Mariners V (lack of) Heart

[pjennings]

Dibo,

Your optimism has made me feel a bit better.

You and me will watch the Mariners week in week out regardless.

I look forward to watching the Mariners all week and when we put in an insipid performance it really gets to me.

I always want us to win but to be honest we have sucked this year....in purely Football terms.

In 4 games we have probably created 7 or 8 good chances....probably less than we would create in any decent game of Football.

Something is wrong and even if we win the league we wont keep any knew fans if they fall asleep and say "how boring was that" when they venture out to BT.

Less intellectual people than you, or people who have not played the game, are not going to be impressed to see us pass back to the keeper from within our opponents half.

For the record i think we have been playing 4411 or 451.

I'll be in Ballina or Lismore this weekend wearing my Mariners shirt....so please god i wont have to venture into Nimbim to dull the pain of another shocker.

If you remember last year we started in a very similar way before playing some great football. Unforunately we lost a couple of vital players and our way. GA works hard on the defensive structure as a base. I would hope that in the coming weeks that the attack will improve. I actually think we have made a number of breaks but poor decision-making - mostly by Tommy and Bernie has cost us many clear cut chances. That will come with experience and real games - not on the training park.