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Round 5 Away (sort of) Vs Perth - Canberra
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FFC Mariner
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I understand supporting the team, I understand that the club wont give a flying if no one goes from the CC (I expect they have a gtee anyway).
However, its called a point of principle.
In my job, easy to get the time off, easy to get there and I love the game but sometimes you have to stand up for whats right.
So, as Ghandi famously said on many occasions..............They can go and get f**ked
However, its called a point of principle.
In my job, easy to get the time off, easy to get there and I love the game but sometimes you have to stand up for whats right.
So, as Ghandi famously said on many occasions..............They can go and get f**ked
Alicia
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Mariners expect a capital gain even if Canberra misses out
Michael Cockerill
August 28, 2009
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CENTRAL COAST Mariners remain confident there will be no boycott of next week's historic A-League match in Canberra even if the national capital misses out on its bid to join the competition next year.
Football Federation Australia this week again delayed a decision on awarding the 12th licence, but it's widely accepted that western Sydney remains the preferred choice ahead of Canberra. If an announcement that goes against Canberra is made next week, as seems likely, there are fears the locals will turn away in protest from next Friday night's match between the Mariners and Perth Glory - the first A-League fixture to be staged in the national capital.
But Mariners executive chairman Lyall Gorman believes far from boycotting the game, locals will embrace it.
''Knowing the people down there, like I do, my gut feeling is they'll want to prove a point,'' Gorman said. ''I don't know where the FFA is at with the decision, but if Canberra does miss out I'm sure they won't be going away. They'll be like a chihuahua biting at the heels of the FFA, making sure they get noticed. If anything, I expect more people to come to the game, not less. They'll want to link arms with us and prove how strong football is down there. That's the reaction I'm expecting.''
Central Coast will play two ''home'' games in Canberra this season - the second against Adelaide United on October 31 - to allow remedial work to be done on the much-criticised pitch at Bluetongue Stadium. The Mariners have had a relationship with [ACT] Capital Football since 2006, holding coaching clinics and pre-season games in Canberra annually ever since.
Gorman is confident the relationship will continue regardless of the outcome of Canberra's bid to have its own A-League team, but in the meantime he is confident next week's target of 10,000 spectators against Perth Glory will be met.
''We've built a wonderful rapport with Capital Football, they have the same philosophies as us about building from the grassroots and we always enjoy our pre-seasons down there,'' he said.
''Hopefully, we'll get our 10,000 for these games. I'd like to think the people in Canberra will support what we've both been trying to achieve out of the relationship. If they do end up with their own team then clearly they'd start going their own way. But even then, if there was anything we could still contribute, we would.''
Michael Cockerill
August 28, 2009
Advertisement
CENTRAL COAST Mariners remain confident there will be no boycott of next week's historic A-League match in Canberra even if the national capital misses out on its bid to join the competition next year.
Football Federation Australia this week again delayed a decision on awarding the 12th licence, but it's widely accepted that western Sydney remains the preferred choice ahead of Canberra. If an announcement that goes against Canberra is made next week, as seems likely, there are fears the locals will turn away in protest from next Friday night's match between the Mariners and Perth Glory - the first A-League fixture to be staged in the national capital.
But Mariners executive chairman Lyall Gorman believes far from boycotting the game, locals will embrace it.
''Knowing the people down there, like I do, my gut feeling is they'll want to prove a point,'' Gorman said. ''I don't know where the FFA is at with the decision, but if Canberra does miss out I'm sure they won't be going away. They'll be like a chihuahua biting at the heels of the FFA, making sure they get noticed. If anything, I expect more people to come to the game, not less. They'll want to link arms with us and prove how strong football is down there. That's the reaction I'm expecting.''
Central Coast will play two ''home'' games in Canberra this season - the second against Adelaide United on October 31 - to allow remedial work to be done on the much-criticised pitch at Bluetongue Stadium. The Mariners have had a relationship with [ACT] Capital Football since 2006, holding coaching clinics and pre-season games in Canberra annually ever since.
Gorman is confident the relationship will continue regardless of the outcome of Canberra's bid to have its own A-League team, but in the meantime he is confident next week's target of 10,000 spectators against Perth Glory will be met.
''We've built a wonderful rapport with Capital Football, they have the same philosophies as us about building from the grassroots and we always enjoy our pre-seasons down there,'' he said.
''Hopefully, we'll get our 10,000 for these games. I'd like to think the people in Canberra will support what we've both been trying to achieve out of the relationship. If they do end up with their own team then clearly they'd start going their own way. But even then, if there was anything we could still contribute, we would.''
goingtoadisco
Well-Known Member
Where we standing ?
Can't make this one but at this stage trying to get to the next one (which is on a Saturday)
Not happy as has been said before; I usually only make 1 or 2 interstate games per season. This year Canberra counts as one (cost of travel & accom, sacrificing most of the weekend).
Not happy as has been said before; I usually only make 1 or 2 interstate games per season. This year Canberra counts as one (cost of travel & accom, sacrificing most of the weekend).
J
jiggles
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3 Posts in a row within 5 minutes...I'd call that trolling?
Teddy Bear
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Anyone going past bluetongue this week and next please let us know if there appears to be any major work being done on the pitch. They should be well into their "remedial work" by now.
FFC Mariner
Well-Known Member
dibo said:
That'll be a yes
clarence
Well-Known Member
Ursus said:
Ursus said:
Ursus said:
Go back to your GP and ask him to increase the medication Ursus, it ain't working.
Being an ex-Spirit supporter you'd love for the Mariners to become wandering whores for the good of the game wouldn't you? Maybe they'd end up at Pittwater Park and it would all be a large case of de ja vu for you. Oh, Happy Days. NOT
The folks you are lumping shit on, well most of them spent some serious $$ going to the Brisbane game either staying overnight or returning on the day to make a local game they were committed to. Some of whom also travelled as far as China or Japan to see a Mariners game.
To allege these folks have no ticker is an insult mate. Hopefully, they'll let you know how they feel the next time your paths cross.
These same folks believe in the idea of a LOCAL team, which is what all that talk about 'community engagement' was about when Lyall was in the media when the Mariners first started. Remember that?
The fact they are playing in Canberra, for what was SUPPOSED to be a home game, under spurious circumstances not yet properly explained by the club or the FFA, makes them feel let down by all that hype about the community and the Mariners.
Personally, I cannot make the Canberra game due to it being on a Friday & us (my missus and I go to games together) not being able to make the airport in time from work.
But I'll be damned if I am going to call a day off when the circumstances do not appear to be in the best interests of the Central Coast community.
FFC Mariner
Well-Known Member
Ursus said:
Sorry Ursus thats either a wind up or just plain stupid
I have spent '000s following CCM and if this was an away game, I would be in Canberra for a Friday evening KO no problems.
LG has whored the club out, seems to have been "mistaken" on the ground issues and I for one will be making a personal protest.
to insult those who choose to is petty and indicates small mindedness at best
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