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Mariners vs Sydney
- Thread starter Deej
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Am gutted by the result. Breeze's inconsistency tonight was an utter disgrace. How can so many of our players get chopped down by Sydney players resulting in serious injuries to our players and at the end of the night, all Sydney copped was two (?) yellow cards. Having seen both handballs on Fox Sports News I dont think either deserved a red card. We were on our way to thrashing the Bling scum until the Vukovic send off, which also resulted in Petrovski going off to allow Trott on. Consequently, our attack was impaired and the team rattled. I have the utmost respect for them coming back to level at 4-4. The final result was a travisty. Excuse my conspiracy theory rant but I cant help but think that Frank wants Sydney in the finals this year and what Frank wants, Frank gets. I'm sure he views us as little more than regional upstarts. A Mariners v Sydney final at Telstra Stadium (our home final) would be the FFA's ideal final as it would likely sell out, especially given the high scoring in our last two games.
Very sorry to witness the pitch invasion and also hear about trouble outside the ground after the game. It spoils a great crowd attendance and atmosphere.
Time for bed and hoping I dont feel so crappy when I wake up tomorrow. Am dreading the news on our injuries and consequent ommissions for the game on 31 December.
Very sorry to witness the pitch invasion and also hear about trouble outside the ground after the game. It spoils a great crowd attendance and atmosphere.
Time for bed and hoping I dont feel so crappy when I wake up tomorrow. Am dreading the news on our injuries and consequent ommissions for the game on 31 December.
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Tassiemariner
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Best 90 mintute emotional rollercoaster i have ever been on. Quite simply the best A-League game ever and with a 17,000 crowd.
But this result hurt more than any other match. more than Aus v italy and Grand Final. i have never been so disrought after a game in my life.
Breeze got both of the reds correct but we should of had about 20 more fouls and Ufuk should be sent off.
To the guy on the pitch invasion wearing a white/red top. go learn some dance moves and get of the pisser seriously you made squadron look like quality.
To Frank Lowy Get the F*ck out of sydney. If you keep this up i hate to say it but were going back to NSL days mixed with Italian match-fixing scandal.
But this result hurt more than any other match. more than Aus v italy and Grand Final. i have never been so disrought after a game in my life.
Breeze got both of the reds correct but we should of had about 20 more fouls and Ufuk should be sent off.
To the guy on the pitch invasion wearing a white/red top. go learn some dance moves and get of the pisser seriously you made squadron look like quality.
To Frank Lowy Get the F*ck out of sydney. If you keep this up i hate to say it but were going back to NSL days mixed with Italian match-fixing scandal.
i know its been mentioned amongst a bunch of disgruntled posts about the refereeing so i thought i'd make this post...
For that first 20 minutes how f**king untouchable were the mariners??? 2-0 up and frig if not for the following incidents i was feeling an absolute whitewash
Congrats to tommy and jedi on superb games, they are in tremendous form atm and we are really gonna need them come NYE with all our injuries now.
Best game i've witnessed hands down
For that first 20 minutes how f**king untouchable were the mariners??? 2-0 up and frig if not for the following incidents i was feeling an absolute whitewash
Congrats to tommy and jedi on superb games, they are in tremendous form atm and we are really gonna need them come NYE with all our injuries now.
Best game i've witnessed hands down
Tassiemariner
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Mile, Tommy and Hutcho should be specially comended for there performances. Simply brilliant.
Kwas for the 8 minutes he was on looked mimpressive too.
Kwas for the 8 minutes he was on looked mimpressive too.
Tassiemariner
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This is from the Terro. Dont know what to think of it really.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22965580-5001023,00.html
THE last Central Coast player standing on the field last night looked at the microphone poking into his face and stammered. "Uhhh, yeah," Mariners defender Alex Wilkinson said, pausing for a moment, just minutes after the match's conclusion. "A bit of a weird one.''
A bit? This one was weird sure as fire burns and rivers run and power corrupts. Basing this purely on what might be called the unscientific method, that is assumption and stereotype, I'm going to guess that last night's frenzied collision at Bluetongue Stadium qualifies as the strangest fixture in A-League history. Shall we count the reasons?
