Mariners Squad 2024/2025 ALM and ACL Elite

[Spacks]

Rare mistake by Monty there

mistake or something underlying we dont get to see?

 

[PatientMariner]

Whats the story with Di Pizio at the moment. Injured? Missed him on Friday night

 

[Drew]

Whats the story with Di Pizio at the moment. Injured? Missed him on Friday night

Yeah picked up an injury with the Aus u20s

 

[Corsair]

Whats the story with Di Pizio at the moment. Injured? Missed him on Friday night

Yeah injured, he was sitting in the stands with the rest of the boys. Everyone keen to see him come back...

 

[Ozhammer]

Rare mistake by Monty there

There have been a few of those tbf. Look at Beach’s performance at the weekend for example

 

[pjennings]

Simple case of Monty not liking him

Was it, I thought he went to WSW because his brother went there from OS.

 

[priorpeter]

Was it, I thought he went to WSW because his brother went there from OS.

His brother was trialling with Sydney around that time, Aydan was still hoping for a scholar deal here. Tristan still hasn’t signed anywhere as far as I know.

 

[Ironbark]

I don't think the plan is to continue with 2 up top but is a response to not having DiPizio and Sains.
I think when Migsy is back he will play 10 and we'll drop a striker.

Feijao may yet do what Nkololo, Doka, Torres and Tulio did before him - have a dodgy start then hit his straps. I'm happy to wait before judgement. He did some good things last night, but was quite inconsistent.

Kuz showed glimpses of what he can do and I'd be tempted to move Roux to CB, Kuz to LB, Tapp to midfield and Steele to bench. Nothing against Steeley but think that's the best bang for our buck. Kuz won't be up for the full 90mins for a bit, so Steele comes back in most games.

I'm excited to see what the like of our youth can provide this season - particularly Eames, Brandtman, Kuzevski, Duarte and Migsy.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Anything that plays Kuz is ok in my book

 

[turbo]

Nothing against Steeley but think that's the best bang for our buck. Kuz won't be up for the full 90mins for a bit, so Steele comes back in most games.

I dont think you want an unsettling effect where you end up Shifting Roux from CB to RB, Tapp CM to CB unless its unavoidable like a red card situation.

 

[Ben10]

Nothing against Steeley but think that's the best bang for our buck. Kuz won't be up for the full 90mins for a bit, so Steele comes back in most games.

I get how you feel about Steeley, I'm much the same. But at the same time, I think he needs a run of games to show his worth, which he hasn't had with us....ever? I get that results come first but I would give him at least another 5-6 games barring a disastrous performance

 

[Big Al]

I get how you feel about Steeley, I'm much the same. But at the same time, I think he needs a run of games to show his worth, which he hasn't had with us....ever? I get that results come first but I would give him at least another 5-6 games barring a disastrous performance

He definitely needs to put some consistency on the board in just playing games but he has to earn it to.

Made some key diving tackles last night.

Problem was Alfie Tapp wasn’t working and we are loosing time to fix that or drop Alfie. I think Tapp Steele is better than Alf Steele but Alf Steele is better than Alf Tapp

 

[Ironbark]

I do like Steele and can even see him as Captain one day

 

[Tevor]

After the game I seen Jacko and Steely having a good chat and it looked like Jacko was consoling him.

 

[Rising Sun]

After the game I seen Jacko and Steely having a good chat and it looked like Jacko was consoling him.

After a couple of highly disrupted seasons, Steelys passing accuracy is a bit off where it can be atm and i think thats having a knock on impact on his own confidence. Hope he is given the time and encouragement to settle into his role

 

[FFC Mariner]

After a couple of highly disrupted seasons, Steelys passing accuracy is a bit off where it can be atm and i think thats having a knock on impact on his own confidence. Hope he is given the time and encouragement to settle into his role

As was Niz and Max.

 

[Big Al]

After a couple of highly disrupted seasons, Steelys passing accuracy is a bit off where it can be atm and i think thats having a knock on impact on his own confidence. Hope he is given the time and encouragement to settle into his role

Pretty big step as well from training to Victory and Shanghai in a few days.

It’s more he doesn’t trust his right foot that worries me.

Otherwise i thought he was decent. Definitely not one of the worst

 

[greenlig]

Half-arsed jet lagged thoughts in an Austin cafe:

I actually didn’t mind how the team looked in parts of Victory/Shanghai, gave me confidence for a decent season.

Alfie has been up and down, but I thought he looked a lot better in the Victory game than previous. Don’t think he stepped up a level in the ACL, but that was across the board.

Steele is good, once he’s had a run he’ll banish the nagging fear that he’ll always be flirting with the bench and take a big step up. He’s got the tools, just obviously taken a big knock to his confidence.

How many times do we need to say “striker” before we get one that actually likes to…strike…We’re one cumdog away from a decent side.

 

[shipwreck]

Duarte should start tbh, make a fkn statement.

 

[Michael]

Duarte should start tbh, make a fkn statement.

I’ll be very disappointed if he doesn’t start this weekend, his goal was excellent.