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Mariners Pre-season
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marinermick
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wasn't that bad actually
while sydney had the better of the game we were quite comfortable at the back as aloisi was crap and gan was a bit off
i really think this will be danny's year - he looked very, very sharp
while sydney had the better of the game we were quite comfortable at the back as aloisi was crap and gan was a bit off
i really think this will be danny's year - he looked very, very sharp
UnitedsNo9
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I am feeling a bit more confident going V5 after watching the game tonight.
Doig - great amount of talking and looked a solid defender. Just the sort of central defender i think we need.
Travis - Obviously only 5-10 minutes but his touch was fantastic and i think he will provide a spark that we need in the middle of the park and going forward, especially with simon and dyl coming back soon.
Danny - I was happy with his performance tonight.
Lujic - looked a bit out of place up front. Do you know his natural position mick or anyone?
Huke - Nowhere to be seen??? anyone???
Heff - Looked really fit and showed some V1 form at times which excited me..
Doig - great amount of talking and looked a solid defender. Just the sort of central defender i think we need.
Travis - Obviously only 5-10 minutes but his touch was fantastic and i think he will provide a spark that we need in the middle of the park and going forward, especially with simon and dyl coming back soon.
Danny - I was happy with his performance tonight.
Lujic - looked a bit out of place up front. Do you know his natural position mick or anyone?
Huke - Nowhere to be seen??? anyone???
Heff - Looked really fit and showed some V1 form at times which excited me..
UnitedsNo9
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Thanks for that PJ, I hope he has more than what i saw of him tonight if he is indeed a signing... I'm willing to give him time..
soundsdifferent
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Yer good game tongiht for the mariners!
I am very happy with the way we played, not that we played that great but we are looking heaps better as a team than 2 months ago!!!
with very little attacking experience (Other than mrdja, but why is he still signed?)
we played well we looked hardly threatend by there set plays!!
sydney dominated, but mariners held on well.
as said above about dannys year im with you 100% just watching him from about 20m away you could see his attitude was so much better and i could only see 1 or 2 little faults from him all night,
and also 'what the?' with the korean player?????how did he get to trail with us he looked like a newcastle youth league player... he needs a haircut and probs would not make a team that got the wooden spoon...newcaastle..
I am very happy with the way we played, not that we played that great but we are looking heaps better as a team than 2 months ago!!!
with very little attacking experience (Other than mrdja, but why is he still signed?)
we played well we looked hardly threatend by there set plays!!
sydney dominated, but mariners held on well.
as said above about dannys year im with you 100% just watching him from about 20m away you could see his attitude was so much better and i could only see 1 or 2 little faults from him all night,
and also 'what the?' with the korean player?????how did he get to trail with us he looked like a newcastle youth league player... he needs a haircut and probs would not make a team that got the wooden spoon...newcaastle..
soundsdifferent
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Yeah i couldnt feel one of my toes by the end of the game!Jazzie said:
Forum Phoenix
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For mine, Sydney did have the best of the match, and in all fairness probably deserved a result, but Danny was on song again, which was was bloody nice to see and he deserves the bulk of credit for the game being a draw imo.
Nevertheless we battled well and it was mainly our lack of ability to create and get forward that gave Bling the overall edge. Matty and Dylan were naturally missed, but this can also be put down to what looks to me at least to be a quite well drilled Bling outfit this year. New Coach is an improvement. For mine they didn't quite reek of the same arrogance and with Kofi Danning and others aggressively tracking back, they really left very little space or time in the middle of the park for much of the game.
My two cents on performances and trialists - (largely in agreement with MarinerMick)
DANNY: Looked great tonight! Made three very high quality saves.
HUKE: Was not in tonight and unfortunately is going to be out for a further three months. (was going to post this in the squad section but as you asked UnitedNo9) Knee injury. It's a blow, but he should return this season albeit 7 or 8 rounds in.
BOOGS, solid as usual, but also looking like he is still growing in his role in my opinion, which is great news - though he made a couple of blunders tonight.
DOIG: Hearing him screaming and swearing at our players bought me no end of joy!!! Sweet hard man at the back music to my ears. Defended solidly, strong, good decision maker and leader. He will be real asset to our defence this year.
WILKO: Excellent game by and large, and for mine notably louder and stronger in voice. It could just have been to get over Doig
but it was a welcome addition to our Captains game.
