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

[midfielder]

He can get fcuked for mine, the slimy little shit is still living off his barely-earned reputation. He could have stayed loyal and played for us week in week out, thus rebuilding his career and showing if he really can live up to the hype.



Karma is a bitch.

 

[true believer]

YES drummer alan white

 

[Antlion]

Okon's team had better possession and would definitely have had more wins with better luck...
but the play was predictable, the same passing patterns regardless of what was actually going on in a game.
We were declining steadily as oppositions easily unraveled Plan A (excluding Sydney oddly), declining until Okon walked the plank and we crashed into an 8-2 season finale.

We started this season far worse - and are still on track for our worst ever season - but it is clear to everyone that we are improving every game (finally and hopefully not temporarily).
Actual progress. I'll take that for now.

 

[midfielder]

Drastic times call for drastic action... I suggest a forum 11 present for selection by MM.... my hand goes up for the """6""" TB in goals with wombat on the wings as our hit man or say Roy Kearne type...

PJ up front and captain, Recky as the holding CB ...

Need more suggestions... FFC as the """10""' Forum Phoenix on the other wing from wombat ...

 

[turbo]

We were declining steadily as oppositions easily unraveled Plan A (excluding Sydney oddly),

We weren’t dangerous at all and that cost us. Teams realised they wouldn’t be punished for waiting us out and taking their chance when they got the ball. We made chances but never finished them. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him do better next gig if he has a decent striker.

 

[Coastalraider]

Avram papadopoulis just released by Roar?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Allows O'Neill to play at 10 - he will also be fit, Karacan has played 15 minutes all season, will fit right in

 

[Pirate Pete]

Avram papadopoulis just released by Roar?

Oh yeah great. I'd like to be there when Matty welcomes him to the club.

 

[turbo]

Avram papadopoulis just released by Roar?

Please no. Let’s not make the team any harder to like.

 

[Insertnamehere]

Avram papadopoulis just released by Roar?

To go back to greece

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Avram papadopoulis just released by Roar?

Just "NO".

 

[Antlion]

Our midfield is getting close to as good as it's getting this season with incoming Jem and Oar recovering (hopefully).

We will still lose winnable games without a decent GK and striker, and perhaps CB although Aspro has really shored things up for us there

 

[Forum Phoenix]

We weren’t dangerous at all and that cost us. Teams realised they wouldn’t be punished for waiting us out and taking their chance when they got the ball. We made chances but never finished them. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him do better next gig if he has a decent striker.

I don’t know what they are but I think Matty’s shooting stats wouldn’t be too pretty. And if you took headers out...

 

[Wombat]

Drastic times call for drastic action... I suggest a forum 11 present for selection by MM.... my hand goes up for the """6""" TB in goals with wombat on the wings as our hit man or say Roy Kearne type...

PJ up front and captain, Recky as the holding CB ...

Need more suggestions... FFC as the """10""' Forum Phoenix on the other wing from wombat ...

LOL. I'm more of a Kevin Muscat with the speed, fitness and touch of Pedj. (edit I now have the fitness and speed of Offsider)

Btw Recky will have to be assistant coach. If he has to head the ball his head might fall off! (The sand bars of Avoca were not very kind to his spinal column)

 

[midfielder]

^^^^^^
Does that mean Recky should convert to Union and he can be the """Loose Head"""

 

[sydmariner]

Just "NO".

He spat on Matt Simon

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I don’t know what they are but I think Matty’s shooting stats wouldn’t be too pretty. And if you took headers out...

Why take the headers out? That's his game.

Unlike some others I like Matty this season and I'd be happy to keep him - but he's not the high-scoring striker we need.

 

[turbo]

I don’t know what they are but I think Matty’s shooting stats wouldn’t be too pretty. And if you took headers out...

Simon is already equal to our golden boot winner last year. Now I’m far from a Simon fan and am not saying his haul so far has been great but it happened through a time we were chasing all the wrong records. If that doesn’t highlight how useless we were in the final third last year I don’t know what does.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Why take the headers out? That's his game.

Unlike some others I like Matty this season and I'd be happy to keep him - but he's not the high-scoring striker we need.

I just said ‘“if” and only because it would dramatically highlight how much he’s struggling with the ball at his feet.

I like Matty and think he’s bleeding yellow on the park and also mostly leading well out there...

But he’s not scoring anywhere near enough goals, he receives balls in great advanced areas but is easily chased down and forced to turn and any chance to counter or attack is broken, he cannot make a yard for himself in or around the box to get off a shot, and a starting striker who hardly ever gets a shot off with his feet is always a concern.

Players like Cahill or Crouch still would consistently work the keeper with their feet. The way Matty plays suits an extra striker coming on last 15-20 when you’re chasing a game. Not as a staring 11 striker in this league right now. Wish it was otherwise, but that’s how I see it.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

He is our best leader though imo.

But we need goals even more.