For one thing, Sydney FC won 5-4. Nine goals. Most ever scored in an A-League game. Heck, FC's four matches in November created just three goals total. Last night players scored on rebounds, headers, penalty kicks, corner kicks, redirects, breakaways, turnarounds, just about everything short of telekinesis.
Sydney began the match missing four critical players, including their starting goalkeeper. Midway through the first half, when FC already trailed 2-0, you could have easily described the stricken club as 1) undermanned; 2) passive; 3) hoping to survive the gifts of their back-up goalie and 4) pretty much out of hope.
But by 7:30 last night, almost all of those descriptors had been proven wrong. When Mariners keeper Danny Vukovic touched the ball while out of the goal area, he drew a red card, exited the game and forced the withdrawal of a teammate. After that moment, the landscape shifted.
Momentum swung. Left became right, up became down, and a Sydney team performing its best roadkill impression sprung to life.
And, when they drew level at 2-2 just after halftime, you could have described Sydney as 1) holding a man-advantage; 2) aggressive; 3) hoping to exploit a back-up goalie and 4) very much alive.
How 'bout the game's ending? I don't even know how to describe it. In the fifth minute of extra time, two more than fans were told to expect, a last-ditch FC scrum almost squeaked the ball into the net. A few players thought that happened, and jumped around in celebration. The block of FC fans in one stadium corner thought the same. Instead, the ref pulled out a red card directed at Central Coast's Adam Kwasnik. A penalty kick. Sydney's Ufuk Talay took three quick strides and buried the ball. Seven-eighths of the stadium fell silent. They listened to the scream of a minority.
For the A-League, the final highlight moment only iced the cake. This game provided the perfect soccer advertisement at the perfect time. Here, you had the biggest crowd ever at Bluetongue. You had all eyes on this match, because it was the only one ofthe weekend. You had two teams, both in contention, who train one hour away from one another.
For once, the A-League's motto, 90 minutes, 90 emotions didn't qualify as hyperbole. This match had comebacks, counter-comebacks and counter-counter comebacks. It had five yellow cards and two red cards. One player left the field on a stretcher. The ref left the field showered with boos. FC left having squeaked into a top-four spot.
The club's emotions, from start to finish, swung from hopelessness to bliss. We don't have time to list the other 88.
But we can summarise most of them with one tidy word. Weird
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22965580-5001023,00.html
THE last Central Coast player standing on the field last night looked at the microphone poking into his face and stammered. "Uhhh, yeah," Mariners defender Alex Wilkinson said, pausing for a moment, just minutes after the match's conclusion. "A bit of a weird one.''
A bit? This one was weird sure as fire burns and rivers run and power corrupts. Basing this purely on what might be called the unscientific method, that is assumption and stereotype, I'm going to guess that last night's frenzied collision at Bluetongue Stadium qualifies as the strangest fixture in A-League history. Shall we count the reasons?
For one thing, Sydney FC won 5-4. Nine goals. Most ever scored in an A-League game. Heck, FC's four matches in November created just three goals total. Last night players scored on rebounds, headers, penalty kicks, corner kicks, redirects, breakaways, turnarounds, just about everything short of telekinesis.
Sydney began the match missing four critical players, including their starting goalkeeper. Midway through the first half, when FC already trailed 2-0, you could have easily described the stricken club as 1) undermanned; 2) passive; 3) hoping to survive the gifts of their back-up goalie and 4) pretty much out of hope.
But by 7:30 last night, almost all of those descriptors had been proven wrong. When Mariners keeper Danny Vukovic touched the ball while out of the goal area, he drew a red card, exited the game and forced the withdrawal of a teammate. After that moment, the landscape shifted.
Momentum swung. Left became right, up became down, and a Sydney team performing its best roadkill impression sprung to life.
And, when they drew level at 2-2 just after halftime, you could have described Sydney as 1) holding a man-advantage; 2) aggressive; 3) hoping to exploit a back-up goalie and 4) very much alive.
