Mariners V Pohang Steelers

[Gav...]

Drove pasted the stadium this afternoon and it looks like its in top nick.

Mariners 2 - 1 Pohang

Crowd: 10,000

 

[BrisRecky]

Kwasie to get all goals  inlcuding theres

Post of the week.

Methinks Krusty has use of a crystal ball 

 

[kevrenor]

Right 4:12pm train from Central it is then!
Bistro tried but food overcooked - perhaps teething.
Crowd 7,000  (above the Reds first home crowd)

Kev, does that mean that you are not driving up??? Should I drive or train it???
At the bistro, there wasn't much to eat that was gluten free (only baked dinner), though they did have a gluten free chocolate cake though....
I think it will be 10,000 max  and 1-1 draw...

Training it up little one ... should just make the train home at 10.40pm ...
That was at the buffet ... the bistro has just opened ... sorry didn't look at their range last week for gluten free. I am in Bay 41 ... I'll wave! See you in the Kendall.

I haven't predicted score (not as confident at Recky and feel draw also) so a 2-2 draw

 

[serious14]

Did anyone realise that pohang are on Fifa09... just saying is all, but it would be nice to get a Fifa prediction.

Professional Difficulty, Xbox 360

Mariners 0, Pohang 1........ the game even gets our whole "no defenders on posts" thing right.

 

[morrijo]

No Gumps

Not even going to be a super Sub

here we go again Lawrie

 

[brett]

I remember about five years ago I was discussing with a good mate of mine this possible new revamped football league and how there was some whispers that a Central Coast team might be included.

As young guys, lifelong Coasties (or close enough to it) and massive football fans, we had this weird perspective on things: we probably knew more about various European league by following the Socceroos and playing Championship Manager than we did about the NSL - it simply didn't exist in the media, had zero presence on the Coast and coming from families that weren't too concerned with football, there was no inclination to travel to domestic league matches.

The concept that the A-League and more specifically the Mariners could fill that gaping hole, destroy that disconnect, was so unbelievably exciting. We could be like those fans we saw on SBS's EPL coverage - we could have a local team to get passionate about, to relate to, and to talk about all the time.

If someone had come back in time from now and said: "This team will exist, it will change your life, and in 2009, it will represent you in a continental club tournament. And not the shit continent we're in now - it will be Asia, and their champions league will be revamped to begin to reflect the European Champions League in stature," I would have punched them right in the face for even trying to con me with something that could be so unbelievably, incomprehensibly good.

I get that the initial glow of having a new national league and a team to represent us has worn right off, but for me, the dream of competing in Asia is a new frontier that is just as exciting, if not more so, as donning the yellow for that first WCC qualifier, or that father's day derby in Rnd2 season1, or the first Grand Final.

This is huge. This is what we've been waiting for. Not just as Mariners fans but as Australian football fans. This privilege is what we ride every pass, tackle and shot for all season. To get to now.

And if I'd said to that time-traveller: "f**kING HELL that is going to be awesome! Epic beyond comprehension! Is everyone bursting out of their pants with anticipation?!?!"

And the person said...: "Nah, everyone is basically doing a collective SIGH over the whole thing because we lost some league games."

Then I would find that hard to believe.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Brilliant post - well done

Yes, we have issues but the bigger picture................wake me I am dreaming

 

[bulldogmariner]

No Gumps

Not even going to be a super Sub

here we go again Lawrie

He is injured!

 

[dru]

Just the thought of midweek games would of shocked me. two games in two weeks in different countries involving continental opposition oh my. 

 

[loyalist]

Pohang 3-1 CCM
Crowd: 5389

 

[Razorback]

Brilliant post - well done

Yes, we have issues but the bigger picture................wake me I am dreaming

+1 must admit I'm over all my negativity too and just pumped about tomorrow night.

 

[Arabmariner]

I remember about five years ago I was discussing with a good mate of mine this possible new revamped football league and how there was some whispers that a Central Coast team might be included.

As young guys, lifelong Coasties (or close enough to it) and massive football fans, we had this weird perspective on things: we probably knew more about various European league by following the Socceroos and playing Championship Manager than we did about the NSL - it simply didn't exist in the media, had zero presence on the Coast and coming from families that weren't too concerned with football, there was no inclination to travel to domestic league matches.

The concept that the A-League and more specifically the Mariners could fill that gaping hole, destroy that disconnect, was so unbelievably exciting. We could be like those fans we saw on SBS's EPL coverage - we could have a local team to get passionate about, to relate to, and to talk about all the time.

If someone had come back in time from now and said: "This team will exist, it will change your life, and in 2009, it will represent you in a continental club tournament. And not the shit continent we're in now - it will be Asia, and their champions league will be revamped to begin to reflect the European Champions League in stature," I would have punched them right in the face for even trying to con me with something that could be so unbelievably, incomprehensibly good.

I get that the initial glow of having a new national league and a team to represent us has worn right off, but for me, the dream of competing in Asia is a new frontier that is just as exciting, if not more so, as donning the yellow for that first WCC qualifier, or that father's day derby in Rnd2 season1, or the first Grand Final.

This is huge. This is what we've been waiting for. Not just as Mariners fans but as Australian football fans. This privilege is what we ride every pass, tackle and shot for all season. To get to now.

And if I'd said to that time-traveller: "f**kING HELL that is going to be awesome! Epic beyond comprehension! Is everyone bursting out of their pants with anticipation?!?!"

And the person said...: "Nah, everyone is basically doing a collective SIGH over the whole thing because we lost some league games."

