In
Jonathan Aspropotamitis (def) Western Sydney Wanderers; Jack Clisby (def) Western Sydney Wanderers; Matt Simon (att) Sydney FC; Corei Gameiro (att) Brisbane Roar; Mario Shabow (mid) Newcastle Jets; Michael McGlinchey (mid) Wellington Phoenix; Tommy Oar (att) APOEL Nicosia; Joe Gauci (gk) WT Birkalla; Matthew Millar (def) South Melbourne; Josh MacDonald (att) Wolves FC (AUS); Jordan Murray (att) APIA (AUS); Kalifa Cisse (mid) free agent; Ross McCormack (att) Aston Villa – on loan; Aiden O’Neill (mid) Burnley – on loan;
Out
Tom Glover (sp) (gk) Tottenham U23 – end of loan; Joshua Rose (r) (def) end of career; Alan Baro (k) (def) Olot (SPA); Wout Brama (r) (mid) Twente; Blake Powell (r) (att) Ceres-Negros; Daniel De Silva (r) (mid) Sydney FC; Trent Buhagiar (sp) (att) Sydney FC; Lachlan Wales (sp) (mid) Melbourne City; Storm Roux (sp) (def) Melbourne Victory; Harry Ascroft (sp) (def) Balzan (MAL); Liam Rose (sp) (mid) Ararat (ARM); Jacob Poscoliero (sp) (def) released; Peter Skapetis (sp) (att) released; Josh Bingham (att) released;
Target
Mariners desperately want to return to the play-offs after 3 very hard years, but despite the serious change in personnel they still seem not good enough to challenge for a top six finish and are more likely to find themselves between 7th and 10th spot yet again.