How 'bout the game's ending? I don't even know how to describe it. In the fifth minute of extra time, two more than fans were told to expect, a last-ditch FC scrum almost squeaked the ball into the net. A few players thought that happened, and jumped around in celebration. The block of FC fans in one stadium corner thought the same. Instead, the ref pulled out a red card directed at Central Coast's Adam Kwasnik. A penalty kick. Sydney's Ufuk Talay took three quick strides and buried the ball. Seven-eighths of the stadium fell silent. They listened to the scream of a minority.
For the A-League, the final highlight moment only iced the cake. This game provided the perfect soccer advertisement at the perfect time. Here, you had the biggest crowd ever at Bluetongue. You had all eyes on this match, because it was the only one ofthe weekend. You had two teams, both in contention, who train one hour away from one another.
For once, the A-League's motto, 90 minutes, 90 emotions didn't qualify as hyperbole. This match had comebacks, counter-comebacks and counter-counter comebacks. It had five yellow cards and two red cards. One player left the field on a stretcher. The ref left the field showered with boos. FC left having squeaked into a top-four spot.
The club's emotions, from start to finish, swung from hopelessness to bliss. We don't have time to list the other 88.
But we can summarise most of them with one tidy word. Weird
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shelleybeach
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5-4!! incredible, i can't go to games and din't follow this on the net and have just read about it - looking forwward to the season DVD!!!
The bias shown by the Telegraph and the SMH towards Sydney FC really pisses me off given that the Central Coast falls within the readership zone of both newspapers. It would be the same as giving bias coverage towards one Sydney NRL team over the other Sydney NRL teams.Foriegnmariner said:
TOPGUN-JIMMY
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SYDNEY FC leapt into the A-League's top four with an amazing, come-from-behind 5-4 victory over a 10-man Central Coast Mariners at Gosford tonight
In front of a record crowd of 17,514, Sydney twice came from behind in their postponed round 15 match.
The visitors recovered from an early two-goal deficit and again fought back late to grab an injury time penalty to Ufuk Talay to catapult them past Adelaide United into fourth spot.
Sydney trailed 3-2 after 63 minutes, led 4-3 after 76 when replacement Brendon Santalab volleyed home and finally grabbed the winner after the Mariners had levelled with just four minutes remaining.
After leading 2-0 after 15 minutes, the Mariners lost goalkeeper Danny Vukovic when he hand-balled under pressure from striker Alex Brosque.
After trailing 4-3, Sydney stunned the home crowd with two goals in the space of five minutes to go ahead.
First, replacement Adam Biddle cut inside defender Dean Heffernan and nutmegged replacement goalkeeper Matthew Trott in the 71st minute and Santalab scored with a superb volley from the edge of the box in the 76th.
After Adam Kwasnik squared the score at 4-4 in the 86th, Sydney snared a penalty when Kwasnik was sent off for a hand-ball on his own line, stopping a Santalab header that was destined for goal.
Talay slotted home the resulting penalty with the final kick of the pulsating game to grab the vital three points and move Sydney into the top four for the first time this year.
In a further blow to the Mariners, rugged defender Heffernan was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg and Socceroos striker John Aloisi was replaced due to a twisted knee.
Earlier, Mile Jedinak had sent the bumper crowd into raptures when he scored his first A-League goal with a stunning strike from 25 metres out in the third minute.
Central Coast worked a move from a free kick and Jedinak's powerful shot took a slight defection and gave Sydney goalkeeper Ivan Necevski no chance.
Aloisi then put the home side up by two with a typically clinical finish, volleying home a Tom Pondeljak cross from the edge of the six-yard box with his non-preferred right foot, his third goal in as many games and fifth for the season.
Vukovic's dismissal forced Mariners coach Lawrie McKinna to replace Sasho Petrovski and Sydney took the initiative, Iain Fyfe scoring with an excellent long-range header at the back post in the 33rd minute.
Sydney then levelled in the 49th minute when a Tony Popovic header forced a great save from Trott - only for Terry McFlynn to latch onto the rebound and blast his shot high over the helpless keeper.
