Mariners squad HAL 10 ~ 2014/15

[mariner72]

Hutch has to remain at the club in some capacity.

Disaster if Hutch moves on, must stay part of the club next season in some capacity. Still concerned about the strikers, who realistically can put the ball in the net consistently enough? no one on this seasons experience to date.

 

[sydmariner]

Disaster if Hutch moves on, must stay part of the club next season in some capacity. Still concerned about the strikers, who realistically can put the ball in the net consistently enough? no one on this seasons experience to date.

Mat simon?

 

[localpom]

Mat simon?

Yep...Matty has been pretty consistent since he has come back. If Dukey can also continue on from the last game we will be ok. Vernes, Fitzy, Caceres, Tricky etc will always score a few.

 

[Scarbs222]

Someone posted on Facebook we were in talks with Scott McDonald, does anyone know if this is correct? Im not sure he's the goal scoring forward we are after, given his move to the midfield for Millwall. However I think O'Donovan would be a decent buy- he's no Keogh but he has experience abroad and plenty of goals to his name. If we gambled with Sutton years back on loan we might as well give him a go.

 

[dibo]

I think SMacdown (see Middy, I can make up ludicrous nicknames too) would be a great buy for us, and certainly fits the bill as a "Championship level striker".

 

[Scarbs222]

Hasn't he been playing CAM though? I don't think he's played striker since his days at Boro, Celtic, Socceroos, etc.

I think SMacdown (see Middy, I can make up ludicrous nicknames too) would be a great buy for us, and certainly fits the bill as a "Championship level striker".

 

[localpom]

Someone posted on Facebook we were in talks with Scott McDonald, does anyone know if this is correct? Im not sure he's the goal scoring forward we are after, given his move to the midfield for Millwall. However I think O'Donovan would be a decent buy- he's no Keogh but he has experience abroad and plenty of goals to his name. If we gambled with Sutton years back on loan we might as well give him a go.

Scott MacDonald would be a great buy. His record is pretty good apart from international level. Also, not a massive name, but has a bit of a profile and would put a few bums on seats. Hopefully not just a rumour.

 

[sydmariner]

Someone posted on Facebook we were in talks with Scott McDonald, does anyone know if this is correct? Im not sure he's the goal scoring forward we are after, given his move to the midfield for Millwall. However I think O'Donovan would be a decent buy- he's no Keogh but he has experience abroad and plenty of goals to his name. If we gambled with Sutton years back on loan we might as well give him a go.

I hope not cos imo he'd be worse than mrdja ( I am well aware of the fact that he broke durante's leg)

 

[adz]

I hope not cos imo he'd be worse than mrdja

TBF Mrdja was a good player when he got off the dance floor and onto the pitch

 

[Scarbs222]

Macallister was pretty bad too

I hope not cos imo he'd be worse than mrdja

 

[sydmariner]

Macallister was pretty bad too

Not as bad as mrdja though

 

[dibo]

Hasn't he been playing CAM though? I don't think he's played striker since his days at Boro, Celtic, Socceroos, etc.

The way our forward line is set up, that's probably no bad thing. If we have a rotating four who take no particular fixed position, can all come to the ball to receive and distribute, can all make runs behind the line and can all finish, we've got a pretty potent mix.

Might shape up with our normal back 4 and 2 DMs playing behind something like:

--------------McDonald-----------
Fitz-------------------------Vernes
-------------Duke/Simon----------

The idea would be that that's where they start, but they can move to wherever a space opens up and the whole motivation is Be Dangerous.

When we're chasing the game, we go to back 4, 1 DM and 2 in the hole, but same plan - Be Dangerous.

----Trifiro----------McDonald----
Fitz--------------------------Vernes
-------------Duke/Simon----------

 

[dibo]

TBF Mrdja was a good player when he got off the dance floor and onto the pitch

The form he was in when he got the Socceroos call-up was up there with Damian Mori and the best spurts of Mat Simon and Danny McBreen. Shame it was so brief.

 

[localpom]

TBF Mrdja was a good player when he got off the dance floor and onto the pitch

Mrjda was the best forward we have ever had. For one and a bit seasons.Seriously. Got injured, hit the dance floor. Game over.

 

[VicMariner]

I'd take Scott McDonald in a heartbeat over O'Donovan.

 

[Scarbs222]

I'd take Scott McDonald in a heartbeat over O'Donovan.

I want Donovan more because Brisbane want him too. Hopefully he picks beaches and babes over brisbogans.

 

[VicMariner]

I want Donovan more because Brisbane want him too. Hopefully he picks beaches and babes over brisbogans.

It would be a hollow victory if he turned out to be the next Mifsud.

I don't care who we sign as long as the club scouts them properly and sign a guy who will help us win games.

 

[sydmariner]

brisbogans.

I thought that they were called bannanna benders plus our home ground isn't infested with moths like there's is when I was there on saturday

 

[Scarbs222]

I thought that they were called bannanna benders plus our home ground isn't infested with moths like there's is when I was there on saturday

Or security who think they're police

 

[dibo]

I want Donovan more because Brisbane want him too. Hopefully he picks beaches and babes over brisbogans.

I do get where you're coming from, but the fundamentals of whether someone's a good player should drive our recruitment calls, not denying someone else the opportunity to take the same risk as us.