They're working again!

-PB

Love the zero gravity training facilities which ccm have

They were pumped up the circus was on break?

WSW were 90% full strength too

Yup. They like closed door matches don’t thry

Closed door match?   

3-nil win for Mariners over WSW today.

The “Bolt Effect” lol

The champagne sponsor probably paid more for that one appearance then CCM could afford for a marquee/guest contract

Fuck the embedded video, I couldn't turn the volume down on the fucker even when I clicked mute.   

As for Bolt I think it's great he's so dedicated to his trial & that it has all of his focus.  

Yeah, surprised me too

It's a tweet embeded in a FoxSports Story

No idea the technical reason why.  Youtube's buggered now

Whoa, that embedded video worked!

-PB

The eight-time Olympic gold medallist took a zero-gravity flight over France on Wednesday, courtesy of a champagne producer.

Taking a break from his efforts to become a professional soccer player, Bolt said he felt like a “kid in a candy store” after spending about four minutes floating and joking around in near-weightless conditions.

Aboard the Airbus A310 plane, the 32-year-old Jamaican caught a free-floating globule of champagne in his mouth and ran in low-gravity conditions.

Nelly tweeted to Bolt to congratulate him a few days ago. 

Good luck with that one :laugh:

Agree, a genius move, hope those MIA coasties get out and bloody support the players.
Bringing up the Coasties supporters.
Hey no one likes loss's and club issues etc but pretty piss poor overall abandoning ship, and before you say it I agree, same goes for any of our clubs, been a thing here compared to leagues abroad, we don't stand by them through thick and thin compared to what you see in lower leagues in England/Spain/Italy or wherever and people boast being football supporters go figure.

When will Nelly get a run ?

Mulvey also performed well as the Melbourne Victory W-League coach in 2012. MV finished 3rd in the regular season which was only 3 points behind Brisbane Roar on top. However, their current squad is still severely lacking in many areas (on paper anyway). Right now, I can't see them being a finals contender without a better squad, regardless of how good the manager is.

Mulvey was the Youth Team Coach at GCU.

Actually Mulvey has a pretty good record, not a bad stint with Gold Coast (mid table 1st season) even with interference from the big bloke, ALeague champions with the Roar, (with interference from the owners, and the crap that came with that. 
Definitely confident he will make decisions on football form and team structure. If Bolt fits in on both fronts then good on him, if not, well he'd be just a bit part player at best.
Here's hoping the haters get their comuppance lol, if he were to become an effective member of the squad.

A coach that takes over a wooden spoon team and handed a $10 note to recruit would welcome anything that might challenge the existing culture of loosing

Mariners have been on the back page of the telegraph 3 times during the NRL's run to the finals. I don't even remember that happening when they won a grand final.

Since Arnold we've had years of shit teams with shit mentality, shit coaching and shit results.  On the surface this is a nice distraction but dig a little deeper and its a genius way to cheat the system. Would the coasties flock back to CCS to see Honda in yellow? doubt it. Bolt? We'll see on the 31st.

But the real opportunity lies elsewhere... now that the entire world has an eye on the central coast these a-league rejects and NPL players we call the Mariners are going to put in absolutely everything, unlike the pea hearted sooks from last season that are now running around in sky blue. 

fox sports are broadcasting a practice game he is playing must be testing to see the ratings 

Missed the point mate, sokorny beat me but yer SFC don't need this.
A club lacking "exposure" and an injection such as this suits - and as mentioned he actually could do ok.
One thing for sure a pass behind the backline of through ball you'd bet he'll be on it - what occurs after that well we shall see, could be woeful could be half ok. Put it this way how many other players screw up once through with just keeper to beat or lay it off and if anyone expects more you've got to be kidding BUT, how many kids would be at Gosford just to see him on the pitch and the buzz around Gosford that needs it in spade fulls. win win.

I'd say it is horses for courses. It already is a huge boost for the Central Coast (not just the Mariners). Sydney itself doesn't need such a boost.

The players will get a lot out of being around an Olympic champion, who by all accounts is a great guy too. John Eales went around for years after his playing career was done as a motivational speaker to teams (and businesses) of all walks of life. Bolt may similarly be able to instill a winning culture (to an extent) in the Mariners, even if he doesn't get a gig. Someone who has won 8 Olympic gold medals must know something about winning, the sacrifices, the mentality, the hard work, the ups and downs ... and how to pick yourself up to it again and again.

All top of all that he may actually be an alright footballer ... maybe (prob not), but no harm no foul

So you would be happy if Sydney went after him :laugh:

You're a fraud brah, stop lying. :)

Well, you or any of us wouldn't know for sure anyway and what of it.
He can afford having 5yrs off on his own royalty income that whatever deal done here is small change.
He knows Oz, he got an opening why wouldn't you have a go no matter the outcome, not going to hurt CCM nor he.
We've had previous marketing flops in the past and in the future for sure but all I see is good value for CCM for starters.
Everyone knocks them here being this and that and now having a huge PR magnet with them its all I'm sic of it already lol.....
The joke has been lack of game support.
The lack of anything much moving ahead for the club much since GA left mind you I thought Okon had promise.
Mulvey is a plus.
A couple of recent PL signings with promise is good.
Bolt is a massive shot in the arm for the region much needed, some good will come from it.
Just lets things move ahead and see what eventuates good and not so good if so.