The Mariners hit back to make it 3-2 when a Fyfe blunder at the back allowed replacement striker Matt Simon through, his shot was saved but in the scramble for the loose ball Popovic was judged to have held back Simon and Greg Owens calmly scored the resulting penalty.
'Sydney coach John Kosmina was thrilled with his side's effort considering the absence of key players Juninho, Mark Milligan and first-choice keeper Clint Bolton all injured, plus the suspended Ruben Zadkovich.
"I never believed that we couldn't (come back)," Kosmina said.
"It was never in doubt that we could come back from it because we've got character in this team and it was just a matter of self-belief.
"The good thing is that we came back two or three times from the dead."
The Sydney coach added that the nine-goal thriller was the most exciting A-League match he had been a part of.
[glow=red,2,300]"It was a fantastic game of football. No matter which way you look at it, it was an unbelievable game of football. [/glow]
"You get nine goals, you get a record crowd at the ground here and the quality of the football was superb."
In front of a record crowd of 17,514, Sydney twice came from behind in their postponed round 15 match.
The visitors recovered from an early two-goal deficit and again fought back late to grab an injury time penalty to Ufuk Talay to catapult them past Adelaide United into fourth spot.
Sydney trailed 3-2 after 63 minutes, led 4-3 after 76 when replacement Brendon Santalab volleyed home and finally grabbed the winner after the Mariners had levelled with just four minutes remaining.
After leading 2-0 after 15 minutes, the Mariners lost goalkeeper Danny Vukovic when he hand-balled under pressure from striker Alex Brosque.
After trailing 4-3, Sydney stunned the home crowd with two goals in the space of five minutes to go ahead.
First, replacement Adam Biddle cut inside defender Dean Heffernan and nutmegged replacement goalkeeper Matthew Trott in the 71st minute and Santalab scored with a superb volley from the edge of the box in the 76th.
After Adam Kwasnik squared the score at 4-4 in the 86th, Sydney snared a penalty when Kwasnik was sent off for a hand-ball on his own line, stopping a Santalab header that was destined for goal.
Talay slotted home the resulting penalty with the final kick of the pulsating game to grab the vital three points and move Sydney into the top four for the first time this year.
In a further blow to the Mariners, rugged defender Heffernan was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg and Socceroos striker John Aloisi was replaced due to a twisted knee.
Earlier, Mile Jedinak had sent the bumper crowd into raptures when he scored his first A-League goal with a stunning strike from 25 metres out in the third minute.
Central Coast worked a move from a free kick and Jedinak's powerful shot took a slight defection and gave Sydney goalkeeper Ivan Necevski no chance.
Aloisi then put the home side up by two with a typically clinical finish, volleying home a Tom Pondeljak cross from the edge of the six-yard box with his non-preferred right foot, his third goal in as many games and fifth for the season.
Vukovic's dismissal forced Mariners coach Lawrie McKinna to replace Sasho Petrovski and Sydney took the initiative, Iain Fyfe scoring with an excellent long-range header at the back post in the 33rd minute.
Sydney then levelled in the 49th minute when a Tony Popovic header forced a great save from Trott - only for Terry McFlynn to latch onto the rebound and blast his shot high over the helpless keeper.
The Mariners hit back to make it 3-2 when a Fyfe blunder at the back allowed replacement striker Matt Simon through, his shot was saved but in the scramble for the loose ball Popovic was judged to have held back Simon and Greg Owens calmly scored the resulting penalty.
'Sydney coach John Kosmina was thrilled with his side's effort considering the absence of key players Juninho, Mark Milligan and first-choice keeper Clint Bolton all injured, plus the suspended Ruben Zadkovich.
"I never believed that we couldn't (come back)," Kosmina said.
"It was never in doubt that we could come back from it because we've got character in this team and it was just a matter of self-belief.
"The good thing is that we came back two or three times from the dead."
The Sydney coach added that the nine-goal thriller was the most exciting A-League match he had been a part of.
[glow=red,2,300]"It was a fantastic game of football. No matter which way you look at it, it was an unbelievable game of football. [/glow]
"You get nine goals, you get a record crowd at the ground here and the quality of the football was superb."
kevrenor
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With anger management session ( 8 hours sleep) completed, let me say:
1. Despite Fox commentator stating that Breeze had no option but a red card for Vukovic, under the rules he did - however he made his decision and along with Danny's stupidity in coming out - I cop it! Trotty did as well as anyone can expect.
2. I groaned when Saso came off I but couldn't find any option .... he's a liability with his defensive work and all four of our midfielders can score goals. In another place we are being criticised about bring him off and then sitting back. Let me tell you that last 30 mins of the first half was the best I've seen Sydney play all season. We didn't sit back after the send off - Sydney were back fired up and pushed us back!
3. The goals by young guns Biddle and Santalab were superb but came as we tried to make a game of it.
4. Talay's scything down of Heffernan (breaking his leg) was a shocking tackle and Heff was on line to shoot - should have red to Talay.
5. Red card to Kwassie was total bullshit! Ball came off head of Santalab and shoulder/head of Kwass.
I couldn't go into the media conference with Lawrie, I was too numb and I had just had Heff go down the ramp on a stretcher.
1. Despite Fox commentator stating that Breeze had no option but a red card for Vukovic, under the rules he did - however he made his decision and along with Danny's stupidity in coming out - I cop it! Trotty did as well as anyone can expect.
2. I groaned when Saso came off I but couldn't find any option .... he's a liability with his defensive work and all four of our midfielders can score goals. In another place we are being criticised about bring him off and then sitting back. Let me tell you that last 30 mins of the first half was the best I've seen Sydney play all season. We didn't sit back after the send off - Sydney were back fired up and pushed us back!
3. The goals by young guns Biddle and Santalab were superb but came as we tried to make a game of it.
4. Talay's scything down of Heffernan (breaking his leg) was a shocking tackle and Heff was on line to shoot - should have red to Talay.
5. Red card to Kwassie was total bullshit! Ball came off head of Santalab and shoulder/head of Kwass.
I couldn't go into the media conference with Lawrie, I was too numb and I had just had Heff go down the ramp on a stretcher.
kevrenor - agree with point 1, Breeze did have a choice and the choice was yellow. Nowhere in the laws of the game does it say its an automatic red.
Facts are that Brosque was actually not bearing down on him and the ball skipped off the surface away from the direction of goal. It was not a goal scoring opportunity. - Its a Yellow.
But - Danny could have easily claimed it inside his box. Fact is that his brain snap whilst not directly costing us the game has gone a long way towards it. We all know that Danny was gonna do something like this one day. Thats one of the reasons we like his play. Seeing pictures of him in the dressing room you could tell he was thinking "what have I done?"...
So next week - no Heff, No Kwas, No Danny and no Hutch....... at a minimum...
Facts are that Brosque was actually not bearing down on him and the ball skipped off the surface away from the direction of goal. It was not a goal scoring opportunity. - Its a Yellow.
But - Danny could have easily claimed it inside his box. Fact is that his brain snap whilst not directly costing us the game has gone a long way towards it. We all know that Danny was gonna do something like this one day. Thats one of the reasons we like his play. Seeing pictures of him in the dressing room you could tell he was thinking "what have I done?"...
So next week - no Heff, No Kwas, No Danny and no Hutch....... at a minimum...
kevrenor - I disagree - look at where the goals came from and how many headers SFC had from corners and set pieces.
SFC first two goals - both from corners - one of them a free header (second goal)...
Everytime they had a corner or set piece I was concerned and thats not having a go at our defence perhaps it was more a sign of 10 men and a change of keeper....
SFC first two goals - both from corners - one of them a free header (second goal)...
Everytime they had a corner or set piece I was concerned and thats not having a go at our defence perhaps it was more a sign of 10 men and a change of keeper....
CCM-JAM80
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Before I post, I appologise in advance for any rambling that follows. I am still, like most, a little numb from witnessing first hand the spectacle that was Central Coast vs Sydney FC. It is with great pleasure that in 50 years from now that I will be able to recall being there last night.
