R4: Away to Smurf Village

[rbakersmith]

Hopefully the week's break will give Mossy and the lads time to get their act together... it would be great to get one over Papa Smurf on his new home turf:

We are pleased to announce that our partners, Coastal Liner will once again be providing Supporter Buses for Central Coast Mariners fans attending away matches in NSW this season. Buses for the upcoming match against Sydney FC are now on sale!

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2014
ALLIANZ STADIUM, MOORE PARK
Transport Only: $26.00 per person
Your ticket includes return Coach Travel from either Club Tuggerah or Central Coast Leagues Club to Allianz Stadium located at Moore Park. Please note that availability is strictly limited for this match and this does NOT include entry into the match. Tickets for the match must be purchased at Ticketek.

Allianz Stadium Box Office: 3.30pm
Gates Open: 4:00pm
Kick Off: 5:00pm

Coach Departure Times:
Club Tuggerah: 1:00pm (Bus Stop on Bryant Drive, Tuggerah)
Central Coast Leagues Club: 1:30pm (Dane Drive, Gosford)

Coaches depart Allianz Stadium half hour after the final whistle. The early departure of these buses from the Central Coast allows fans time to visit the box office, and grab a meal from one of the local venues around Fox Studios.

For transport bookings and enquiries contact the Coastal Liner Reservations Team on 4392 3050 between 9:00am - 5:00pm business days or book online www.coastalliner.com.au
IMPORTANT: All transport bookings must be finalised by 3:00pm, Friday 31 October 2014

Coastal Liner Coaches and Touring is the Official Carrier of the Central Coast Mariners and proud player sponsor of John Hutchinson, foundation player and the current team captain.

TRACKWORK

The Central Coast Mariners wish to advise that Cityrail have scheduled trackwork on the Central Coast and Newcastle lines on the weekend of this match. We suggest alternative transport arrangements such as Coastal Liner coaches, replacement buses (click here for more details regarding trackwork) or car-pooling with friends and family members and making use of the car parking at Allianz Stadium and the Fox Studio Entertainment Quarters.

 

[priorpeter]

Pre-game official venue is PJs at Moore Park, but for those keen to make a day of it, there'll be a number of us doing the crawl up foveaux st on the way up

 

[Wombat]

Tempting if I an get a leave pass.

 

[style_cafe]

Tempting if I an get a leave pass.

You`ll need to get a cab from pub to pub.....

 

[dibo]

Was thinking of doing Sydney to the Gong. Would likely cause unwelcome intrusion into beer time.

 

[BrisRecky]

Tix got, coastal liner booked...ya gonna get recked Poppa Smurf

 

[sydmariner]

Tix got, coastal liner booked...ya gonna get recked Poppa Smurf

7-2

 

[Gratis]

7-2

oh how I'd love that!

 

[Gratis]

was talking to a guy the other day, older Italian fella and a complete football nut, he watches about 15 games a week. anyway he said he's looking forward to watching the sky poos this year as they will be the best the a-league has ever seen.
I said pff, you had to steal half the mariners just to start playng like a good side. he got defensive and started saying no no we didn't steal them... all friendly banter
I liked how there was no arguing against the fact that it took a massive mariners injection to get them back into form though, just no denying it.
that's how good we are.

I can see this game going either way but definitely feel it could be a positive outcome

 

[dibo]

They're organised and they press pretty high pretty effectively. I think they're a lot closer to the finished product than we are, and they'll be able to knock us off our rhythm. We'd need to work very hard to close off supply to their front four and wherever possible pin them deeper or try to catch them 'cheating' in high positions by exploiting the space behind with numbers. Because of the tactical maturity and relative squad stability I'd be tipping them (first time I've said that about a Sydney side in a long time).

 

[nebakke]

I can see this game going either way but definitely feel it could be a positive outcome

I feel like the only thing that kept us from a win last weekend, was a full 90-minute performance... I'm thinking this game should have a good chance of turning that out. Sydney's looking good, but I stand by my view that for both them and MV, the view of the commentariat is a bit ahead of reality.
I think part of it, at least, is that Sydney's actually looking like they can play now, that's an enormous change... But looking at the SYD-Brisbane game right now, Brisbane's doing everything they can to help Sydney look good too, and it's stuck at 0-1....
We can do this, take them down in the middle of their home

 

[nearlyyellow]

Brisbane's doing everything they can to help Sydney look good too, and it's stuck at 0-1....

Oh, errr, ummm, SFC 2 BR 0 (with a little bit of help from a ref. rebound.)

 

[Atomic]

Hmmm… I get the feeling we are going to get pumped next week.

 

[nebakke]

Hmmm… I get the feeling we are going to get pumped next week.

Based on their performance today, I suspect it'll down to who builds good pressure first, if we start like we did last weekend and actually maintain, I think we could do ok...

 

[Wombat]

Sydney were not that good.
Two fantastic goals got them the game that Bris dominated in large chunks.
The difference is Sydney are organised now and work must harder but they are not impressive.
A Bris side with Franjic and The Albanian Gypo probably would have won.

 

[gull]

Arnie has turned them into a good side, much as I hate to say it.

Hope to be wrong but unless Moss comes up with a tactical master stroke, like Roar away last year, I think we'll see just how far we need to go to compete this year.

I know we always punch above our weight but I just can't see us winning....

On another note who decided that Sunday arvo at 5pm was a good time for this match? Crowd will be terrible and I suspect not too many in the away end as well.

My son & I normally go and make a weekend of it, but can't do it with school etc next day.

 

[Roy Law]

was talking to a guy the other day, older Italian fella and a complete football nut, he watches about 15 games a week. anyway he said he's looking forward to watching the sky poos this year as they will be the best the a-league has ever seen.
I said pff, you had to steal half the mariners just to start playng like a good side. he got defensive and started saying no no we didn't steal them... all friendly banter
I liked how there was no arguing against the fact that it took a massive mariners injection to get them back into form though, just no denying it.
that's how good we are.

I can see this game going either way but definitely feel it could be a positive outcome

Within a couple of rounds and the Smurfs will be the best ever? Melbourne with Fred and Archie in their pomp would have slaughtered them; The Roar over recent years would have been too good (when did Arnie ever overcome Ange?) and the Mariners on that great day would have beaten anybody. It is way to early to call Sydney FC as being the best this season never mind ever.

 

[eenfish]

I am doing an interstate trip to see the boys next week. Better not disappoint.

 

[Wombat]

Within a couple of rounds and the Smurfs will be the best ever? Melbourne with Fred and Archie in their pomp would have slaughtered them; The Roar over recent years would have been too good (when did Arnie ever overcome Ange?) and the Mariners on that great day would have beaten anybody. It is way to early to call Sydney FC as being the best this season never mind ever.

Sydney are pretenders from what I've seen. If Mossy stops being a cock we can easily beat them.

 

[midfielder]

FC Mariners V CC Mariners ...

Lots of pressure on Mossey over the next few weeks...afterall he has had the side now for a fair while and he has made a number of signings ..