The Central Coast Mariners Post
Squad29 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Andrew Redmayne out for 34 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Central Coast Mariners will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Alessandro Lopane: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Coast Mariners have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Marco Rojas 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Keaton Murray is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The decline has begun for Marco Rojas
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 36 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Central Coast Mariners is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Oliver Lavale
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Marco Rojas has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Central Coast Mariners will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
Gabriel Cléùr goes back to face Western Sydney Wanderers
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Gabriel Cléùr’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Central Coast Mariners needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Match29 Mar 2027
Central Coast Mariners have something to play for
Position 4 on 35 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
- The dugout Andrew Redmayne has been promised minutes
- Market Central Coast Mariners put Storm Roux up for sale
- Market Still no signature from Bailey Brandtman