Bryce Murray

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65 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Andrew Redmayne

26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Central Coast Mariners lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout

Arthur De Lima says Central Coast Mariners went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Storm Roux 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.

Boardroom

3 academy graduates step up at Central Coast Mariners

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Market

Bryce Murray steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bryce Murray has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Joel Hughes steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joel Hughes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Central Coast Mariners promote Aidan McCallum from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aidan McCallum has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Player ratings

Jamie McDonnell runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Central Coast Mariners refuse to lose to Adelaide United

A point taken on 86 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.

In brief