I am complaining about the Guest rule in general. It needs to go, so does the Salary cap.

Lol at WSW fans being butthurt again. 

There's no way on earth that Pandev would ever qualify as a Guest marquee. No one knows him other than Serie A followers. That's his chance ended right there. He IS however an excellent candidate to be a marquee. You want Pandev, release Jumpei - who's pretty useless. That assuming Jumpei is their second marquee after Nico, or is it Nichols??? 

Don't complain to anyone else if your club just hasn't managed the cap well enough. You could release Borda to free up a foreign spot, but his wages/payout would still count to the cap. Releasing a marquee is your only option for this season

Both Adelaide and the WSW have both stuffed up their recruitment horrendously this season.

The FFA haven't screwed WSW over, they just applied the rules. No more bailouts with bonus foreign spots anymore.

I agree with you almost everywhere except the "we're ruining the credibility of the League" comment.  Nobody in the world cares who you reject, just who you sign.
Maybe some guys in Rockdale might have crossed the tracks to see him but let's face it, he's not a great player no matter who he has sat on the bench for.

I couldn't care less about the Wanderers predicament. We need to bolster the profile of our league. We are turning away good players who are currently playing in tough leagues who would be perfect for our league. Ok so they aren't the mega Marquee that the FFA is hoping for, those players come to our league maybe once or twice in 10 years. Are we really going to set aside funds that aren't going to be spent. Not only that, these funds will only be spent by one or two clubs who can actually attract a player that fits the FFA's strict criteria. We are ruining the credibility of the league when we are not allowing players who "are not good enough" to play in the A-league when they are already playing in the top 5 leagues in Europe. Once and for all we need to get rid of this ridiculous rule. Spread the wealth out of this fund and distribute it to the clubs so they can at least increase the salary cap and they can buy it with better imports than they currently have. 

This reminds me of the time the FFA introduced a $250k fee for any club that brought over an international team in the preseason. The premise was that clubs either had to bring over a commercial mainstream club or risk making a loss. Forget about testing squads in the preseason, forging bonds, or playing middle weight clubs. If money cant be made from it then the game simply isn't worth it. Either play Man Utd or play Stanhope

The same line is being taken with players. Forget building a strong squad. Forget trying to win a title. If an international player cant drive ratings or attendances then they shouldn't be playing here. Either sign Cahill or stick to the $2.6m for 20 players

No good can come from turning away the next Berisha or Broich

If Jumpei is your other marquee then it doesnt work. Even if he isnt you cant just release a player without their approval. 

Another coach maybe.

Frank Farina, Branko Culina, John Kosmina. 

No shortage of ex Sydney FC coaches to pick from. 

Typical westie blaming everyone but themselves for their own predicament   ;)

You're right, being part of the team that won the European Champions league certainly wouldn't cut it. Nor the fact he has played at numerous high profile teams comparatively speaking.

Oh well, i guess Ronaldo will be over next year im sure. He clearly meets the criteria I hope..

Yes, but the player has to meet the marketing criteria. Pandev wouldnt by most measures

Welcome back Heini.

It's been quite the hiatus. Thought you were gone for good. 

does the guest marquee spot allow for an extra foreign player?

Wait your turn, you know there's a roster

And replace him with who?

Poppa was probably like "Oi, yeah mate, can we can get another special foreign spot like youse gave us in our first season cos we like special n dat" and Gallop was like. "Nah, - oops, I just ate my own poop.... Get fucked, and back in line at Centerlink". 

Fully legit. 

1st past the post over a Grand final anyday. 

Obviously not getting to Grand finals often enough ?

Hopefully Poppa is sacked at the end of the season. 

I guess email the club if you want it officially confirmed?

who ?

Totally agree.

He is a player that would generate interest with the football community and as a result bring the others on board too. 

ANother one here who clearly only ever watched fox sports during the mid 2000's...

So nothing official?

pretty sure the 10 game guest player is an extra visa player. Not to be confused with the guest marquee rule.

So its merely FFA rejecting pandev as a 10 game guest player. Not money related.

We probably would have wanted him this year as a guest on big wages followed by under a marquee.

http://forum.insidesport.com.au/2481057/Football-Confidential-Central-Coast-Mariners-dispute-with-Mickael-Tavares-getting-nasty

I get the distinct feeling you, and others for that matter, did not read the article.

Reliable source?

You don't. 

You have used both your marquee spots on Nico & Jumpei. 

We could have signed one of them, if we released a visa player this frees up the slot but we have to accept his wages in the salary cap, that is no issue as we have a free marquee spot which is outside the salary cap.  So we could pay Messi whatever the asking price was and it would be fine. It would even be cheaper than sneakers at ALDI catalogue. So there is more to this tory than that.  There is no rule on who we can make a marquee, Sydney FC could make Matt Simon a marquee and nothing can be done about it.