Mariners Squad 2023/2024

[Ozhammer]

Well he is the current champion coach of Australia eh?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Hes from the North - they all sound like that

 

[Corsair]

Hes from the North - they all sound like that

Something something coal and whippets something something is all I heard!!

 

[scottmac]

So after tonight, I think Paull will take the spot next to Kaltak, we need someone new next to Kuol and someone on the right wing with Doka playing right back.
Doka Kaltak Paull Fazz
Visa? Nisbet Ballard Tulio
Kuol Visa?

Hard to pick the subs though

 

[FFC Mariner]

Tulio will partner Kuol.
Theo will start in #7

 

[scottmac]

Tulio will partner Kuol.
Theo will start in #7

If Tulio plays up front then we going 2 wingers for visa signing because Paull did enough for the cb spot

 

[turbo]

If Tulio plays up front then we going 2 wingers for visa signing because Paull did enough for the cb spot

Theo deserves one and it looks like Doka could play forward too but I agree we will need 1. Preferably one that can cover CM if need be.

 

[Michael]

I think Doka will settle on the right side in front of storm, they didn’t play the usual formation or style whilst Doka was on today and he still looked bright.

Jing is more suited to the wing role too, he didn’t offer a whole lot up front, trying not to judge too harshly though. It’s extremely early on.

 

[Archie]

Interested to hear everyones thoughts, would you rather us sign a visa striker and have Tulio as LM or sign a visa winger and have Tulio as striker?

 

[Tevor]

I had no expectations and can’t believe how similar it was to last year, positive was we did way better at the shoot out this time as last year was horrendous. Not overly concerned about the Aust Cup and probably helps us not to be involved in three comps.

Lots of experimenting in that game and perfect time to do it. You could tell we have had less pre season then Shitney as we were more gassed than them at the end. Courageous effort though to turn it around and almost steal a win.

Can’t stand games officiated by Faghani even when we are not playing. Just no consistency and the game is just a hack fest with grabbing and pulling shirts. Kuol was being tackled when we had corners.

Redmayne went well beyond what is allowed, he did a forward roll for FFS. And stupid Faghani did nothing. A yellow would have pulled into line but no that would make sense.

I’m not hanging any players out to dry after that game as we nearly won it and have only had about two weeks of pre season. What I seen was good team spirit again and a good effort by everyone. Rubbish ground that was like an ice rink didn’t help either team. First time I’ve watched at WIN and wasn’t overly impressed with the ground.

 

[Michael]

Interested to hear everyones thoughts, would you rather us sign a visa striker and have Tulio as LM or sign a visa winger and have Tulio as striker?

Tulio’s best position is the creative striker role given we don’t play a formation with a #10 role so to speak.
So I’d take a visa out and out winger.

 

[priorpeter]

Tulio’s best position is the creative striker role given we don’t play a formation with a #10 role so to speak.
So I’d take a visa out and out winger.

We absolutely did play a formation with a #10 role tonight - diamond midfield with Maxi screening, Doka right, Niz left, and Tulio as the 10

 

[FFC Mariner]

We absolutely did play a formation with a #10 role tonight - diamond midfield with Maxi screening, Doka right, Niz left, and Tulio as the 10

Only works in FM. We were over run more than usual through the middle.

 

[priorpeter]

Only works in FM. We were over run more than usual through the middle.

Agreed. Maxi had a torrid time and Tulio looked lost at 10.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

We absolutely did play a formation with a #10 role tonight - diamond midfield with Maxi screening, Doka right, Niz left, and Tulio as the 10

Yeah. I didn't mind it, but thought Doka was getting lost defensively. And our usual FB's overlapping was impacted too. I don't think Tulio was lost as much as I just don't think he was fit enough to ghost or play at the high tempo.

Interesting times.

@Archie. For mine I think with a player like Tulio in the modern game what matters more than whether he's playing as a traditional 10, false nine, striker or winger... is that you can consistently get him on the ball so his creativity can come to bear whilst other players are doing enough that it genuinely allows him the freedom to get the time and space he needs to and not just be man marked or bullied out of games.

Tulio played well in tight combinations last season. But also got a lot of ball in open space too.
The above may prove harder without Cummings as he drew a lot of defenders, but would also read/feel when he needed to drop deep and could also create himself and Kuol (who i love) isn't like for like in this I think. Also Beni who's mazy runs cross field runs drew a lot of attention. Theo can do this though.

Or... you can put him in a more traditional 10 role and feed a lot of ball through him but he's also more easily targeted. Today Niz had far greater control of the play and influence on how we moved forward and attacked. But we're obviously just at the beginning again. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

 

[scottmac]

Agreed. Maxi had a torrid time and Tulio looked lost at 10.

Wasted Nisbet IMO. Tulio isn't Nisbet in the middle without the ball and Nisbet isn't Nisbet on the left.

 

[Wombat]

Would have liked to keep him but swapping him for Aquilina, him scoring a few, covering Faz illnes recovery and getting us a fee is some pretty tidy business indeed. Jets owners must be spewing about the money we’ve been able to get for players that were average for them.

Lets not laugh too loud.....we let lewis miller go for free and they sold him for big dollars without playing a game.
We used to be embarrassing..............clearly its funny when its Scum f**k up.....but lets not get too high and mighty.

 

[priorpeter]

Lets not laugh too loud.....we let lewis miller go for free and they sold him for big dollars without playing a game.
We used to be embarrassing..............clearly its funny when its Scum f**k up.....but lets not get too high and mighty.

Let’s absolutely laugh about that one, FTS.

 

[crock]

Lets not laugh too loud.....we let lewis miller go for free and they sold him for big dollars without playing a game.
We used to be embarrassing..............clearly its funny when its Scum f**k up.....but lets not get too high and mighty.

Its the scum so we must laugh about it ?

 

[BrisRecky]

So I must ask , when we got Kuol back , was jing Reece a two for one deal , cause he sucks a tad