The Central Coast Mariners Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Melbourne City come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Central Coast Mariners did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Emeka Eze at that price
Central Coast Mariners offered $1.3M; Corum FK said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Central Coast Mariners
Storm Roux and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bailey Davies joins the Central Coast Mariners first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bailey Davies is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shane Palmer steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Shane Palmer 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Will Moore steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Will Moore 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.
The dugout10 Aug 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Austin Ayoubi remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Central Coast Mariners would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kaito Taniguchi has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Kaito Taniguchi keeps the shirt for now, at Central Coast Mariners's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Squad A wage question at Central Coast Mariners
- The dugout Dylan Peraić-Cullen asks for a word with the manager