a range of factors - whether you're going for retractable or fixed, whether you'd have to change anything about the pitch, whether there would be structural works required to the existing stands or whether it would be engineered as an independent structure.

Based on my calculations and incorporating assumptions for each of these factors, I arrive at the sum of eleventy billion dollars and fifty three cents.

Maybe just a blue polytarp then...

 

[sydmariner]

Maybe just a blue polytarp then...

with our currant financial situation we'll be lucky if we can even afford a blue polytarp lol