HEFF: Hahaha, watching Heff molest Shannon Cole and then grab him and rag doll him to the ground was my funniest moment of the match. The following bling outrage was also pretty hilarious. At LB he had a genuine handful in Kofi Danning tonight and he played well. ''
CACERES: Clearly deserves his starting spot in my opinion, but does requires a little more creative support, be nice to have someone gifted in this aspect of the game in the squad who can play him more consistently into dangerous positions. (Travis perhaps?) Nice watching him skin midfielders... but LOOOOVE watching him run at defenders!
HUTCH: A quality game as a holding midfielder. It's not a glamourous role, but he played it very consistently tonight I thought.
PEDJ: Solid tonight, nothing more, nothing less.
GARY WALES: My personal CCM man of the match. As Mick said, his work rate was exceptional, and looked natural to him, not like he was just giving his all for a contract, but that his natural game is to play at high tempo. Love it! We need this Murdocca like work rate in our midfield. Will be a terrific signing, can't see them not signing him now.
NICKY TRAVIS: 10 minutes but a genuine impact. Great distribution, and real confidence on the ball. Doesn't panic when put under pressure and feel the need to immediately play back, but instead seems to have the ability to keep his head up, send a pin point long ball and pick someone out upfront. And can skin a player or two as well. An exciting signing imo.
The KOREAN GUMPS: Watching the shaggy black haired Korean run on in Gumps jersey to cries of the Cove yelling, "Oi Gumprecht! Take of the Wig! Was worth trialling him for alone. However he did not have a great 20 minutes and simply did not look like a mature player. BUT... he has speeeeed and decent footwork which is nice and some more flair outside of Caceres would be nice. That said 20 minutes, indeed 90 minutes is not enough to judge anyone accurately though as everyone has shockers. His wasn't exactly a shocker, but it wasn't quality either. The plus side is that I would rather make a signing of someone with some raw ability and speed, and help teach him maturity and improve his decision making than sign another rapidly slowing player who at their best could never be anything more than a solid squad member. Lawrie does seem to have a gift for mentoring players with talent into real quality and the Korean probably has the physical skills, just depends on whether he has the heart and ability to grow.
LUJIC: Looked awkward. Lacking the pace to make an impact as lone striker or the strength to rival either Nick, Matt or Dylan as a hold up man. If he's a striker, I just can't see a place for him, I'd rather stick Kwassy up front again frankly.
Speaking of which....
KWASSY: Came off the bench tonight, solid, but sadly no brilliant flashes. Though he still managed to send one attempted cross into the waaaaayyy distant river... god bless his heart ;D
ELRICH: Looks fit which is good and clearly wanted to be involved more, but never got a lot of opportunity, not sure how they are using him? Or how he is placing himself as he often drifted inside and wasn't playing with enough width to get much time on the ball. Drifted wider second half, bit more ball, few runs, but no real adventure and then subbed off.
Overall, I'd say with our Doig reinforced back line, Nicky Travis and Gary Wales - and once our main strikers are back in - we will be looking in pretty solid competitive shape which is great.
I'm still not honestly sure that we can hope to challenge for honours this year, I'd have to say that unless Travis is even better than he looked, we are probably at this point still missing one key signing. We need our Fred, Hernandez or Miller in the mids. Otherwise, a striker of the quality that I think our money can't buy :'(
A new sponsor who wants to throw their bucks into buying us a marquee and I think we could consider ourselves genuine contenders. Otherwise, unless Matty moves up yet another hemisphere, I'm not sure we will have what it takes in the final third. But, (provided we sign wales and Travis) one key signing short is certainly much better than three or four.
I believe the squad is in considerably better shape than when we headed into the ACL, and we still have five weeks. Come on you MARINERS!
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Nevertheless we battled well and it was mainly our lack of ability to create and get forward that gave Bling the overall edge. Matty and Dylan were naturally missed, but this can also be put down to what looks to me at least to be a quite well drilled Bling outfit this year. New Coach is an improvement. For mine they didn't quite reek of the same arrogance and with Kofi Danning and others aggressively tracking back, they really left very little space or time in the middle of the park for much of the game.
My two cents on performances and trialists - (largely in agreement with MarinerMick)
DANNY: Looked great tonight! Made three very high quality saves.
HUKE: Was not in tonight and unfortunately is going to be out for a further three months. (was going to post this in the squad section but as you asked UnitedNo9) Knee injury. It's a blow, but he should return this season albeit 7 or 8 rounds in.
BOOGS, solid as usual, but also looking like he is still growing in his role in my opinion, which is great news - though he made a couple of blunders tonight.
DOIG: Hearing him screaming and swearing at our players bought me no end of joy!!! Sweet hard man at the back music to my ears. Defended solidly, strong, good decision maker and leader. He will be real asset to our defence this year.
