Dylan Roberts

Striker - Central Coast Mariners
24 Oct 2035
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Dylan Roberts

474 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

27 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Central Coast Mariners say no — this time

The offer from Sydney FC for Haine Eames was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Rhys Burns puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Central Coast Mariners, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Central Coast Mariners

Haine Eames 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Joel Hall

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joel Hall, and the manager let it.

Squad

Dylan Roberts signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dylan Roberts commits to Central Coast Mariners for another 3 years.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Ben Grant is in the works

Central Coast Mariners have made the call to Sydney FC. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

Central Coast Mariners ask about Nagatomo Miyoshi

A loan enquiry to Nagoya Grampus: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout

Haine Eames knocks on the manager's door

“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.

In brief

Back issues
473 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

20 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Haine Eames is on his way

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.

Transfer targets

$240.0K settles it between the clubs for Alou Kuol

Western Sydney Wanderers have accepted the money. What Central Coast Mariners do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market

Jason Webb asks to leave Central Coast Mariners

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets

Darren Beath is a medical away from Central Coast Mariners

The deal with Western Sydney Wanderers is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

A falling-out at Central Coast Mariners

Haine Eames and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Dylan Roberts stays put

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

The dugout

Jarrod Jackson is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

Joel Hall asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Jamie Morrison question follows Central Coast Mariners around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jamie Morrison’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

456 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

23 Apr 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Haine Eames is on his way

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.

Squad

Haine Eames 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Central Coast Mariners

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nathan Morgan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Tom Davies 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 dugout

Tim Collins asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

Tom Edwards has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Central Coast Mariners will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

A door opens for Joel Hall

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

Central Coast Mariners and Dylan Roberts are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

The Rhys Burns question follows Central Coast Mariners around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rhys Burns’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief