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744 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

29 Oct 2040
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Oct 2040

Osvaldo Miranda breaks a bone — 24 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 24 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings29 Oct 2040

Tom Smith has a hand in both — 7.91

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.91, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Squad29 Oct 2040

Fin Conchie 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.

Match27 Oct 2040

Central Coast Mariners get the job done against Sydney FC

A 2‑1 win over Sydney FC, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces29 Oct 2040

Central Coast Mariners supporters have found a favourite in Tom Smith

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Tom Smith has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings29 Oct 2040

A masterclass from Caleb Kelly

Marked 8.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad29 Oct 2040

Keanu James 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.

Squad29 Oct 2040

Tom Smith is off the mark for Central Coast Mariners

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Player ratings29 Oct 2040

Nobody could get near Oliver Lavale

Successful dribbles: 10. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
740 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

1 Oct 2040
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad1 Oct 2040

Osvaldo Miranda breaks a bone — 52 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 52 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad1 Oct 2040

Fin Conchie 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.

Squad1 Oct 2040

Jamie Carter signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jamie Carter and Central Coast Mariners agree another 3 years.

In brief

708 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

20 Feb 2040
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad20 Feb 2040

Harrison Shillington breaks a bone — 119 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 119 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad20 Feb 2040

Oliver Lavale is carrying Central Coast Mariners

18 goals and a season average of 7.35. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad20 Feb 2040

Bryce Crawford: that is not what I was promised

“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.

Match18 Feb 2040

4 matches without a win for Central Coast Mariners

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Central Coast Mariners are no longer polite ones.

Squad20 Feb 2040

Harry Steele 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.

Match18 Feb 2040

A bad afternoon for Central Coast Mariners against Perth Glory

1‑3 to Perth Glory, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Match18 Feb 2040

Central Coast Mariners are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Player ratings20 Feb 2040

Oliver Dragićević runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom20 Feb 2040

Central Coast Mariners keep producing them

133 graduates from an academy now rated 11 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

685 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

12 Sep 2039
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Sep 2039

Harry Steele damages knee ligaments — 38 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The terraces12 Sep 2039

The mood at Central Coast Mariners has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad12 Sep 2039

Lucas Mauragis breaks a bone — 77 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 77 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Boardroom12 Sep 2039

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.

Market12 Sep 2039

Keanu James 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.

Squad12 Sep 2039

Real improvement from Hayden Robinson at Central Coast Mariners

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Hayden Robinson is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief