Central Coast Mariners stay as harmful as ever in assault regardless of the departure of teenage sensation Garang Kuol.
That’s the assumption of Adelaide United coach Carl Veart, whose facet faces a troublesome task towards the Mariners in Gosford on Saturday.
“That’s something that we have to be very mindful of,” Veart mentioned.
“They’re very quick in transition so it’s important that we stay organised.
“They’ve got some really direct players that play up front, so it’s something that the defence have to be aware of.”
Socceroos younger gun Kuol performed his remaining sport for the Mariners – a 2-1 house win over Melbourne Victory – final Saturday earlier than leaving for the UK, the place he has joined English Premier League membership Newcastle United.
An rapid mortgage deal is probably going, with Kuol already having gone to Scotland for talks with Hearts, who have already got three different Socceroos – Kye Rowles, Cameron Devlin and Nathaniel Atkinson – on their books.
Mariners coach Nick Montgomery mentioned it as essential Kuol was given “time to adapt” whatever the membership he ended up enjoying for.
“He’s not my player anymore, he’s Newcastle’s” Montgomery mentioned.
“They’re a top team and they’ve got good people working there, so no doubt they’ll try to find a club that fits him for the rest of the season to get out and get some game time.”
While Kuol has left the Mariners, a number of attacking threats stay within the Central Coast squad.
They embody Socceroos marksman Jason Cummings, elegant Brazilian Marco Tulio, Frenchman Beni Nkololo, Ghanaian Paul Ayongo, Sam Silvera and Michael Ruhs.
Adelaide coach Veart mentioned: “It’s going to be a whole team effort that’s going to have to deal with their strike force … so it’s a matter of limiting (their) opportunities.
“They are (also) one of the hardest working teams in the league and if you don’t match their workrate, then you’re going to be in for a very tough night, but we go there with full confidence.
“We’re confident in the way that we play football that we can get success. It doesn’t matter who we play, whether we’re home or away, we go with that same mentality that we want to win.”
The Reds’ returned to profitable type with a 2-0 Victory over Perth Glory at Coopers Stadium on Monday night time.
“We have a target that we want to achieve as a playing group and that’s to make finals,” Veart mentioned.
“We know where we need to be to get there and that’s all our focus is on.”