Pride comes in many ways when supporting your football team. It comes when you see you team make the Grand Final in season one against all odds (according to the bookies anyway), it comes when hearing stories about the team's commitment to our local community and it comes when you see a team fight tooth and nail like we did last night one man down against Sydney FC.
That was the best game of football I have seen in my twenty eight years. A nine goal spectacle full of drama to the very last second.
I choose not to focus on the terrible performance of Breeze today. I do reluctantly agree with the two red cards when all is said and done after watching the game this morning, though I think as stated his performance wasn't one of his best. We move on, I hope he (Breeze) fine tunes his game before the end-of-season finals.
Young Danny Vukovic made the biggest blunder of his short career whilst we were up 2-0 and when he was deservedly sent from the field (more for stupidity than the offense IMO) all momentum we had went to Sydney FC.
Danny will be down on himself today. He will most likely shoulder the blame for this loss. Whilst he did play his part, the loss doesn't fall squarely on his shoulders for mine and I don't want to sit here and portion blame. If anything, as a contender for being his "number one fan", I await with interest as to how he bounces back from this. It will tell us a lot about the character of Danny Vukovic. Character, with talent, is what he will need when taking on Europe.
Whilst on the subject of keepers, I applaud Matthew Trott. Yes, the score sheet will show he let five goals past him, though he came on in a difficult situation and truth be known he kept us in the game at times with some brilliant saves. Yes, I agree, it wasn't his best game - though given the scenario he was faced, he did well and I hope he keeps his head high this morning.
This morning I feel for Heff, not only will he miss the rest of the season, he missed out on a night with his brother that he will never get back. I personally had the honor of being a part of my brother's wedding a little over a month ago and it is a night I will never forget. Heff won't get that back. Sport is trivial when looking at the bigger picture. He played his heart out last night. Heff deserved a better ending.
In closing, it was with tremendous pride that I stood in the stands and clapped off our boys after 90+ minutes last night. Each and everyone of them was spent. They fought for each other, they fought for us and whilst they fell short of getting points from the game, the efforts of each individual will go down in Mariners folklore.
Thank you to each and everyone of the Central Coast Mariners who played last night. You didn't let us down.
Thank you to Sydney FC for their part in what will be heralded the greatest game in A-League history. It must be said, Cossie and his troops took advantage of the momentum turning send off of Vukovic and deserve their place in the top four. See you in the finals.
Thank you to the Sydney FC Cover fans who added to the atmosphere last night.
Thank you to the Central Coast fans who turned out to support our team. I have great confidence that the whole "event" that was last night will convert "some-time-fans" in to season ticket holders next season as well see most return for our three remaining home games.
Last night, we were part of THE game that will be talked about for years to come. Cherish that albeit we were on the wrong end of the result.
Pride comes in many ways when supporting your football team. It comes when you see you team make the Grand Final in season one against all odds (according to the bookies anyway), it comes when hearing stories about the team's commitment to our local community and it comes when you see a team fight tooth and nail like we did last night one man down against Sydney FC.
That was the best game of football I have seen in my twenty eight years. A nine goal spectacle full of drama to the very last second.
I choose not to focus on the terrible performance of Breeze today. I do reluctantly agree with the two red cards when all is said and done after watching the game this morning, though I think as stated his performance wasn't one of his best. We move on, I hope he (Breeze) fine tunes his game before the end-of-season finals.
Young Danny Vukovic made the biggest blunder of his short career whilst we were up 2-0 and when he was deservedly sent from the field (more for stupidity than the offense IMO) all momentum we had went to Sydney FC.
Danny will be down on himself today. He will most likely shoulder the blame for this loss. Whilst he did play his part, the loss doesn't fall squarely on his shoulders for mine and I don't want to sit here and portion blame. If anything, as a contender for being his "number one fan", I await with interest as to how he bounces back from this. It will tell us a lot about the character of Danny Vukovic. Character, with talent, is what he will need when taking on Europe.
