The Central Coast Mariners Post
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Central Coast Mariners
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Central Coast Mariners is running low.
The terraces5 Jul 2027
Supporters turn on the $530.0K sale of Bailey Brandtman
He is going to Adelaide United, the club has $530.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Christian Cepeda 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Real improvement from Marcus Holmes at Central Coast Mariners
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Marcus Holmes is 15, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market5 Jul 2027
Bailey Brandtman moves on
Adelaide United pay $530.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Central Coast Mariners training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tyreece Simpson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market5 Jul 2027
Newcastle Jets watching Chris Donnell
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Central Coast Mariners have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Central Coast Mariners sign 8 boys into the academy
None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Bradley Tapp 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Central Coast Mariners pull $1.9M back off the table
- Market Hideki Ishige arrives on loan
- Boardroom The Central Coast Mariners production line keeps running