 

The whole thing is really distracting to the coach although he would never say.  He gets hired to possibly turn the Mariners in a positive direction, makes some positive signings & now he has to deal with this rubbish. Coaches don't like circuses. 

Adam Peacock:
Central Coast Mariners ‘sitting on gold mine’ — Usain Bolt gamble could save club

LET us not get bogged down in semantics here. The Central Coast Mariners are sitting on a gold mine unlike anything they’ve even seen. Hearts of those who run the club must have skipped enough beats to last a lifetime since one man made his intention clear.

Usain Bolt wants to be a professional footballer.

Usain Bolt want to be a professional footballer with the Central Coast Mariners.

The impoverished, battered Central Coast Mariners, once the ‘little-club-that-could’ turned into one ‘that-couldn’t’ now have a man who stopped the world when he performed in his last life as the one who can open said gold mine.

As much as it will grate some in Australian football who believe funding should be growing organically at a much faster rate (or just growing full stop) this much is clear if this comes off.

Sponsors will come running. Seats will fill. Viewers will view from lounge rooms spanning the entire globe. Kids in Kingston, Jamaica will get to know Matt Simon. Old timers in Oslo, Norway will plead with Jacob Melling to get the ball forward quicker. Fans near Mount Fuji will beg Ben Kennedy to claim a cross and ping a 50 metre throw to the legend we all recognise flying down the wing towards the Mariners brass band, hopefully mid-stream on their rendition of Guns of Navarone.

Words and thoughts don’t make sense until you can actually see it in real life.

Today was the start of whether any of this will ever make sense.

Usain Bolt didn’t even tap the door to that gold mine today. The most famous trialist world football has ever seen, certainly the most famous athlete to drive through Kincumber to get to training, barely got beyond half pace in a gentle session.

He came out in gloves, a fresh westerly making a liar of the palm tree-blue sky-blue water combo at one end of Gosford’s cute little football ground. He limbered up, did a couple of run throughs and took part in a light passing drill. He’s all left foot. Malcolm Turnbull is more willing to invite Peter Dutton around for a meal and Jenga than Bolt is likely to use his right foot voluntarily.

And that was it, as he watched the rest of the squad played half-pitch 8 a side for 20 minutes. Not risked. Not worried. He’s 4 days off a plane.

This was a publicity day more than anything and to those who planned it smile for the evening it worked. Cameras in numbers not seen and probably never to be seen again at a 45 minute recovery training session for the ‘winners’ of two of the last three A League wooden spoons scattered along the sideline then huddled into a room inside Central Coast Leagues Club positioned directly under a gym, as the dropped weights of a circuit class filled the air before Bolt spoke.

And he spoke like a man not promised anything but a chance. No pressure, just work ahead. Learn the game. Learn the systems. Learn off team-mates. Learn. Learn. Then earn.

He’s not here to do what the lazy assumption is that he’s good at. Partying. Yes, he can relax. Yes, he had the odd bender post competition, but is he not a damn fool if he doesn’t in an Olympic Village?

This is as elite an athlete the world has ever seen, so the attitude won’t need adjusting and you could tell already his team-mates won’t have a king sized ego to dance around.

Many a coach has said quality talent paired with a crap attitude will always make a crap footballer. The A League has seen a few of those walk through customs.

He’ll be treated the same, guaranteed coach Mike Mulvey. Now there’s a man with some pressure. Mulvey will be the judge on whether he can play or not. The doorman on the gold mine. Usain’s workload will increase in the next week and will aim to make a public showing in a trial on Friday week.

They’ll do the hard stuff behind closed doors. Sharpen him up, unstrengthen him from running in just one direction and see if he can do what the best make look so damn simple – make a little round ball talk.

Bolt has so much to gain personally, because this is his ambition in life now.

As for the club he wants to call home, the Mariners have tried things to get itself out of the doldrums in recent years not usually associated with your everyday football club.

Owner Mike Charlesworth once gave a speech via video link to an end of season awards to tell the crowd – who really just wanted to down a few VB’s and unwind – the club would henceforth innovate.

By way of example told the story over the next 15 minutes of the Battle of Trafalgar in which Lord Nelson led Britain to victory through a unique naval battle plan which surprised their French and Spanish opponents. That Lord Nelson died thanks to said battle wasn’t mentioned, but innovation was the point.

Charlesworth also once recommended to coaching staff from attacking corners Mariners players should lift each other up ala rugby union lineouts.

To balance that, to be fair, they’ve given kids from NPL clubs around the country who deserve a chance at A League level that very chance.

This, though, is something else entirely.

This can change the life of an athlete the whole world knows.

This can change the direction of a club desperate to get away from what it has become.

This doesn’t make sense, though it will be entertaining to see if it can.

Difference being in other places they know its only a marketing stunt and would never sign him, the A-League though is a different story.

Anyone thinking they haven't already made a deal behind closed doors to sign him after "Trial" is delusional, its a done deal. You dont come down all this way, get all this media attention and then get dumped from the Mariners.