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

[Insertnamehere]

It feels like they expect we’ll believe it if they say it enough times. Do they think we’re stupid? As if he isn’t thinking how am I not getting a run over him.

I would be.... He and the other near 35yos should be impact players

 

[Pirate Pete]

What about swapping McCormack for Fornaroli?

Joyce wants him out. McCormack was good there and may suit them better than us.

Fornaroli would work hard for us

Joyce won't be interested in McCormack. He already made some such comment about McCormack not being available until the season had nearly started. There's no way he'd take him now. Joyce would be looking for someone match fit.

 

[Rowdy]

Joyce will only be interested in someone that is neither McCormack or Fornaroli'sh, that is
........ someone who's 'trouble free'

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Lol at the article. With respect to Simon, master of what. Bit embarrassing really some of these media releases but I guess they're clutching at straws at the minute.

The social media team is doing exactly what they should be doing with posts like that.

 

[UnitedsNo9]

The social media team is doing exactly what they should be doing with posts like that.

I agree. They are doing exactly what they should be doing. Doesn't change the fact that I personally feel embarrassed by the fact that we need to resort to referring to a player such as Simon, as a master. Highlights for me a sad reality about the qualities of our playing group compared to the other clubs.

 

[Antlion]

Saw Hutch and Clarky having dinner tonight. Would've gone up for a chat but they were with their families so left it to a friendly nod.
Ah, memories!

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Can we re-sign Matthew Millar right now please? I cannot handle losing our most promising player this season.

 

[pjennings]

The Covert Agent: Melbourne City set to poach Kye Rowles after agent war with Central Coast Mariners
22 minutes ago

The versatile defender is set to head south in a slap in the face for the Gosford-based club

Talented Central Coast Mariners defender Kye Rowles is set to join Melbourne City for next season after being caught in a behind-the-scenes battle between his agent and current club.

The Covert Agent can reveal BASE management duo Vince Grella and Frank Trimboli want to take the promising 20-year-old to Melbourne City as a way of getting back at the Mariners for the Daniel De Silva saga.

De Silva joined Sydney FC on loan from Central Coast in the recent pre-season, but not before the Mariners managed to get one over their former player by forcing him to pay his transfer fee to Italian club AS Roma out of his own salary.

This saga was a huge nuisance for BASE management, who are keen to take Rowles away from Gosford and develop him at the City Football Group club.

Rowles made his debut for Brisbane Roar during the 2016-17 season but was forced to move to the Mariners at the start of the next campaign to get playing opportunities.

The NSW-born youngster has excelled in a variety of defensive roles at Central Coast this season under Mike Mulvey.

https://www.goal.com/en-au/amp/news...lmpsvp1mkw2uxxvhk2z?__twitter_impression=true

 

[shipwreck]

Well f**k me.

 

[Antlion]

Most of my first sentence was going to be expletives!

I fear the same happening with Millar.

 

[turbo]

De Silva joined Sydney FC on loan from Central Coast in the recent pre-season, but not before the Mariners managed to get one over their former player by forcing him to pay his transfer fee to Italian club AS Roma out of his own salary.

I’d be interested to hear more about that situation but if he wants out and won’t play for us and that means there’s a fee to pay how entitled do you have to be to put that on the club you refuse to play for?

As for the rest of it any club other than the nix is an easy sell over us at the moment anyway. City must be cheering that we’re giving players a chance on short cheap contracts. Just another club in sky blue happy to raid us for players.

 

[turbo]

I fear the same happening with Millar

It’ll happen with him and Murray, one year contracts for developing players seems pretty stupid to me, at worst they become squad players for another year. But hey at least we locked in Simon and Mcglinchey for 2, take that city!

 

[shipwreck]

Double edge sword for us, we can either roll the dice on a long contract and find a dud that we're stuck with, or sign a short contract as the safe option, find a gem and he goes to another club as soon as he can..

Can't win.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I hate the covert agent, almost as much as I hate actual agents.

Revenge. Pfftttt. Wankers. Keep telling young players that they never have any responsibilities other than to their own financial interests regardless of the contracts they sign, or the clubs that pay them or the fans that support them, and you might be able to make more on your commisssiins, while you cripple their mental and emotional growth and create a generation of narcissistic Prima Donna’s.

Rowles would have had no game time at City this year or last.

