Mariners Squad - HAL 14 - 2018- 2019 - The challenge for Mike Mulvey is over

[Offsider]

I desperately, desperately don't want to be pessimistic about this season. I want to be optimistic and saying we are going to win the league, which I was at the start of last season but this year I am really struggling to see it this time. I have been blindly optimistic and supporting Charlesworth's vision since I became a Mariners fan over three years ago, but where has that taken us? Two spoons and 8th place and being thrown out of the FFA Cup by two semi-professional clubs that we have every conceivable advantage against. We have a weaker line up on paper then last season and look where last season's team got us. Yes we do have Mulvey and Hiariej but how many of our team are true proven players at this level? McGlinchey and Simon's success over four seasons ago doesn't breed much confidence for today. Our Goalkeeping stocks are thin and that is especially galling considering we had probably the best young keepers in the HAL only a couple of seasons ago. Our defenders are either coming off long term injuries, Aspro and Golec, have not played or barely played in the HAL, Cisse and Rowles, or are not playing in their preferred positions, Clisby and McGing. I truly hope Mulvey is our savior but he took probably the greatest HAL side of all time to a championship after they took a slight mis-step the season before. He is attempting a far more difficult task this season and his last truly difficult assignment with Gold Coast United didn't end so well. I desperately want to be optimistic but so many things seem to be going not to plan and lessons we have learned in previous years are not being utilized. Charlesworth's plans for future successes have either failed to be implemented properly or were never implemented in the first place. Remember we were told that we would be spending the full cap after Okon's first season and that we would have an every other season marquee. That the COE would be a world class facility and that traveling national teams would want to train at when it isn't even good enough for us? That we would be making money off the COE and that would finance us and make us sustainable? That we would have stadium rights and potentially even own the stadium. Our partnership with Everton and opportunity for players to come out on loans. Harry Redknapp as a consultant even Okon being the best candidate as our manager he has been reported to only be picked because the FFA were willing to pay a portion of his wage. None of these plans have worked, none of these things have put us in a better position than we were in with 2015. Shaun has said that we are still in debt, that we are still only able to pay the bare minimum so if this is our existence from now on, when and how we will ever be able to compete? When everything is a cost cutting exercise except if it can generate some publicity. Where do we end up especially with more expansion teams coming in and Promotion and Relegation on the horizon. Tell me please I beg you, because I desperately want to be optimistic for the future of our fantastic club, but I just can't see it.

Joyful penguin .............. you may have use of my unicorn anytime

Knowing it is one thing ........... seeing it in print is another.
No expectations for the season now for me............ casks in the bin ........... upgrade to bottled wine only.

 

[pjennings]

I'm not optimistic or pessimistic at this stage. I don't have enough information to be either.

Worried or nervous might be the right words. We haven't seen the boys play. We haven't seen how they respond to Mike Mulvey. We haven't seen if they have bought into the culture Mike wants to build. Usually by this stage we have seen some games, but only fairly lightweight stuff so I'm not going to stress on that angle. I don't know how we will line up, I don't know what our final squad will look like.

KEEP CALM - the time for blind panic is still weeks away

 

[Michael]

Looking at the squad for the FFA game, I’m pretty excited at the possibility of another of the youth boys having a blinder and staking a claim for a promotion.
But I’m also pretty worried that with the amount of youth boys there we could get towelled up and the country laughs at us yet again.
Looks like Cisse’s visa has been sorted in time which is helpful.

 

[pjennings]

5 players 'in the pipeline' according to Mulvey on NBN

 

[Insertnamehere]

5 players 'in the pipeline' according to Mulvey on NBN

Problem is that players like Millar haven't been confirmed....

 

[scottmac]

5 players 'in the pipeline' according to Mulvey on NBN

Is that online for us sketchy qld folk? I can't seem to find it

 

[scottmac]

Is that online for us sketchy qld folk? I can't seem to find it

Found it

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/07/30/mariners-to-face-reds-in-round-of-32/

 

[pjennings]

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/07/30/mariners-to-face-reds-in-round-of-32/

 

[Wombat]

Joyful penguin .............. you may have use of my unicorn anytime

Knowing it is one thing ........... seeing it in print is another.
No expectations for the season now for me............ casks in the bin ........... upgrade to bottled wine only.

Gossips is very cheap and comes in a bottle.

BTW triple M says we have 5 new signings about to happen.

 

[Offsider]

Gossips is very cheap and comes in a bottle.

BTW triple M says we have 5 new signings about to happen.

Are you sure he is not talking about the 5 academy boys he’s taking to adelaide for the cup,????.
AND ......... bottled gossips is not cheap ???? Whatever that means ????

 

[Michael]

Josh MacDonald just posted on Instagram that he’s left Wollongong, announcement tomorrow?

 

[Big Al]

Josh MacDonald just posted on Instagram that he’s left Wollongong, announcement tomorrow?

Probably cup tied for Wednesday

 

[FFC Mariner]

Another NPL player?

 

[Big Al]

5 players 'in the pipeline' according to Mulvey on NBN

So varying from
Aiden O’Neill to Macdonald based on rumors.

Surely O’Neill if we can pull it off and a striker would be a must on the quality side and anything else would be a bonus.

Since @pinklady mentioned a striker trialing recently one has to be on the cards

 

[FFC Mariner]

The Brazillian?

 

[Yorkshire Mariners FC]

Rumour: Aiden O'Neill to the Gold Coast Mariners on loan for the season.
Source:
https://tbrfootball.com/four-ins-outs-burnley-complete-week/

 

[Coastalraider]

Rumour: Aiden O'Neill to the Gold Coast Mariners on loan for the season.
Source:
https://tbrfootball.com/four-ins-outs-burnley-complete-week/

Gold Coast mariners.... South Coast Mariners.... is it really that hard for a journo (or out hired help technical director) to google the club name??

 

[Big Al]

Gold Coast mariners.... South Coast Mariners.... is it really that hard for a journo (or out hired help technical director) to google the club name??

But we were click bait just last week

 

[BaysideMariner]

After seeing the line up for our FFA cup game. I have lost faith in this clubs ability to inspire it's fans. Seriously we are just being held ransom by the owners chance to make a property deal.
When I saw the players available and the ones who weren't. I then realized we are all just being led by someone who just sees us as a commodity. If we had all players available then we MAY have a chance.
But when was the last time we looked at our line up and thought we were the superior team?
I so badly want us to succeed but if you look at our best 11 we are in trouble. If we get any kind of injury then we are screwed.
Just so pissed off about the complete lack of care about the fans. Look at our squad vs any other squad.
Anyway. I will attend many games and support the players.

 

[midfielder]

Five new players.... Aiden O'Neill seems to be one, ....

Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel and its not another train coming the other way.

Bolt, Anthony Mundine, Grant Hackett, Ricky Pointing .... sides looking good...