Mariners the points with a textbook header, his sixth goal of the season. Post match, a pleased Mariners boss Arnold said it was the way his team performed on a difficult surface that satisfied him most. “It’s more about the performance and I thought the football performance tonight was first class,” Arnold said. “It’s great to see us play like that again. “I thought that our football performance tonight was what I was looking for. “That’s the way we want to play, short passes, and it was on a difficult surface, but overall I couldn’t be happier about the way the boys played.” Quizzed about the impact of new recruit John Sutton, Arnold said he thought the burly marksman fitted in well
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with the team unit. “I was very happy with his performance, I knew what I was getting and the type of player I wanted to give us something totally different to what we’ve got,” he said. “I thought his performance was excellent.”
Match Details Central Coast Mariners 2 (Rogic 52’, Zwaanswijk 83’) Wellington Phoenix 0 Central Coast Mariners: 20. Justin PASFIELD (GK), 3. Joshua ROSE, 4. Pedj BOJIC, 6. Patrick ZWAANSWIJK, 7. John HUTCHINSON, 8. Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 14. Michael McGLINCHEY, 17. Tomas ROGIC (2. Daniel McBREEN 76’), 18. Alex WILKINSON (C), 19. John SUTTON (12. Troy HEARFIELD 89’), 23. Adam KWASNIK (9. Bernie IBINI
61’) Subs not Used: 31. Brody CRANE (GK) Yellow Cards: Sutton 8’, Kwasnik 57’ Red Cards: None Wellington Phoenix: Mark PASTON (GK), 2. Emmanuel MUSCAT, 3. Tony LOCHHEAD (19. James DOWNEY 85’), 4. Brent GRIFFITHS, 7. Leo BERTOS, 8. Paul IFILL, 9. Chris GREENACRE (12. Nicholas WARD 71’), 17. Vince LIA, 18. Ben SIGMUND (C), 21. Daniel SANCHEZ (11. Daniel CORTES 65’), 24. Alexander SMITH Subs not Used: 20. Anthony WARNER (GK) Yellow Cards: Muscat 88’ Red Cards: None Referee: Strebre DELOVSKI Crowd: 7,845 at Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
John Sutton's airswing or was it Photos: ValsPix
Wellington's Paul Ifil and Mariners Pedj Bojic battle it out
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