R24 v SFC (Home)

[tim...]

23 down, four to go.

As woeful as we were on Saturday and have been for weeks, Sydney are in dire form, out of the six and Arnie really seems lost himself.

I'm going out on a limb and predicting a high scorer from both sides as used to be the case long ago... but no idea who'll win.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Be surprised if they get 6k

The disengaged derby? They aren't happy either and I doubt they will travel in number

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Stupidly, I always feel like any week we could pull it out of our arse and win the match.
I expect SFC will hack us to bits and we'll get frustrated and self destruct.

Don't know if I can be arsed watching it really.......

 

[soccer mad]

Interesting game this .Who wants it more, won't be pretty. As for the result anyone guess. Mind you l would love to get the better over Sydney .

 

[Gratis]

We really could win this. We just as easily could implode. Would love to win here. Nothing to lose I guess

 

[dibo]

We're gonna win by two million.

 

[true believer]

Im going to see rich hall saturday , so we gotta be certs.

 

[BrisRecky]

Never know , might be a 3-2 replay from oh those many yorks ago, if it is and we get the points, Arnie better get Charlesworths business card....but, somehow I ain't feeling a victory is on the cards

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Sydney are at least half as bad as us for twice the $ spend. But i expect they will do enough to get over us unless we click or they don't punish our expected errors.

 

[MagpieMariner]

If we could pull out a repeat of our 3-0 half against MV, I reckon they will crumble. They certainly won't come back as strong as Victory did, they haven't got that much bottle.

 

[sydmariner]

We're gonna win by two million.

if andershite plays & izzNO start's

 

[sydmariner]

Simon's gonna put 6 past us if izzNO plays

 

[tim...]

Izzo has probably been our best the last few weeks. Yeah he struggles to set a wall, but apart from that, he's probably kept us from losing by more.

 

[dibo]

Dude, it's SydMariner.

 

[Gratis]

Sydney's win last night will galvanise them somewhat. They should be tired though and we've nothing to lose although two of our best players are suspended.

Expecting a loss, hoping for more.

 

[Luca Brasi]

I think the loss of Austin and Garcia provides us with an opportunity of putting a harder and more balanced side on the field, something we will need against SFC.
Pohang were awful, I think even we could have beaten them.

 

[tim...]

Saturday, 19 March 2016
Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 5:15 PM (Local) (5:15 PM (AEDT))

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima (Japan)
Assistant Referee 1: Lance Greenshields
Assistant Referee 2: James Tesoriero
Fourth Official: Jarred Gillett

TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live. Coast FM 96.3 (Central Coast)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvSYD

To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets

Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Paul IZZO (gk), 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 15.Brad McDONALD, 16.Liam ROSE, 17.Francesco STELLA, 19.Josh BINGHAM, 21.Michael NEILL, 22.Jake McGING, 23.Tomislav USKOK, 25.Adam BERRY, 28.Matthew FLETCHER, 30.Adam PEARCE (gk)
**two to be omitted**

Ins: 12.Trent BUHAGIAR (promoted), 17.Francesco STELLA (promoted), 21.Michael NEILL (return from suspension), 25.Adam BERRY (promoted)
Outs: 6.Mitch AUSTIN (suspended – 1 week), 10.Luis GARCIA (suspended – 1 week)
Unavailable: 2.Storm Roux (fractured fibula – season)

Sydney FC squad: 1.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 5.Matt JURMAN, 6.Rob STAMBOLZIEV, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 11.Chris NAUMOFF, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 17.David CARNEY, 18.Matt SIMON, 19.Jacques FATY, 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21.Filip HOLOSKO, 22.Ali ABBAS, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 25.Aaron CALVER, 27.Mickael TAVARES
**two to be omitted**

Ins: 7.Andrew HOOLE (promoted), 11.Chris NAUMOFF (promoted), 18.Matt SIMON (promoted)
Outs: 10.Milos NINKOVIC (ankle – 1 week)
Unavailable: 14.Alex BROSQUE (hamstring – 5 weeks)

Read more at http://www.a-league.com.au/article/...2qmwkim72bl01jexcbd682678#jrGuRbJ0ELtrDIbV.99

 

[Paolo]

10% off tickets member offer....sales must be struggling unsurprisingly

 

[tim...]

People when prices are too high: "they should reduce prices"

People when they reduce prices: "Oh ticket sales must be struggling"

 

[FFC Mariner]

People when prices are too high: "they should reduce prices"

People when they reduce prices: "Oh ticket sales must be struggling"

Does anyone really think that ticket sales will be healthy? The coast is not football heartland. No win no crowd.

Adam Peacock explained it well on the podcast. Another season of starving the squad won't be a good look.

He even mentioned the nix and their issues.

Bottom line is metrics matter