Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Central Coast Mariners has to find a result from somewhere.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The captaincy has been taken off Reno Piscopo. Central Coast Mariners will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Coast Mariners, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Reno Piscopo and Central Coast Mariners agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Coast Mariners, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Central Coast Mariners that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Central Coast Mariners can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Coast Mariners, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luke Brattan and Central Coast Mariners agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Central Coast Mariners is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Central Coast Mariners, and 0 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Coast Mariners can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Perth Glory will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Central Coast Mariners were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Coast Mariners can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Coast Mariners they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Central Coast Mariners pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
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.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Coast Mariners can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Coast Mariners can pretend not to have heard.
“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.
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Central Coast Mariners has to find a result from somewhere.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacob Brazete and Central Coast Mariners agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Coast Mariners can pretend not to have heard.
“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.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Coast Mariners, and both men came out saying it was fine.