Then I would find that hard to believe.

Top post.

You shouldn't worry about the whinging though as it's all part of the game and I think it shows that the fans actually give a f**k!

 

[clarky81]

crowd 9.990
ccm 2 pohang 1

Kwas a double

 

[EastEnder]

ccm 0 - 2 steelers
6,815

Prob already been mentioned but has anyone seen the CCM poster up at Gosford Town Centre explaining the teams we are up against, it has Pohang as being from Pohang in JAPAN and they qualified by winning the Korean FA Cup...wtf

 

[midfielder]

I remember about five years ago I was discussing with a good mate of mine this possible new revamped football league and how there was some whispers that a Central Coast team might be included.

As young guys, lifelong Coasties (or close enough to it) and massive football fans, we had this weird perspective on things: we probably knew more about various European league by following the Socceroos and playing Championship Manager than we did about the NSL - it simply didn't exist in the media, had zero presence on the Coast and coming from families that weren't too concerned with football, there was no inclination to travel to domestic league matches.

The concept that the A-League and more specifically the Mariners could fill that gaping hole, destroy that disconnect, was so unbelievably exciting. We could be like those fans we saw on SBS's EPL coverage - we could have a local team to get passionate about, to relate to, and to talk about all the time.

If someone had come back in time from now and said: "This team will exist, it will change your life, and in 2009, it will represent you in a continental club tournament. And not the shit continent we're in now - it will be Asia, and their champions league will be revamped to begin to reflect the European Champions League in stature," I would have punched them right in the face for even trying to con me with something that could be so unbelievably, incomprehensibly good.

I get that the initial glow of having a new national league and a team to represent us has worn right off, but for me, the dream of competing in Asia is a new frontier that is just as exciting, if not more so, as donning the yellow for that first WCC qualifier, or that father's day derby in Rnd2 season1, or the first Grand Final.

This is huge. This is what we've been waiting for. Not just as Mariners fans but as Australian football fans. This privilege is what we ride every pass, tackle and shot for all season. To get to now.

And if I'd said to that time-traveller: "f**kING HELL that is going to be awesome! Epic beyond comprehension! Is everyone bursting out of their pants with anticipation?!?!"

And the person said...: "Nah, everyone is basically doing a collective SIGH over the whole thing because we lost some league games."

Then I would find that hard to believe.

+1 .........

 

[BAD BULLZ]

Solely due to bretts post i reckon we will get 15k plus easily and if the players read it we will win 3-1 at worst. I'm expecting simon dmac n even mb stringers to be scoring in the air.

 

[Jorome Alexander Bennett]

I remember about five years ago I was discussing with a good mate of mine this possible new revamped football league and how there was some whispers that a Central Coast team might be included.

As young guys, lifelong Coasties (or close enough to it) and massive football fans, we had this weird perspective on things: we probably knew more about various European league by following the Socceroos and playing Championship Manager than we did about the NSL - it simply didn't exist in the media, had zero presence on the Coast and coming from families that weren't too concerned with football, there was no inclination to travel to domestic league matches.

The concept that the A-League and more specifically the Mariners could fill that gaping hole, destroy that disconnect, was so unbelievably exciting. We could be like those fans we saw on SBS's EPL coverage - we could have a local team to get passionate about, to relate to, and to talk about all the time.

If someone had come back in time from now and said: "This team will exist, it will change your life, and in 2009, it will represent you in a continental club tournament. And not the shit continent we're in now - it will be Asia, and their champions league will be revamped to begin to reflect the European Champions League in stature," I would have punched them right in the face for even trying to con me with something that could be so unbelievably, incomprehensibly good.

I get that the initial glow of having a new national league and a team to represent us has worn right off, but for me, the dream of competing in Asia is a new frontier that is just as exciting, if not more so, as donning the yellow for that first WCC qualifier, or that father's day derby in Rnd2 season1, or the first Grand Final.

This is huge. This is what we've been waiting for. Not just as Mariners fans but as Australian football fans. This privilege is what we ride every pass, tackle and shot for all season. To get to now.

And if I'd said to that time-traveller: "f**kING HELL that is going to be awesome! Epic beyond comprehension! Is everyone bursting out of their pants with anticipation?!?!"

And the person said...: "Nah, everyone is basically doing a collective SIGH over the whole thing because we lost some league games."

Then I would find that hard to believe.

You and your bedfellow are quite a deluded pair.

Yes, we're going to Asia.
Yes, the club's financial future is secure in these troubled times.
Yes, we are investing in club infrastructure which at this stage is far and above any other club in Australia that hopefully ensures our regular participation in ACL.
Yes, our club and staff are committed to creating a football legacy not just a mango inspired flurry of success followed by turmoil (Topor-Stanley = LOL).
Yes, every step of the Journey to the East will be incredibly interesting and will provide football experiences, and for those lucky enough to travel abroad with the team, life experiences, that we'll never forget.

But we didn't sign a 'big' name and we lost five in a row. 

Put your head back into the sand, Bretto Scudetto.

 

[dub]

Did anyone realise that pohang are on Fifa09... just saying is all, but it would be nice to get a Fifa prediction.

Professional Difficulty, Xbox 360

Mariners 0, Pohang 1........ the game even gets our whole "no defenders on posts" thing right.

This would be Mariners 1 Phohang 0  crowd 13,000 with Adrian  C scoring if we had BOSNICH  in Goal then its a different team put that in your box

 

[bulldogmariner]

GAME DAY FIRE UP!

 

[Gopher of Pern]

GAME DAY FIRE UP!

Can't wait!!!