WILKO: Excellent game by and large, and for mine notably louder and stronger in voice. It could just have been to get over Doig
but it was a welcome addition to our Captains game.HEFF: Hahaha, watching Heff molest Shannon Cole and then grab him and rag doll him to the ground was my funniest moment of the match. The following bling outrage was also pretty hilarious. At LB he had a genuine handful in Kofi Danning tonight and he played well. ''
CACERES: Clearly deserves his starting spot in my opinion, but does requires a little more creative support, be nice to have someone gifted in this aspect of the game in the squad who can play him more consistently into dangerous positions. (Travis perhaps?) Nice watching him skin midfielders... but LOOOOVE watching him run at defenders!
HUTCH: A quality game as a holding midfielder. It's not a glamourous role, but he played it very consistently tonight I thought.
PEDJ: Solid tonight, nothing more, nothing less.
GARY WALES: My personal CCM man of the match. As Mick said, his work rate was exceptional, and looked natural to him, not like he was just giving his all for a contract, but that his natural game is to play at high tempo. Love it! We need this Murdocca like work rate in our midfield. Will be a terrific signing, can't see them not signing him now.
NICKY TRAVIS: 10 minutes but a genuine impact. Great distribution, and real confidence on the ball. Doesn't panic when put under pressure and feel the need to immediately play back, but instead seems to have the ability to keep his head up, send a pin point long ball and pick someone out upfront. And can skin a player or two as well. An exciting signing imo.
The KOREAN GUMPS: Watching the shaggy black haired Korean run on in Gumps jersey to cries of the Cove yelling, "Oi Gumprecht! Take of the Wig! Was worth trialling him for alone. However he did not have a great 20 minutes and simply did not look like a mature player. BUT... he has speeeeed and decent footwork which is nice and some more flair outside of Caceres would be nice. That said 20 minutes, indeed 90 minutes is not enough to judge anyone accurately though as everyone has shockers. His wasn't exactly a shocker, but it wasn't quality either. The plus side is that I would rather make a signing of someone with some raw ability and speed, and help teach him maturity and improve his decision making than sign another rapidly slowing player who at their best could never be anything more than a solid squad member. Lawrie does seem to have a gift for mentoring players with talent into real quality and the Korean probably has the physical skills, just depends on whether he has the heart and ability to grow.
LUJIC: Looked awkward. Lacking the pace to make an impact as lone striker or the strength to rival either Nick, Matt or Dylan as a hold up man. If he's a striker, I just can't see a place for him, I'd rather stick Kwassy up front again frankly.
Speaking of which....
KWASSY: Came off the bench tonight, solid, but sadly no brilliant flashes. Though he still managed to send one attempted cross into the waaaaayyy distant river... god bless his heart ;D
ELRICH: Looks fit which is good and clearly wanted to be involved more, but never got a lot of opportunity, not sure how they are using him? Or how he is placing himself as he often drifted inside and wasn't playing with enough width to get much time on the ball. Drifted wider second half, bit more ball, few runs, but no real adventure and then subbed off.
Overall, I'd say with our Doig reinforced back line, Nicky Travis and Gary Wales - and once our main strikers are back in - we will be looking in pretty solid competitive shape which is great.
I'm still not honestly sure that we can hope to challenge for honours this year, I'd have to say that unless Travis is even better than he looked, we are probably at this point still missing one key signing. We need our Fred, Hernandez or Miller in the mids. Otherwise, a striker of the quality that I think our money can't buy :'(
A new sponsor who wants to throw their bucks into buying us a marquee and I think we could consider ourselves genuine contenders. Otherwise, unless Matty moves up yet another hemisphere, I'm not sure we will have what it takes in the final third. But, (provided we sign wales and Travis) one key signing short is certainly much better than three or four.
I believe the squad is in considerably better shape than when we headed into the ACL, and we still have five weeks. Come on you MARINERS!
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Forum Phoenix
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Oh shit, I left out Nick...
Little impact unfortunately, and the Bling defence looked to have him well in check.
Little impact unfortunately, and the Bling defence looked to have him well in check.
Yes, thanks all for the reports.Looks encouraging. Considering Sydney had the momentum and alot of confidence leading into this game it is an excellent result.We will continue to improve and obviously lot's of guys to come back. If we get 3 or 4 quality players in (which looks like we have) and decent players who were either injured or underperformed last year,guys like Heff,Elrich,Mrjda,Danny, all play to their potential...we will be competitive.
dibo
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Wombat said:
Hutch was fine, Caceres is the problem in the middle.
