Phillip Čančar

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25 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match16 Jan 2027

12 matches without a win for Central Coast Mariners

The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Central Coast Mariners are no longer polite ones.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners

Anthony Cáceres was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market18 Jan 2027

Logan Sambrook attracts admirers

The name of Logan Sambrook has come up in conversations Central Coast Mariners were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Diamanka Senghor gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Trent Sainsbury shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Diesel Herrington out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Diesel Herrington, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match16 Jan 2027

Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Sydney FC came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Phillip Čančar shuts the door

Defensive actions: 11, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad18 Jan 2027

“I want to play”: Arthur De Lima speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Nothing got past Trent Sainsbury

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Anthony Cáceres in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Central Coast Mariners this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Phillip Čančar shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Oliver Lavale gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Harry Steele runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Dylan Peraić-Cullen asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

12 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Oct 2026

Alfie McCalmont signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alfie McCalmont and Central Coast Mariners agree another 3 years.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners

Chris Ikonomidis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A wage question at Central Coast Mariners

Brad Smith has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

In brief