Mariners v Queensland Minor Semi Finals

[FFC Mariner]

Sasho is now a scummer and we wont miss him

The problem is in MF, Hutchinson knows he is a protected species and Adrian plays 20/30 mins tops

I think we need a new broom from the top down

 

[northernspirit]

yeah caceres has never been a 90 minute player as evidenced with perth and melbourne....
apart from gumps who is aging we have bugger all, as bad as this is to say i think the scum have a better crack at the acl than we do... thats 4 losses on the trot now

 

[Mini In Bay 6]

We didn't deserve to win, but that QLD pen....didn't he just fall over? Did one of our guys actually lay any part of their body on him?

And how Tiatto wasn't given a straight red, i'll never know. If that isn't an "obvious error" by the ref, I'm the Queen of Sheba.

 

[universalmind]

TBH our problem is a lack of quality. Throughout the preceding three years we have been able to get away with it due to the league still finding its feet.

As recruitment and tactics has steadily improved over time, we have sadly been left behind. No longer can we rely on the "blue collar" work for each other approach that the central coat implement.

What is disappointing is watching non-established clubs poach big name QUALITY player, whilst we settle for mediocre league 2 (fourth division) english players.

We need a serious clean out of the roster, starting with the gaffer. There is too much NSL baggage left behind.

 

[northernspirit]

agree with english tier 4 comment
we get huke and were meant to be excited
farks sake, we deserve better

 

[FFC Mariner]

Was a dead set penalty TBH

Yes, Tiatto should have gone in the 1st half but I dont think that made a difference

 

[David Votoupal]

I think two harsh realisations have been made tonight:
- the Mariners have only qualified for the finals because of the blatant ineptitude of most of the sides who didn't.
- the squad is far too stale and not keeping up with the rising standard of the league.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

 

[northernspirit]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

not gonna happen, clearly he has the backing of the board
i would like to see some more flair and less static predictable crap

 

[David Votoupal]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

But who would you replace him with?  :-\

 

[FFC Mariner]

TBH, Tobin. Kick LM upstairs and let Tobin have a go. He made a v poor yoof side hard to beat

Worth a shot IMHO

 

[northernspirit]

tobins a nice bloke but hes a defender by trade... surely we need someone with a bit more creatvity

 

[universalmind]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

But who would you replace him with?  :-\

The plethora of coaches that dont promote second division scottish football

 

[FFC Mariner]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

But who would you replace him with?  :-\

The plethora of coaches that dont promote second division scottish football

ZOMG, a thinking fan - be off with you

 

[David Votoupal]

Or go abroad and look at my list to see if any of them wants to come over.

 

[universalmind]

Hate to say this but McKinna needs to go - we are stale and need a shake up

But who would you replace him with?  :-\

The plethora of coaches that dont promote second division scottish football

ZOMG, a thinking fan - be off with you

lol was obviously a tongue in cheek comment

its disappointing to think that at the start of the season we looked to play with genuine width (caceres and elrich), but albeit due to injury fell back to playing through the middle often mitigating our midfield, thus creating less space and therefore less time causing an increase in turn over of possession.

During that second half i could not recall us completing 8 passes, whereas QLD passed the ball fluently with a lot of ease.

Forgive my perhaps overly pessimistic attitude, but expect an early exit in the ACL in front of a sparse amount of dedicated fans.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Qld's movement and closing down stifled our long ball hoofing game

We are so easy to work out as we play with no guile

 

[David Votoupal]

I wonder what Diaz Novoa is up to these days?

 

[Marquee]

get some quick asian guys to replace some of the douche bags we call mariners.
try some new stuff, and for frigs sake spend some more money on the talent squads and coaching team!

 

[serious14]

Kinda glad I didn`t waste the yen in the end, if what is being said on here and the match report at the A-League site is anything to go by...... and I know there`s the whole "we were down 2 last season" but last season,　we were Premiers and a very good side when we wanted to be.  It seems this season has been a waste of time quite frankly - we`ve gone nowhere but backwards.

P.S.  Crowd of 9500??  Wtf??