In
Joshua Rose (def) Melbourne City; Alan Baro (def) Melbourne Victory; Kye Rowles (def) Brisbane Roar; Ben Kennedy (gk) Newcastle Jets; Andrew Hoole (mid) Newcastle Jets; Daniel De Silva (mid) Roda; Tom Hiariej (mid) Groningen; Wout Brama (mid) Utrecht; Asdrubal Padron (att) FC Port (THA); Tom Glover (gk) Tottenham U23 – on loan; Anthony Golec (def) free agent;
Out
Paul Izzo (r) (gk) Adelaide United; Scott Galloway (r) (def) Wellington Phoenix; Jacob Poscoliero (sp) (def) Perth Glory; Ivan Necevski (sp) (gk) APIA; Jake Adelson (def) Newcastle Jets; Roy O’Donovan (r) (att) Newcastle Jets; Michael Neill (sp) (def) released; Jacques Faty (sp) (def) released; Mikael Tavares (r) (mid) released; Fabio Ferreira (r) (att) released; Matthew Fletcher (sp) (att) released; Nick Montgomery (r) (mid) end of career;
Target
Mariners shopped well and they hope for better things, but the competitiveness of the league and their still obvious weaknesses in defence and in attack suggest that one more year will pass without Marines being involved in the pay-offs. Once again avoiding the wooden spoon will be a challenge.