Mariners squad HAL 10 ~ 2014/15

[localpom]

My coarse cut marmalade for breakfast is stronger than Kim...

Quite possibly, not sure what marmalade you are eating Roy....but, i think he is just bluffing trying to get free kicks (well, i know he is!). Hopefully that will change and he can just get on with creating chances with his through balls and corners and scoring lots of nice free kicks.
Getting a craving for marmalade and toast now, will have to stop off at Cole's on the way home.

 

[sydmariner]

Quite possibly, not sure what marmalade you are eating Roy....but, i think he is just bluffing trying to get free kicks (well, i know he is!). Hopefully that will change and he can just get on with creating chances with his through balls and corners and scoring lots of nice free kicks.
Getting a craving for marmalade and toast now, will have to stop off at Cole's on the way home.

 

[Big Al]

Mossy Gambau's assistant
& Monty Added to A League Allstars
We have 2nd biggest contingent would have been bigger if a certain SFC traitor wasn't wearing baby blue

 

[true believer]

How was size the defining factor? Chile's team was on average significantly shorter than Japan's and yet they were a cracking team. Bosnia and Herzegovina were the second tallest team and they were shit.

the J's were monstered out of it by ivory coast and never recovered.
chile never played physical sides outside of oz which were a shadow of 06
in the A league last year . we got beat in the semi by largely physical tactics that took 6 fouls before
La rocca pulled a card . are you expecting protection for our guys this year ? wrong colored shirt for that.

 

[dibo]

The Japanese were leading against Cote d'Ivoire, despite their size. What cost them was tactics, not size.

Chile competed well with Netherlands, who were physically imposing, and Brazil who were brutal - making WSW look like choirboys - taking the home side to penalties.

I can't see how size was a factor, or else you'd have picked big sides to win every game. Germany were the biggest squad and won the tournament, but as I said B&H were the 2nd biggest and did f**k all. Doesn't seem that great a predictor of success.

 

[eenfish]

I saw "B&H" and remembered this bit from Mike Bassett England Manager

 

[eenfish]

Dunno where-else to put it, and not sure if it has been mentioned before, so I'll put it here.

Been doing some updating to my football manager roster, making sure the Mariners are accurate, and was doing some research on Tim Knight, our fitness coach aka the guy who replaced Clarky.

http://au.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-knight/65/677/85a
Take a peak at his linkedin, specifically the Publications section. He has quite a few articles to his name, including one published in an international journal that was specifically about training loads for football players, also has Clarky's name to it as well.

Basically, this guy is a real asset to have.

 

[sydmariner]

Dunno where-else to put it, and not sure if it has been mentioned before, so I'll put it here.

Been doing some updating to my football manager roster, making sure the Mariners are accurate, and was doing some research on Tim Knight, our fitness coach aka the guy who replaced Clarky.

http://au.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-knight/65/677/85a
Take a peak at his linkedin, specifically the Publications section. He has quite a few articles to his name, including one published in an international journal that was specifically about training loads for football players, also has Clarky's name to it as well.

Basically, this guy is a real asset to have.

& yet we still had lot's of injuries & were lacking in fitness last season

 

[eenfish]

& yet we still had lot's of injuries & were lacking in fitness last season

Were we?
The big injuries were to Neill and Flores. I can't remember any other concerns there.
For fitness, our issues were players coming in unfit. Simon coming back from major injuries, Trifiro, Sim and Cernak all coming in midseason.

 

[sydmariner]

Were we?
The big injuries were to Neill and Flores. I can't remember any other concerns there.
For fitness, our issues were players coming in unfit. Simon coming back from major injuries, Trifiro, Sim and Cernak all coming in midseason.

kwas, morton, slater

 

[some guy]

kwas, morton, slater

Kwas was out before Knight arrived (or maybe right at the same time). Either way given the nature of the injury and his recent history it seems hard to pin that on the newly appointed fitness coach (although admittedly I don't know the specifics of how the injury happened).

 

[eenfish]

kwas, morton, slater

Kwas did his knee nearly 2 years ago and never recovered.
My memory is shot, what happened to Morton and Slater?

 

[sydmariner]

Kwas did his knee nearly 2 years ago and never recovered.
My memory is shot, what happened to Morton and Slater?

They spent a good part of the season injured

 

[dibo]

No shit, Sherlock. What sort of injuries?

 

[sydmariner]

No shit, Sherlock. What sort of injuries?

 

[midfielder]

OK this maybe OK is one of those "O I wish this could be true""

If Seip goes and we let weeJudas go ... and we are looking for someone who can play a number 10 and striker positions... would we have the funds to get James Troisi ...

 

[scottmac]

Ah, the lost art of tackling (sigh), when men were men and tippy toed ballet dancing posers were nervous. You didn't get any of that stick your arse out and make no attempt to play the ball nonsense because you would end up flat on said arse on the ground with a sore ankle, or two, for good measure. Since FIFA issued a world wide ban on aggressive play the hard men have been in decline (another sigh). Monty can tackle, Bosnar too, but the rest just run around and stick out a toe or grab a shirt. Fitz and Trif are eager hard working players who will give everything they have but they can't tackle for toffee. As for Amini, I just hope his German education has shown him how because he could not tackle when he left Bluetongue.

You misunderstood.
I didn't mean they could tackle. I meant they are tough in the exchange. They don't just roll over when challenged.

 

[iEatHands]

Were we?
The big injuries were to Neill and Flores. I can't remember any other concerns there.
For fitness, our issues were players coming in unfit. Simon coming back from major injuries, Trifiro, Sim and Cernak all coming in midseason.

Are you kidding! I remember just after he joined the back 4 would be pulling up from the 70-80th minutes!! Ando, Storm and Tesco had significant issues finishing 90 minutes not long after he joined! We're just lucky it wasn't anything too serious like what happened to Flores.

 

[Einstein]

You do understand that NOTHING changed in the transition and it was perhaps the pre loaded fitness prior to the transition that was the determinate factor? I believe they were using the same planned program since the start of pre-season, these things are not made up on a week to week basis.

 

[localpom]

Are you kidding! I remember just after he joined the back 4 would be pulling up from the 70-80th minutes!! Ando, Storm and Tesco had significant issues finishing 90 minutes not long after he joined! We're just lucky it wasn't anything too serious like what happened to Flores.

If there major issues with fitness it would have been due to pre-season conditioning which was before Knight had any impact. We can only judge him on this season. Overall last year, all things considering there weren't many injuries apart from the long term ones.