Whilst on the subject of keepers, I applaud Matthew Trott. Yes, the score sheet will show he let five goals past him, though he came on in a difficult situation and truth be known he kept us in the game at times with some brilliant saves. Yes, I agree, it wasn't his best game - though given the scenario he was faced, he did well and I hope he keeps his head high this morning.
This morning I feel for Heff, not only will he miss the rest of the season, he missed out on a night with his brother that he will never get back. I personally had the honor of being a part of my brother's wedding a little over a month ago and it is a night I will never forget. Heff won't get that back. Sport is trivial when looking at the bigger picture. He played his heart out last night. Heff deserved a better ending.
In closing, it was with tremendous pride that I stood in the stands and clapped off our boys after 90+ minutes last night. Each and everyone of them was spent. They fought for each other, they fought for us and whilst they fell short of getting points from the game, the efforts of each individual will go down in Mariners folklore.
Thank you to each and everyone of the Central Coast Mariners who played last night. You didn't let us down.
Thank you to Sydney FC for their part in what will be heralded the greatest game in A-League history. It must be said, Cossie and his troops took advantage of the momentum turning send off of Vukovic and deserve their place in the top four. See you in the finals.
Thank you to the Sydney FC Cover fans who added to the atmosphere last night.
Thank you to the Central Coast fans who turned out to support our team. I have great confidence that the whole "event" that was last night will convert "some-time-fans" in to season ticket holders next season as well see most return for our three remaining home games.
Last night, we were part of THE game that will be talked about for years to come. Cherish that albeit we were on the wrong end of the result.
bobandbill
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Defence fell apart after vukovic's send-off. I personally disagree with that decision, even if the rule stats it should be a send-off. It was not a clear-cut goal-scoring oppurtunity, nor was it deliberate. Trott was nervous, could have saved some better, and the defence went bad. One might ask 'what if gumps could've played' - he may have been able to marshale the defence and get them together again.
If breeze does not get looked into, then something cannot be right. It was terrible yesterday - how can someone ref like that?
New chant: 'I'm blind, I'm deaf, I'm better than the ref....'
Great game however. Tagline should be '90 minutes, a million emotions.' I was basically emotionally dead after that game, which was spoilt by the loss at the end. Great crowd too - now everyone who comes on here claiming that our crowds suck can shut the hell up - not to mention it was raining hard only an hour before the match...
No Heff, Vuko, Kwasnik (although I think he is less of a loss compared to the others), Clark, Hutch and Aloisi in doubt.
Personally think Aloisi will be ok - he didn't look too bad, and his sub was more of a precaution. Petro/Simon combo will suffice at the worst - how bloody good was Simon?
If breeze does not get looked into, then something cannot be right. It was terrible yesterday - how can someone ref like that?
New chant: 'I'm blind, I'm deaf, I'm better than the ref....'
Great game however. Tagline should be '90 minutes, a million emotions.' I was basically emotionally dead after that game, which was spoilt by the loss at the end. Great crowd too - now everyone who comes on here claiming that our crowds suck can shut the hell up - not to mention it was raining hard only an hour before the match...
No Heff, Vuko, Kwasnik (although I think he is less of a loss compared to the others), Clark, Hutch and Aloisi in doubt.
Personally think Aloisi will be ok - he didn't look too bad, and his sub was more of a precaution. Petro/Simon combo will suffice at the worst - how bloody good was Simon?
CCM-JAM80
Well-Known Member
Matt Simon is one guy (if you're a Central Coast local) that you cannot help but cheer for. He gives 110% each and every time he is afforded an opportunity to run out there and rarely lets himself or the club down.
Whilst on the subject, what about Clark's effort? I think he again proved doubters wrong.
When all is said and done, ALL anyone is talking about today around my traps is the game last night.
A-League was the winner, for that we should be most pleased!
Whilst on the subject, what about Clark's effort? I think he again proved doubters wrong.
When all is said and done, ALL anyone is talking about today around my traps is the game last night.
A-League was the winner, for that we should be most pleased!
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