Agents are a blight on the game.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Double edge sword for us, we can either roll the dice on a long contract and find a dud that we're stuck with, or sign a short contract as the safe option, find a gem and he goes to another club as soon as he can..

Can't win.

Yep.

All the more reason why it’s imperative to get back to winning ways. Our buying power / leverage is only getting smaller and weaker.

 

[Offsider]

The Covert Agent: Melbourne City set to poach Kye Rowles after agent war with Central Coast Mariners
22 minutes ago

The versatile defender is set to head south in a slap in the face for the Gosford-based club

Talented Central Coast Mariners defender Kye Rowles is set to join Melbourne City for next season after being caught in a behind-the-scenes battle between his agent and current club.

The Covert Agent can reveal BASE management duo Vince Grella and Frank Trimboli want to take the promising 20-year-old to Melbourne City as a way of getting back at the Mariners for the Daniel De Silva saga.

De Silva joined Sydney FC on loan from Central Coast in the recent pre-season, but not before the Mariners managed to get one over their former player by forcing him to pay his transfer fee to Italian club AS Roma out of his own salary.

This saga was a huge nuisance for BASE management, who are keen to take Rowles away from Gosford and develop him at the City Football Group club.

Rowles made his debut for Brisbane Roar during the 2016-17 season but was forced to move to the Mariners at the start of the next campaign to get playing opportunities.

The NSW-born youngster has excelled in a variety of defensive roles at Central Coast this season under Mike Mulvey.

https://www.goal.com/en-au/amp/news...lmpsvp1mkw2uxxvhk2z?__twitter_impression=true

Sort of sums up the recruitment and negotiating powers of current management and how we ended up with the team we have. I thought phelan would have overseen that area but apparently he specialises in setting up acadamies. His input into the team was just a ruse to flavour favours.

 

[turbo]

Double edge sword for us, we can either roll the dice on a long contract and find a dud that we're stuck with, or sign a short contract as the safe option, find a gem and he goes to another club as soon as he can

I understand but feel like that one cuts more one way than the other at the moment. If they don’t make it they’re no worse for us than the players we regularly leave out of the squad anyway and they should still be cheap. If they do work out or really exceed expectations our odds of getting them to extend their deal with a poorly performing club are relatively low. Unless we throw a fair bit more money at them they aren’t likely to stick around if they think they’ll get game time elsewhere. So it costs us more in the long run or we lose talent. The risk and reward balance is skewed.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I understand but feel like that one cuts more one way than the other at the moment. If they don’t make it they’re no worse for us than the players we regularly leave out of the squad anyway and they should still be cheap. If they do work out or really exceed expectations our odds of getting them to extend their deal with a poorly performing club are relatively low. Unless we throw a fair bit more money at them they aren’t likely to stick around if they think they’ll get game time elsewhere. So it costs us more in the long run or we lose talent. The risk and reward balance is skewed.

Yeah I think this is demostrably true.

 

[Big Al]

We need transfer fees in the A League ASAP. City could make us rich. We could almost be there be team. Like the top
Premier league teams who always poach Southhampton players

 

[Insertnamehere]

The Covert Agent: Melbourne City set to poach Kye Rowles after agent war with Central Coast Mariners
22 minutes ago

The versatile defender is set to head south in a slap in the face for the Gosford-based club

Talented Central Coast Mariners defender Kye Rowles is set to join Melbourne City for next season after being caught in a behind-the-scenes battle between his agent and current club.

The Covert Agent can reveal BASE management duo Vince Grella and Frank Trimboli want to take the promising 20-year-old to Melbourne City as a way of getting back at the Mariners for the Daniel De Silva saga.

De Silva joined Sydney FC on loan from Central Coast in the recent pre-season, but not before the Mariners managed to get one over their former player by forcing him to pay his transfer fee to Italian club AS Roma out of his own salary.

This saga was a huge nuisance for BASE management, who are keen to take Rowles away from Gosford and develop him at the City Football Group club.

Rowles made his debut for Brisbane Roar during the 2016-17 season but was forced to move to the Mariners at the start of the next campaign to get playing opportunities.

The NSW-born youngster has excelled in a variety of defensive roles at Central Coast this season under Mike Mulvey.

https://www.goal.com/en-au/amp/news...lmpsvp1mkw2uxxvhk2z?__twitter_impression=true

Surely this is something the FFA can step in and stamp out. You can't allow agents and their agendas to run the game.