The Mulveyed and the Many New Guys (and Usain)

I thinks its fair to suggest that A NEW MARINERS ERA IS UPON US ...and the new shirt has raised some ire already

Yeah yeah, I know I said that Walmsley and Okon killed off me blogaroo...BUT...after seeing the signings this year and watching the boys have a run or two , I think its fair to say that, Im back for another run, and not only  am i happy that "The Owner"  found the keys to his wallet , but I'm also optimistic that, if nothing else we may just make the semi's for the first time in a loooong time.

Firstly lets get the elephant on the fence back into the room shall we....the worlds fastest rookie 

Usain Bolt....cudos to the man for following his dream, he absolutely ruled the 100 meters for ages , and now he has the notion that he wants to play footy, cool, sure the naysayers and nufties have bagged him , "his to old' 'he dont have the mindset' etc etc...

well, that may well be , but his could have gone anywhere in the world to try and get into the beautiful game BUT for some inexplicable reason he chose 'The Little Club that Can" and with him came more positive press that the Coast has seen since Arnie and his boys won the dunny seat back when.

Yes, he hasnt played since he was a little kid and yes its a whole other skill set BUT he has that instinct to give everything 100% concentration (which is more than some Mariners did last year) and besides Mario Gotze from one of my favourite teams Borussia Dortmund reckons he has a good shot eventually...

sure in the Bolt-A-Mania festival of Football at Bluetongue , he got 20 mins and while not setting the world on fire , he didnt make a total arse of himself..

so im prepared to let him train his posterior off for as long as he wants, and like I said his a sponsor and positive vibe magnet ...so sweet as.

NOW ....

The team lineup from the last game of the Okon Era was....

10 of those have 'left' or in current terminology, they been Malveyed....and im still thinking that Hoole and Ginga are on the chopping block BUT I could be wrong...lets see , shall we 

Now to the guys coming in ....


lotsa CCM fans saw them start to arrive and started crying FOUL without a ball being kicked , Peter Kekeris from our Yoof, coupla guys from the NPL (Muzza, Josh McDonald, Matty Millar) Mario Shabow from the scummers , Jack Clisby and Aspro from the Drive bys ....people were screaming ahh crap ....and yeah, i might of whined a bit too...until I saw them at Pluim having  a run (Mind Changed)

(a team poster I knocked together..your welcome ;))

Add in Corey Gamiero from the Roar, Kalifa Cisse frm BEC Toro Sana , Aidan O'Neill on loan( who shone like a diamond at Pluim) from Burnley , Wee Mac and Matty Simon coming home and as of this morning Tommy Oar and Ross McCormack joining in the festivities, if we dont scare some squads this year , i'll be a monkeys relative

We already scored 21 goals in pre season , hell we only scored 32 all of last season , if the lads can keep that average like it is at the second, we may very well do pretty darn well.

So to end ..

a big welcome to all the new boys , a welcome back to the returning heros, a huge congratulations to Monty on being assistant coach and finally a big G'day to Magic Mike Mulvey

So...HERE'S TO A MARINATED YEAR