National Youth League Fixtures and Mariners youth team discussion

[Rising Sun]

The Mariners HR person must be glad this week is nearly over

 

[marinermick]

ChristensenGate already biting us in the bum. Lawrence Caruso, our Australian 20s keeper, off to WSW.

 

[crock]

Not suprised just got to hope Ken hangs around

 

[priorpeter]

ChristensenGate already biting us in the bum. Lawrence Caruso, our Australian 20s keeper, off to WSW.

Won’t be the only one sadly.

 

[FFC Mariner]

I'm glad this shit show/turmoil is during the off season.
Hopefully people get over their big swinging dick antics and run a football club.
If the debacle is restricted to NSWPL we may get off lightly
If the alleged interference spreads to the seniors we could be
Well, Wanderers

 

[crock]

I'm glad this shit show/turmoil is during the off season.
Hopefully people get over their big swinging dick antics and run a football club.
If the debacle is restricted to NSWPL we may get off lightly
If the alleged interference spreads to the seniors we could be
Well, Wanderers

It could impact the senior team going forward

 

[FFC Mariner]

It could impact the senior team going forward

For sure. Certain people won't be able to help themselves.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

I was on the fence about Christensen's departure but losing youth players has pushed me over the edge, especially losing someone like Caruso.

Wilkshire has minimal experience and Peil has a clear conflict of interest in this appointment. If this was Peil's appointment it shouldn't have been. He needed and needs to recuse himself from Youth staffing appointments and decisions.

We have the best development system in Australia if not Asia. It is madness to mess with highly successful structures.

 

[Meerkat]

ChristensenGate already biting us in the bum. Lawrence Caruso, our Australian 20s keeper, off to WSW.

Tell me you are not serious…?!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Meerkat]

Won’t be the only one sadly.

Ok this is EFF’d. Seriously!!!!!

How is this the start to our season???

Thought we were supposed to be kickstarting a new era with Peil.. that era is already biting us in the arse and it’s barely begun!!!

I think an earlier post hit the nail on the head. He may be a businessman but we are (were) a family club and a huge part of our loyalty (all of it in some cases) stems from our love for the players and staff.

Players leave.. sure. Of course. We know that.

But this is becoming an avalanche. I don’t have good feelings ☹️

 

[AJames]

Lawrence just confirmed his leaving on Insta… going before finals too?

 

[priorpeter]

Lawrence just confirmed his leaving on Insta… going before finals too?

Would expect he’ll be linking up with Wanderers’ first grade for pre-season. Won’t be able to play for them in FNSW League One finals though as the window is closed.

 

[Ozhammer]

From what I know of Caruso, he might struggle down at WSW, as he has apparently needed a fair bit of off field support while he was with us.

Change is nearly always unsettling but hopefully things will settle down quickly enough and from what I have seen the replacement keeper, seems a pretty solid prospect.

 

[Michael]

I didn’t really rate Caruso anyway, very small GK without the necessary movement or reflexes to make up for it. And his distribution wasn’t the best.

we nearly always lose bulk youth players at the end of every season because of the way football is set up in this country. Trust that the cream of the crop is kept like it has been previously.

 

[Wombat]

Ok this is EFF’d. Seriously!!!!!

How is this the start to our season???

Thought we were supposed to be kickstarting a new era with Peil.. that era is already biting us in the arse and it’s barely begun!!!

I think an earlier post hit the nail on the head. He may be a businessman but we are (were) a family club and a huge part of our loyalty (all of it in some cases) stems from our love for the players and staff.

Players leave.. sure. Of course. We know that.

But this is becoming an avalanche. I don’t have good feelings ☹️

One player is not an avalanche. The timing is poor but Christo was leaving to be replaced by Luke already at season's end.

I really wouldn't be overreacting just yet.

 

[Rising Sun]

I didn’t really rate Caruso anyway, very small GK without the necessary movement or reflexes to make up for it. And his distribution wasn’t the best.

we nearly always lose bulk youth players at the end of every season because of the way football is set up in this country. Trust that the cream of the crop is kept like it has been previously.

You are probably being a bit harsh, but I am not overly concerned about losing him. We already have some better options. As for the risk of becoming an avalanche, the other players have to be pragmatic. Why would you leave a club whose business model is to give young players opportunities (and to go to a club where it far less likely you would be given a chance, just because you like the coach)?

Whilst I think there is some flags about what has supposedly happened, I don't think there should be a major immediate impact and there is time for Wilkshire and co to hopefully fix things up

 

[Ironbark]

One player is not an avalanche. The timing is poor but Christo was leaving to be replaced by Luke already at season's end.

I really wouldn't be overreacting just yet.

This.

The other common thing in football is for there to be a few new appointments and releases in the coaching staff with new owners and new seasons. Nothing that has happened yet has been unexpected or extreme, if anything it's been tame. Long way to go before concern.

Our best coaches and young players have been given long contracts with more to come. Which for me well and truly outweighs letting go of Christo a tad early (it may always have been the plan for him only to take us to the end of the regular season) or losing a replaceable youth GK.

If your adrenaline is rising just take a deep breath and look at what is going right.

 

[Meerkat]

One player is not an avalanche. The timing is poor but Christo was leaving to be replaced by Luke already at season's end.

I really wouldn't be overreacting just yet.

I most definitely wasn’t referring just to Caruso.

But I can say “tip of the iceberg” if preferred if you wish to discount any other departures and start from now. Since as previously suggested, others will follow.

But the whole back room coaching staff just got one is a little hard to discount.

 

[FFC Mariner]

This.

The other common thing in football is for there to be a few new appointments and releases in the coaching staff with new owners and new seasons. Nothing that has happened yet has been unexpected or extreme, if anything it's been tame. Long way to go before concern.

Our best coaches and young players have been given long contracts with more to come. Which for me well and truly outweighs letting go of Christo a tad early (it may always have been the plan for him only to take us to the end of the regular season) or losing a replaceable youth GK.

If your adrenaline is rising just take a deep breath and look at what is going right.

I think it's the execution and temper tantrum when orders aren't followed that is concerning

 

[FFC Mariner]

Christos new side losing their semi at the moment.