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21 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad21 Dec 2026

A fracture rules Christian Theoharous out for 39 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Bradley Tapp for 15 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Central Coast Mariners will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Match19 Dec 2026

Central Coast Mariners come up short against Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Brandon Miller left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Sam Watson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sam Watson and Central Coast Mariners agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Bailey Brandtman

“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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners

Sam Watson 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.

Looking ahead21 Dec 2026

A reunion for Michael Ruhs

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Brisbane Roar in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market21 Dec 2026

The Michael Ruhs talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Central Coast Mariners know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

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20 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Dec 2026

Christian Theoharous breaks a bone — 47 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 47 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Akito Suzuki scores twice — 9.03

Two goals and a mark of 9.03 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Bailey Brandtman, 21, steals the show — 7.68

Marked 7.68 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Central Coast Mariners

Akito Suzuki and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match12 Dec 2026

Central Coast Mariners see off Perth Glory

Three points for Central Coast Mariners, 2‑0 the final word against Perth Glory in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

Arthur De Lima 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.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

Brandon Miller: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Kaito Taniguchi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Player of the week: Akito Suzuki

Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.

In brief