The Mariners in Asia

[Bex]

Cheers Jaza. I would still like to see the stats though.

 

[Jorome Alexander Bennett]

I agree with Jizza.
No need for stats. We can see that the Mariners don't play the style that Cockerill seems to see.
Cockerill need an angle for a football story. Small town bruisers who climb to the pinnacle of Asia. Mike would have us sign Yesterday's hero, Aloi$i, to add to the romance.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Aye, when I have finished a hard day down the Terrigal pits I like to meet the guys from the Avoca steelworks to race our whippets and discuss or lung diseases in the local working mens club.

I wasnt aware we had a seige mentality either? I thought we were developing the "centre of football excellence in Australia" ?

 

[midfielder]

Like the RW article there is a grain of truth in what Cockup says ...... but then not to say MV do the same is the part that gives me the the shits.... When we played MV we have a slow back four and they pumped long balls all night trying to catch us out ......... in fact our goals that night were from passing movements and MV goals where the more soft pump it up and hope for the best type.

Love the saying.

"No one likes us, we dont care"

 

[Bex]

I want to see some f**king stats alright!

 

[Kareem]

Stop procrastinating kareem and get stuck into those past exam papers NOW

damn...i didnt see that til after my test (well i banned myself from the marinators website since last night- which was hell!)

+1 for midfielder + Jaza (thats a first for all of us )
its the style of football in Australia- the 'least' offending would be maybe Adelaide???
I dunno coz they arent any teams that dont do it
Newcastle do it quite a lot but yet never get caught
I think we area slowly evolving anyway- we r starting to realise short passing > long balls
I mean heck there is a time even in world class football for long balls- but it was getting a bit dire at times watching us repetitively boot the ball up the field!

 

[David Votoupal]

I'm totally unapologetic as to how I want my football played- short and on the ground, keep possession, use the central midfield and wings to feed the strikers. That's the ONLY style of football I will ever accept.

 

[Sym]

Being perfectly honest, I don't care how We play, aslong as We win.

 

[Deej]

I want to see some f**king stats alright!

Average number of goals scored per game = 2.1
Average number of goals conceeded per game = 1.5
Average number of goals per Mariners game = 3.6

IMO that's pretty good entertainment

 

[David Votoupal]

"If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground" - Brian Clough

Watching videos of his teams play you do learn a lot.

 

[FFC Mariner]

I'm totally unapologetic as to how I want my football played- short and on the ground, keep possession, use the central midfield and wings to feed the strikers. That's the ONLY style of football I will ever accept.

As supporters, we will accept winning football. Better if that is also exciting football but win over everything

 

[loyalist]

"If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground" - Brian Clough

Watching videos of his teams play you do learn a lot.

So you would forgo results as long as your team play 'beautifully' ?

 

[Part_Timer]

must be a ARSEnal fan........im a stoke fan yeah we play alot of route one but we get results too

 

[mariners4ever]

must be a ARSEnal fan........im a stoke fan yeah we play alot of route one but we get results too

too bad stoke didnt get a result against the greatest team of all time on the weekend 

 

[yellowcake]

As has been said (even by Jaza), of course we play no more long ball than anybody else.

Implying that we and Lawrie are all football philistines, makes Cockerill a bigger c**t in my book. And this...

the blue-collar, thongs and singlet-wearing people of the Central Coast. This is Marinerland

Must remember I need to wear a singlet to work tomorrow...

 

[adz]

a singlet with a blue collar?

 

[Jorome Alexander Bennett]

the blue-collar, thongs and singlet-wearing people of the Central Coast. This is Marinerland

How does COCKerill know what type of underwear I wear?

 

[Statue]

I think this is a good article IMO, he easily could come out and say its rubbish that we play long ball, that we shouldnt be winning games and that we will fail in asia.
But he comes out and gives us a good wrap about our style of game and how its sucessful and gets results.

We do play long ball though not as much as he makes it out to be but we really do, but most of the a-league does play long ball if you actually sit down and watch the play, we play to our strengths and it works

 

[Jorome Alexander Bennett]

What is traditionally meant by the term "long ball" is over the top, hopeful hoofs. Different to how we play.

 

[kevrenor]

What is traditionally meant by the term "long ball" is over the top, hopeful hoofs. Different to how we play.

More like how the Tards play ... with their strikers standing off-side to pull our defence out of shape.