OT: Association Football

[the phantom menace]

He must be dumb as f**k. Should have apologised (privately and publicly) straight away, rather than allegedly trying to coerce the player into saying it was consensual (and allegedly enlisting the help of three co-employees in the alleged attempts at coercion).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

was it violent ?

a bit harsh really but sacking would have been enough

Everything is violence these days, including words.

 

[the phantom menace]

Words have been violent since at least Emily Dickenson's time, back in the 1800s...

 

[Twizzle]

How does a club with so little resources keep doing so well against the bigger cubs with so much more reseources.

We lose players every year to other clubs/leagues and we seem to able to find decent replacement, or promote from within

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How does a club with so little resources keep doing so well against the bigger cubs with so much more reseources.

We lose players every year to other clubs/leagues and we seem to able to find decent replacement, or promote from within

I'd say their junior development infrastructure is a significant resource. Even their location. Gosford is Penrith for kids from the soccer demographic.

 

[the phantom menace]

Wouldn't be anything to do with differences in coaching though... apparently that doesn't make any difference to anything in professional sports.

#poulogic

 

[Twizzle]

I'd say their junior development infrastructure is a significant resource. Even their location. Gosford is Penrith for kids from the soccer demographic.

talent identification, retention and recruitment

on top of that they lost thier title winning coach last year and some of their best players and replaced him with another coach who has them on top of the ladder

they just seem to make good decisions

 

[Twizzle]

Wouldn't be anything to do with differences in coaching though... apparently that doesn't make any difference to anything in professional sports.

#poulogic

in this case it didn't last year Montgomery, this year Jackson, 2 different coaches

 

[the phantom menace]

And probably both better than the coach/manager that appears to have lost the dressing room at the Wanderers.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

they just seem to make good decisions

"they" sound like a pretty decent resource. Why haven't "they" been poached by other clubs?

 

[Twizzle]

"they" sound like a pretty decent resource. Why haven't "they" been poached by other clubs?

yep, wouldn't mind "they" at Parra

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The kind of human resources you can't buy. When we talk about the Roosters' sombrero or Broncos dollars we are talking about advantages unavailable to most clubs. These advantages are facilitated by people with a vested interest in a given club.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[the phantom menace]

The two goals they put on were really good - caught them on the news, as couldn't watch live due to timing.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Liverpool and Arsenal losing at home basically gifting City the trophy now you suspect.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Twizzle]

2 in a row, how do they do it ?

 

[King-Gutho94]

2 in a row, how do they do it ?

After a decade in the doldrums its great the Mariners are back as a force.

They were cruelly unlucky in the early years should have had more then 1 championship before last year.

Newcastle & Brisbane Roar Grand Finals especially.

That Brisbane Roar game still gives me nightmares. How they lost that.

 

[Twizzle]

After a decade in the doldrums its great the Mariners are back as a force.

They were cruelly unlucky in the early years should have had more then 1 championship before last year.

Newcastle & Brisbane Roar Grand Finals especially.

That Brisbane Roar game still gives me nightmares. How they lost that.

the thing is for me is that they have f**k all resources and finacial backing as they are not in a capital city

I keep on about it but they just make good decisions with regard to scouting the right playes and coaches and staff, their winnng coach from last year got head hunted and so did thier best players

wtf can't we (Eels) do that, so frustrating

 

[Suitman]

2 in a row, how do they do it ?

Not quite 2 in a row.
They won the Grand Final last year but not the Premier's Plate which is the Minor Premiership as we know it in NRL. That's what they won last night.

Still, an amazing achievement for a small, smart club with little resources. Congrats!
The Mariners are incredible and so well run. I don't know how they do it.
Compared to the Wanderers just 40 minutes down the road, with a billionaire owner(s) who are equally inept as the Eels at the moment. It's f**k'n pathetic the way the two Parra football clubs are being run.