mus-28 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Poor goal celebration. Next time needs to get down on all fours and allow a teammate to shear him. Great success. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Probably the best running style I've seen since the days of Lloyd Owusu galloping through the defensive lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunheart Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 1 goal and he's already better than Babalj. Get off the fucking crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiro Kompiro Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 He actually finished like you'd expect a striker to. Not convinced that Williams would have done that nor even be in the position to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Enjoyed the goal. BUT Garrucio had a cracker last season and today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae7smith Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 The only way that Marino will be better than Babalj is if we get to sell him three times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 The only way that Marino will be better than Babalj is if we get to sell him three times. but we dont need the cash chopper, hanging on to talent is an interesting prospect i could get used to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Got an opportunity, made the most of it, earned himself a few more opportunities.Definitely some promising sings, but lets not get too carried away yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Got an opportunity, made the most of it, earned himself a few more opportunities. Definitely some promising sings, but lets not get too carried away yet. Perfect human who's getting carried away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 We haven't had a good young striker since Babalj. Good to have a young strikerbloke on the bench worth keeping an eye on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Ange will come calling soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Cap him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Is it Messi? Is it Ronaldo? No, it's Marc fuckin' Marino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2014/11/12/marino-making-unexpected-impact-melbourne-city 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Video of Marc Marino's interview: http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/video/marc-marino-meets-the-media-after-scoring-against-brisbane-roar/1042775 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Marino is under contract until the end of the 2015/16 season. What's the go with him at the moment? Has he been playing NPL - I haven't seen his name mentioned for some time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) He had a long term injury from around November last year to March this year, and has seemingly been working at getting match fit ever since. Going off the pictures of training, Marino has seemingly been fully training with the team since day 1 of pre-season, so hopefully the injury struggles are a thing of the past, and Marino can go back to showing the flashes of promise that he first showed when he debuted for Melbourne City last year. He must even be a pretty good chance to play a few minutes today, because seemingly the only available forwards the club has now are Novillo, Kuzmanovski, Marino and Gameiro (and there might be an injury cloud over Gameiro). Edited July 18, 2015 by Murfy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Start this kid up front every match next to Bruno. Runs like a spastic and holds his own. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 11 hours ago, strider said: Start this kid up front every match next to Bruno. Runs like a spastic and holds his own. Yep, and start Harry on the bench as an impact sub. The kid looks hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 He's got a bit of urgency about him which is great. Keep giving him minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Paging @cadete, #yoof 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 4 hours ago, playmaker said: Yep, and start Harry on the bench as an impact sub. The kid looks hungry. You're fucking kidding right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Embee said: Paging @cadete, #yoof The reason I make these comments is cos of shit like this... 4 hours ago, playmaker said: Yep, and start Harry on the bench as an impact sub. The kid looks hungry. Two Junk Time Goals over two seasons are not a good reason to replace a guy who averages in the A-League officially a goal every second game. Edited April 4, 2016 by cadete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just now, cadete said: The reason I make these comments is cos of shit like this... Two Junk Time Goals are not a good reason to replace a guy who averages in the A-League officially a goal every second game. Haha agree completely. For what it's worth, have watched the kid more than a few times in the NPL and he was pretty average most times I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said: You're fucking kidding right? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, playmaker said: Nope. Ok so I'm going to be civil about this as you've proven to be a bit fragile before... you seriously believe that a player with 10 goals and 5 assists (top 10 in the league for both stats) who has amazing chemistry with our two best players, and is up there as one of our highest paid players should be replaced by a 19 year old who has missed the majority of the season through injury because he scored A GOAL?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, playmaker said: Nope. You reckon a bloke with Harry's attitude and personality will give his all if you try and play him off the bench? Especially come finals time? Bahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 1 minute ago, rass said: You reckon a bloke with Harry's attitude and personality will give his all if you try and play him off the bench? Especially come finals time? Bahahahahaha Novel would be the worst impact sub of all time. i'd be tempted to drop him for a game, sick of his lazy shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, rass said: You reckon a bloke with Harry's attitude and personality will give his all if you try and play him off the bench? Especially come finals time? Bahahahahaha To be fair, that's not the real issue with Playmaker's statement anyway. Why you would drop one of our better (although admittedly flawed) performers for a kid because he came on off the bench and scored a goal is completely beyond me. Harry can be a pain in the ass at times but he's a proven performer in this league and has contributed greatly to the team this season, dropping him for Marino just because he scored a consolation goal is ridiculous. Not to mention, how would you even structure the team to do this? Harry can play out wide/up front and has proven to be pretty versatile and able to perform well in several different roles, Marino is a pretty limited striker who sits on the shoulder of the last defender and attempts to get in behind and score, he's definitely not skilled enough to play on the wing, so you'd be committing to a 3-5-2 (yay) or a 4-4-2 if you were going to start him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Dekker should replace Novillo. Yeah sure he is injured but he would be more useful than Novillo. #yoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 My methodology is that he is a great player in bursts and often goes missing for portions of the game. Many great players have come off the bench to change the game and my view is that as defenders have already played 50 odd minutes and starting to tire, plus have become used to their opponents predictability. He would come on and rip the defence apart, hence why I said an impact sub. He is our best player in bursts and if he can maintain intensity and pressure on the defence when he has fresh legs then I think it could have more potential to break down the opposition defence. Many great players have been used this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) 