duncanmckenzieismagic Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/breaking-news-central-coast-mariners-form-partnership-with-everton/1cs5qn14ev2t5zq31mt9nsii3 The Central Coast Mariners are proud to announce an official partnership with English Premier League’s Everton Football club that will have player development at the forefront of the relationship. The partnership presents great opportunities for the Mariners, who now have a direct link to a legendary and prestigious English Premier League club. The agreement will also work both ways, with Everton hoping to utilise the Hyundai A-League as a way for their Under-21 Development players to benefit from the chance of first team football with The Mariners. The relationship is being progressed by Everton’s Joe Royle who is responsible for the final phase of player development at the Premier League club and has worked closely with Mariners newly appointed associate director Peter Storrie. While non-exclusive and exploratory, this could allow Under-21 Development players to experience first team football on loan with the Mariners during the summer months, if Development Co-ordinator Royle and manager Roberto Martinez believe it could assist in their path to the Everton first team. Everton’s Development Co-ordinator noted the respect the Merseyside club holds for Australian football. “We have a long association with Australian players here at Everton – as far back as the 1960s I played with Dennis Yaager in the youth team – and all Evertonians will remember the contribution Tim Cahill made to the Club. So we believe this is something with the potential to benefit the Club,” Royle said. Phil Moss spoke nothing but positive words about the club’s next step in continuing the development of world class talent. “Make no mistake, this is a truly great day for this football club,” Moss said. “It’s fantastic news for not only the Mariners, but the A-League that we’ve got a real tangible link with an English Premier League club off the back of what Manchester City is doing with Melbourne City,” Moss said. “It opens up the door to player exchanges and resource sharing between the clubs and the coaching staff and there is hopefully the opportunity for myself and my staff to get over there and study the way they do things. “It should be seen as a real opportunity for my players to develop as footballers and take their game to another level whilst also being under the watchful eye of the Everton coaching staff. We will be in very close contact with them and keeping them aware of players coming through our system as they will be with us: for potential future first team players of Everton coming out here for some quality game time at a very high level,” Moss said. “We are in a very exciting rebuilding phase for the Mariners and to be able to establish a link with a club like Everton is testament to what we are about as a club.” Romey 1878 and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Sounds like a good move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 It does sound smart. Loaning academy players to play in A-League during the summer. Who wouldn't want to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbanyNYToffee Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Love it! Tim Cahill is the reason i became (and will always be) an Everton fan. I fully support anything Everton does in Australia and the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 They sound very excited about it. I'm sure the academy players will jump at the chance of spending an English summer in Australia, except that it will be winter there but if they're all as switched on as Ross Barkley maybe they won't realise until they get there :-D There have been and undoubtedly are some decent Aussie players but I see Mariners getting more out of this than we will on the playing front. It might increase our exposure there but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Central coast are a good club, I'm from Brisbane myself but the mariners are well set up, play good football so it won't do the boys going there any harm what so ever. Also our winter weather is still warm enough for them hahah!! They would die playing football in our summer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Spent 2 months in Australia during "winter"..was still sweating my cock off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 We might not benefit directly on the pitch, but we will massively off the pitch. They really work hard on the sports science of things over there, so I can see our backroom staff learning a lot from them, which will in turn benefit our players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chach Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I live in Perth and support the Glory, this makes me feel weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearso Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'd love to say this is a great move for both parties, but the Mariners aren't doing too crash hot over here at the moment. Crowd's are low as is the standard of their performance. I'll be glad to see it from an Aussie point of view though as the quality of football is slowly making its way from hoof ball up to a more passing style game, depending on which team you're playing, so hopefully they can contribute to that. Their stadium is only a half hour drive for me though, so I might pop up and watch some of their games when the blue boys get over there. Also, the A-League plays over our summer, contrary to what someone said above. Not sure if the article was misinterpreted or what. Should make it all the more tempting for them though, if they can stand the heat haha. Here's where they'd be hanging out after training, Terrigal Beach. Would be hard for them to say no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'd love to say this is a great move for both parties, but the Mariners aren't doing too crash hot over here at the moment. Crowd's are low as is the standard of their performance. I'll be glad to see it from an Aussie point of view though as the quality of football is slowly making its way from hoof ball up to a more passing style game, depending on which team you're playing, so hopefully they can contribute to that. Their stadium is only a half hour drive for me though, so I might pop up and watch some of their games when the blue boys get over there. Also, the A-League plays over our summer, contrary to what someone said above. Not sure if the article was misinterpreted or what. Should make it all the more tempting for them though, if they can stand the heat haha. Here's where they'd be hanging out after training, Terrigal Beach. Would be hard for them to say no! Its ok but its not quite Norris Green ! Matt and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearso Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Its ok but its not quite Norris Green ! I had to google Norris Green but got a good chuckle out of it hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisJD Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hoping Everton has some interest in Matt Ryan next season, might be far stretched but he did come from the Mariners before moving to Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearso Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hoping Everton has some interest in Matt Ryan next season, might be far stretched but he did come from the Mariners before moving to Belgium.Wouldnt it be good to have the next generation of Aussies on Merseyside? Ryan vs Jones between the sticks. Would be like Cahill vs Kewell back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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