All time favourite Mariner

[style_cafe]

As the off season slowly grinds along I thought it might be interesting to ask members who their all time favourite Mariner`s player is & why?

For mine it would have to be Dutchy.
As a player he put the steel in our defence.
He had so many positives:- strong , fearless, uncomprimising just to name a few.
I also liked the way he mentored the younger players too.
Guys like Wilko, Sainsbury & Rosey were immense with Patrick alongside them.
It was a sad day when he retired.

 

[shipwreck]

I don't know why but I always liked Doig

 

[sydmariner]

THE EMPEROR OF EAST GOSFORD MATT SIMON he's our all time leading goal scorer & he's the greatest striker that we've ever had.

 

[Wombat]

Gumpey by a country mile.
Dutchy 2nd.

 

[Wombat]

As the off season slowly grinds along I thought it might be interesting to ask members who their all time favourite Mariner`s player is & why?

For mine it would have to be Dutchy.
As a player he put the steel in our defence.
He had so many positives:- strong , fearless, uncomprimising just to name a few.
I also liked the way he mentored the younger players too.
Guys like Wilko, Sainsbury & Rosey were immense with Patrick alongside them.
It was a sad day when he retired.

Could score better than our strikers as well.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

I'm a fairly new Mariner so you will have to forgive me, a tie between Jacob
Poscoliero and Alistair Bray for me. Poscoliero because he bleeds for the club and works his arse off and Bray for the Heart connection (he also signed my jumper and had a chat when he was Heart's NYL goalkeeper). My girlfriend loves Roy O'Donovan for elbowing Manny Muscat in the head!

 

[tim...]

Hutch.

 

[Gratis]

Will have to spend some time pondering this one...

 

[dibo]

I think all of our captains have made contributions - they've all been captain (or co-captain) for a reason: Spencer, Wilko, Hutch, Patrick, Monty.

Of those, I think I'd lean on Hutch.

He's a bloke who's played almost everywhere for us, he did his knee while filling in at striker for us, he came back and fought for his position again, and wound up settling at DM. In that time, he turned down an offer at Sydney for more money.

When we signed Rostyn and Arnie wanted to flush him, he chose to come back and fight for his spot, and he's unquestionably been the core of the squad's culture.

He's not the best player in that list, he's certainly not the best player who's ever pulled on the shirt. But the club's service award is named after him for a reason.

 

[BrisRecky]

lets see...Shane Huke, Nicky Travis and Malik Mane...KIDDING!!!.......in reality Dutchy, Gumps, Matty Ryan with Stuey Petrie and Tommy Ponders....hmm, not many of the modern era is there?

 

[Rowdy]

Russell 'Rusty' Woodruffe.

 

[dibo]

Star. I wore his shirt at the Dinamo Marinators game at Mingara in 2006.

 

[Rowdy]

Star. I wore his shirt at the Dinamo Marinators game at Mingara in 2006.

Star?
I think they made a button for that

 

[sydmariner]

Dean Heffernan Season 1

 

[sydmariner]

I also loved whatching kwasaldinho scoring countless goals to

 

[nero]

Dutchy. Best player so far to play for the mariners and a great person in general.

 

[mick]

Dukey and Posco for me both have big engine's and give 100%

 

[Rowdy]

Alex Wilkinson for Mrs Rowdy.

But too many great players for mine to narrow down just the one, which I think is pretty darn awesome for a little Yellow Club.

 

[Atomic]

Monty, Jedi, Dutchy.

 

[BaysideMariner]

Petrie, Gumprecht, Spencer but I met Alex Wilkinson a few times and he is just a top bloke.