34 minutes ago, playmaker said: My methodology is that he is a great player in bursts and often goes missing for portions of the game. Many great players have come off the bench to change the game and my view is that as defenders have already played 50 odd minutes and starting to tire, plus have become used to their opponents predictability. He would come on and rip the defence apart, hence why I said an impact sub. He is our best player in bursts and if he can maintain intensity and pressure on the defence when he has fresh legs then I think it could have more potential to break down the opposition defence. Many great players have been used this way. Nobody has even seen Marino start a game, or even play more than what twenty minutes in the entirety of his career and all of these minutes he has played have been in Junk Time. He also only played yesterday because Meiling pulled up sore in the warm up and even then his goal was one of the more pointless ones scored this season. Your point about Novillo going missing is irrelevant because if he is averaging a goal a game then his doing his job... if he keeps scoring at that rate then who cares if he goes missing in games, a lot of strikers go missing in games they get some leeway in this department. He also has the ability to score from far harder opportunities than vast majority of strikers in the A-League against the play of the game which is a huge asset when it comes to finals. Edited April 4, 2016 by cadete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 49 minutes ago, cadete said: Nobody has even seen Marino start a game, or even play more than what twenty minutes in the entirety of his career and all of these minutes he has played have been in Junk Time. He also only played yesterday because Meiling pulled up sore in the warm up and even then his goal was one of the more pointless ones scored this season. Your point about Novillo going missing is irrelevant because if he is averaging a goal a game then his doing his job... if he keeps scoring at that rate then who cares if he goes missing in games, a lot of strikers go missing in games they get some leeway in this department. He also has the ability to score from far harder opportunities than vast majority of strikers in the A-League against the play of the game which is a huge asset when it comes to finals. It's true that Harry has scored at an average of one goal every second match this season, but a detailed look indicates that his scoring rate has dropped off markedly in recent matches - only one goal in the past seven matches. I'm another who thinks his more recent performances have been lacking in intensity and willingness to work hard. That's not to say I'd drop him to the bench, but I think there's a case for reviewing how we use him, because IMO he could be so much better than he is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just now, jw1739 said: It's true that Harry has scored at an average of one goal every second match this season, but a detailed look indicates that his scoring rate has dropped off markedly in recent matches - only one goal in the past seven matches. I'm another who thinks his more recent performances have been lacking in intensity and willingness to work hard. That's not to say I'd drop him to the bench, but I think there's a case for reviewing how we use him, because IMO he could be so much better than he is. The thing is it did not happen last night but the reality was the best chance we had of winning that game and a game like that was if Harry had been able to cut in and score from long range. In fact it looks pretty obvious early on that this was going be our best (And very fleeting) hope of escaping the impending doom. It’s a huge asset that he has the potential do as such as it is a massive rarity in this League and if he done as such and got us one – nil up and put Perth on the wrong foot then we may be all having fairly different feelings about Soccer right now. I know this “X Factor” or “Occasional Glimpse of The Sublime” is not a reason to keep a player solely in the side but it is a reason to keep Harry Novillo in the side alongside with his scoring record and chemistry with Tuna in this side over Marino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Not a chance in hell this kid should be starting ahead of Novillo. What a load of shit. That being said he did well last night when he came on and deserves a few more chances off the bench, but replacing Harry in the first 11? Fuck me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I don't see how starting off the bench is any worse than starting on the field. If u were to say to a player we need u for this role, the role being to come on at the 50th minute and to exploit the opposition with your superior, speed, skill and attack, I can't see the problem. Look at the impact Santalab has had off the bench and smashing open tired defenders. Why do people see it as such a negative, impact/ match winning sub's have been used as a part of winning strategies since the inception of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, playmaker said: I don't see how starting off the bench is any worse than starting on the field. If u were to say to a player we need u for this role, the role being to come on at the 50th minute and to exploit the opposition with your superior, speed, skill and attack, I can't see the problem. Look at the impact Santalab has had off the bench and smashing open tired defenders. Why do people see it as such a negative, impact/ match winning sub's have been used as a part of winning strategies since the inception of the game. Well think back to Harry's goals and assists. Do you think Marino would have scored in some of those situations or had the vision or ability to make those assists? Could Marino have taken the first time ball as well as Harry did in our first goal last Monday? Or scored the winner against the Wanderers at home? These are just a couple of examples but I'm asking whether you can convince me that Marino would have been of more value if he were in Harry's place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, playmaker said: I don't see how starting off the bench is any worse than starting on the field. If u were to say to a player we need u for this role, the role being to come on at the 50th minute and to exploit the opposition with your superior, speed, skill and attack, I can't see the problem. Look at the impact Santalab has had off the bench and smashing open tired defenders. Why do people see it as such a negative, impact/ match winning sub's have been used as a part of winning strategies since the inception of the game. Because having your best players on at the start gives you your best chance to gain a lead. It's much easier to win games leading than it is to have to come from behind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, n i k o said: Well think back to Harry's goals and assists. Do you think Marino would have scored in some of those situations or had the vision or ability to make those assists? Could Marino have taken the first time ball as well as Harry did in our first goal last Monday? Or scored the winner against the Wanderers at home? These are just a couple of examples but I'm asking whether you can convince me that Marino would have been of more value if he were in Harry's place. I understand your point but that's not what I am saying. I think there is consensus that Harry is brilliant and probably the most damaging player in bursts that we have, however he has large moments in the game that he loses focus and motivation. I just wonder what his impact would be off the bench when he is given the freedom to run himself silly of 20 to 30 minutes with a tiring defence, thats all. Just an observation that a player if his brilliance together with his mental shortcomings might be more valuable to the team in the above scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 You understand the point of the game is to score more goals than the other team over 90 minutes, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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