IT'S A MARINATED WORLD: Round One review.or how we bollocksed The Glory

Match details:

Central Coast Mariners 3 (O'Donovan 9', Ferreira 58' PEN, 67' PEN)

Perth Glory 2 (Garcia 23', Sandor 90+2)

Crowd: 8,073 in Gosford

The Boys opened their account with an astounding and exciting 3-2 win over Glory in at The Cauldron.....Just quietly, it could of been 7
Fabio and Mitch were the heroes for the day, especially Austin who proved he could nutmeg with the best of them

Ferreira bagged a couple of penalties due to a rush of Glory brainsnaps and was a constant pain in the arse while Mitch down the left was almost as fast as Barry Allen.
And then there was Royo who bagged the opener, and his first HAL goal just on the nine minute mark. Perth skipper Richard Garcia equalised shortly after with a bullet header to make it 1-1, cause Storm got distracted

Glory striker Guyon Fernandez brought down Ferreira almost on the hour mark, the Portuguese flyer banged it home to take the lead.
And nine minutes later, Fabioooooo smashed home a second spot kick to make it 3-1 to the home side...Kenny Lowe must ofbeen stoked

Glory got a late goal in time added on by Gyorgy Sandor but it was too little too late.
Glory had the ball in the net in the first few minutes after Garcia was slipped through but after Fernandez slotted home it was CLEARLY offside.

Roys goal lifted the home side who soon found their mojo and could’ve made it two had it not been for Covic...who saved Glory from a deadset thrashing
Mitch Austin down the left was causing all sorts with his crosses ....and Mitch should’ve made it 2-1 in the final minute of the first half, Covic fumbled the ball but the flyer blasted wide from inside the box.

Austin continued to be a danger down the left , but it was the other Mariners winger Ferreira who won - then scored - a penalty on 57 minutes.
The Portuguese flyer went close to a third minutes later as the home side sensed the win. And it was his ball into the path of Storm Roux that saw Antony Golec take down the Kiwi in the box.....Ferreira then converted his second of the game to make it 3-1 on 65 minutes.

Reddy remained resolute to keep out the Glory while Covic in the Glory goal kept out a fourth with his foot.....

Glory nabbed a consolation goal in the final 10 seconds in time added on when Hungarian Sandor's deflected effort beat the excellent Reddy.
But in the end the Mariners ran out deserved winners against the FFA Cup semi finalists to open their Hyundai A-League season in the best possible way.

I've had a chance to calm down after the excitement of last night. Perth were terrible but we were very good. ... BUT, the 1st Perth goal was 100% storm's fault.

Reddy 8. 3 world class saves.

Roux 7.5. 6 for defence/9 for attack. Coaches need to teach him to always know where his player is and get him to practice defending crosses until it is second nature. Their goal was a carbon copy of a previous mistake around the 10th min mark. Did brilliantly in attack and created the 3rd penalty.

McGing 7.5. Very composed debut.

Posco 7.5. Quiet impressive.

Neill 7. Has great feet and tackles hard. Leaves his man too often and needs to work on his heading ability like Storm. However he is a real unpolished Gem and i think he will play for Australia one day.

Monty 8. Super game.

Austin 8. Super debut. Thought he could of run onto two balls that he let go over the sideline in the 2nd half but maybe he was exhausted. On that performance i would start him in front of Rosey at LM.

Fitzy 7. Did a lot of good stuff but he couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo. If he had scored the 2 relatively easy goals he shanked we would all be singing his praises. May have to give way to Heff when he is 100% HAL fit.

Caceras 8. Great game. He looked better on the tv than at the game as i remembered him taking quite a few wrong options. Shooting still average but he has lovely balance and quick feet. He will only get better and is an exciting young player.

Roy 7. Worked hard and decent debut.

Fab 8. Second half was outstanding. I love this player. When he fires up we are unstoppable. Exciting to think of him and Austin whipping in balls to Roy and Heff.

I loved that we played the game in their half but never have seen such a high press. At one stage our backfour were all camped 10 yards in Perth's half. Like we were 7.0 up!

Overall a brilliant team performance and that will definitely bring the crowds back.
well done Tony and Hutch.
MOM....I can't separate Monty, Austin, Fab, Reddy and Caceras.