Mariners Squad - 2019-2020

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

He's literally been let go from two clubs for punching his fellow players in the mouth, he's tried to get it going at least twice that I can think of in the A-league... Something something scorpion and the frog... keep him the f**k away

First I've heard about him trying to punch his teammates....

 

[Ancient Mariner]

We have one past it striker who is a decent human being. We do not need another past it striker, who has shown he can be a loose cannon as well.
His best days were at Roar. Victory were happy to lose him 2 seasons ago.
Kwassy would be a better signing.

 

[Corsair]

Berisha

Dirty hungry mongrel...just what we need in a striker. Doesn't seem to be a popular opinion but I'd see that as a very good addition for the right price.

 

[Wombat]

The bloke is a thug and a nutter but I will always like him for elbowing the Irish snake in the face in a Grand Final.
Do I want him at the Mariners.....not really but he did used to be a very good striker.
If we can’t do better he may be a good last resort as he does know how to score a goal.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Id take him in a heartbeat.

 

[Ironbark]

The bloke is a thug and a nutter but I will always like him for elbowing the Irish snake in the face in a Grand Final.
Do I want him at the Mariners.....not really but he did used to be a very good striker.
If we can’t do better he may be a good last resort as he does know how to score a goal.

I think this, for me

 

[nebakke]

First I've heard about him trying to punch his teammates....

He was let go from Horsens FC because he punched a team-mate right in the kisser during training... I thought there was another story about him in AaB but that must've just been me, I could've sworn it had happened twice though...
That still leaves him trying to drag opposition players down the tunnel and so on... He's a complete and utter no-go for me...

 

[shipwreck]

I reckon we can do better tbh

 

[MagpieMariner]

We've already got one striker who's not what he used to be, we don't want another taking pitch time away from young up-and-comers. Berisha would be better value than Arse-dribble, but not much.

 

[Corsair]

First A-League player to rack up 100 goals and he's put plenty past us, including a hat-trick at Victory. I agree he's probably not a good culture fit for us though.

 

[FFC Mariner]

First A-League player to rack up 100 goals and he's put plenty past us, including a hat-trick at Victory. I agree he's probably not a good culture fit for us though.

I dont know, he could learn to say he hates the club or to call the ref a f**king dog.
Our "culture" is a myth.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I dont know, he could learn to say he hates the club or to call the ref a f**king dog.
Our "culture" is a myth.

Culture isn’t static. You know that. Changes season to season - even with the same coach and players often as not. And there’s always a ‘culture’. Our ‘Good’ “culture’ has been a myth” is likely true.

Let’s hope the culture for this year is genuinely positive and stays that way.

Which is why I think it’s more important for us than every other side to get off to a good start.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

First A-League player to rack up 100 goals and he's put plenty past us, including a hat-trick at Victory. I agree he's probably not a good culture fit for us though.

I honestly don't see this argument. I mean, we had O'Donovan for a start, who is easily the filthiest player since Muscat and one of the few players who intentionally tries to cause serious harm.

Hutcho was hardly innocent.....I'm not worried about his YC offences - he was an enforcer after all but he didn't try to really injure anybody, but in his later years he just shadowed the ref abusing him all game.

Matty Simon also tends to focus more on the referee's alleged deficiencies than his own - and let's be honest, he starts a lot of shit on the field the last few years - 3rd man into a confrontation if nothing else.

As a club, we've been amongst the worst teams for yellow and red cards for a number of seasons now.

We had Asdrubal who was, for the (thankfully) short time he was here, was one of the biggest divers in the league.

And we had...was it Baro? (EDIT: No, Brama - thanks @turbo) Who was getting a reputation for some absolute legbreaker tackles and a few deserved red cards to boot.

I think it's a bit rich to say that Berisha is too grubby for us. We're not pure and haven't been for a long time. I'm not saying there's any particular bad culture, but let's stop pretending we're on some sort of pedestal for behaviour. That was a part of our club identity when we started, and I was really proud of that, but that's well in the past.

Personally, I'm not too worried by any confrontation Berisha may have had with teammates 10+ years ago. And he's much more mellow than he was at Brisbane Roar, where he was a lot more aggro (although again, at least he usually didn't really go out to intentionally injure anybody), and he's cut the diving out of his game. He seems to be more mature in that sense (bit surprising under Muscat). He's still one of the villains of the game, IMO, but the game needs villains - and he doesn't actually really do anything that harms the game's image. Unlike O'Donovan, Muscat - even Brosque with his constant diving.

He's the sort of player I'll hate when he's somewhere else, but I'd get behind here. He's an arrogant bastard, but he can back up the talk too. Not like Muscat, where I'd be abusing him as long he's within earshot even if he wore yellow. And there's been a couple of players who I'd still despise even in our colours. Danny Tiato back from the early season comes to mind (Queensland Muscat)

He's got a bit of mungrel, and he's clearly a highly passionate player - moreso than most. I would imagine he'd be a hard trainer and one of those players who hangs around after training running skills. Not to mention that he has spent a lot of time in teams far more professional than ours has been and a lot of big game experience. Somebody like him would be valuable off the field as well as on.

For me, the only real issue is that he's on his downhill slide. Although, I imagine that even on his downhill slide he'd still be our top goalscorer if he was with us this season. Because he's still at a higher point of the downhill than our other downhill slide striker, and we still have nobody else who is proven to score goals.

 

[turbo]

And we had...was it Baro? Who was getting a reputation for some absolute legbreaker tackles and a few deserved red cards to boot.

Think that one was Brama

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Think that one was Brama

that's the one, thanks

 

[Fadetoblack944]

I'm at the point now where I couldn't care less what his attitude is like as long as he can put 10-15 goals in the back of the net I'll be happy.

 

[Mini In Bay 6]

Just your friendly reminder that ever since we signed Sasho "the Bastard" Petrovski and Liam "Stomper" Reddy, we sort have lost the high ground when it has come to signing bastard players.

For my money we could do with another Sasho.

 

[Ironbark]

Just because we have signed against the no dickheads policy in the past doesn't mean we have to lower our standards and expectations as fans in the future.

 

[Ironbark]

Danny Tiato... haven't thought that name in years. He really was a straight up pr^ck when he played

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Danny Tiato... haven't thought that name in years. He really was a straight up pr^ck when he played

yeah, he was a close second to Muscat at the time. He was nothing but a thug.