MARSHP1 said:
I think Heff and Mrdja are what they are, but Elrich and Danny are on the up. New boys were promising.
Ursus said:
Maybe, but hes probably better suited to being either a paired CM in a flat central setup like he was for much of the second half (and working his arse off) or operating as the central attacking mid in the 4.2.3.1 that we ran in the first half. I wouldnt play him as the top of the diamond, because I think the benefit from him is his ability to work up and beyond.
Jazzie
Sheer joy at beating the scum :)
soundsdifferent said:
he he... that's what supporting real football is all about ... a few liquid velvets inside to ward off the cold while standing on the terraces, wearing two pairs of socks, and a thick woolly beanie .... NOT ... geez I'm I don't have to do that any more.
kevrenor
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Stats from SFC game:
Match Detail
Sydney FC 0
Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC: 1. Clint BOLTON (gk), 4. Simon COLOSIMO, 6. Karol KISEL, 12. Shannon COLE (18. Adam CASEY 62), 14. Alex BROSQUE, 15. Terry MCFLYNN (c), 22. Sung-Hwan BYUN, 23. John ALOISI (16. Chris PAYNE 75), 27. Matthew JURMAN, 32. Brendan GAN, 35. Kofi DANNING.
Substitutes Not Used: 5. Mitchell PRENTICE, 8. Stuart MUSIALIK, 20. Ivan NECEVSKI (gk).
Yellow Cards: nil.
Red Cards: nil.
Goals: nil.
Central Coast Mariners: 20. Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 4. Pedj BOJIC (23. Adam KWASNIK 68), 7. John HUTCHINSON, 8. Dean HEFFERNAN, 9. Nik MRDJA (27. Milos LUJIC (trialist) 61), 10. Adrian CACERES (22. Nick TRAVIS 84), 13. Chris DOIG, 16. Nigel BOOGAARD, 18. Alex WILKINSON (c), 21. Ahmad ELRICH (2. Dong-Sup LIM (trialist) 61), 26. Gary WALES (trialist).
Substitutes Not Used: 6. David DAPUZZO, 30. Andrew REDMAYNE (gk).
Yellow Cards: Dean Heffernan 48.
Red Cards: nil.
Goals: nil.
Referee: Stuart Wolfe.
Crowd: 1,540 at Leichhardt Oval.
Match Detail
Sydney FC 0
Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC: 1. Clint BOLTON (gk), 4. Simon COLOSIMO, 6. Karol KISEL, 12. Shannon COLE (18. Adam CASEY 62), 14. Alex BROSQUE, 15. Terry MCFLYNN (c), 22. Sung-Hwan BYUN, 23. John ALOISI (16. Chris PAYNE 75), 27. Matthew JURMAN, 32. Brendan GAN, 35. Kofi DANNING.
Substitutes Not Used: 5. Mitchell PRENTICE, 8. Stuart MUSIALIK, 20. Ivan NECEVSKI (gk).
Yellow Cards: nil.
Red Cards: nil.
Goals: nil.
Central Coast Mariners: 20. Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 4. Pedj BOJIC (23. Adam KWASNIK 68), 7. John HUTCHINSON, 8. Dean HEFFERNAN, 9. Nik MRDJA (27. Milos LUJIC (trialist) 61), 10. Adrian CACERES (22. Nick TRAVIS 84), 13. Chris DOIG, 16. Nigel BOOGAARD, 18. Alex WILKINSON (c), 21. Ahmad ELRICH (2. Dong-Sup LIM (trialist) 61), 26. Gary WALES (trialist).
Substitutes Not Used: 6. David DAPUZZO, 30. Andrew REDMAYNE (gk).
Yellow Cards: Dean Heffernan 48.
Red Cards: nil.
Goals: nil.
Referee: Stuart Wolfe.
Crowd: 1,540 at Leichhardt Oval.
goingtoadisco
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Whats everyones opinions on the scrapping of the pre season comp ??
seems to be a good call so far with the epl teams coming out and all.
seems to be a good call so far with the epl teams coming out and all.
UnitedsNo9
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Im happy with scrapping the preseason cup. It gives the clubs and managers a chance to organise there own preseason regime. That said, i'm glad that our club won the cup before it was scrapped...
clarence
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UnitedsNo9 said:
Yeah, they can run their own program of trials and more serious pre season 'friendlies' and not have to compete for a title, week in week out.
When you also take into account that two teams would have had a longer season than other due to their involvement in the ACL, and may still have been competing in that too, the idea of a pre season comp forcing them to play is a bit OTT.
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