1050 DAYS...FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY

The Mariners broke a whole suite of records this game, showing just how important wins like these really are for the club. The club's own reaction basically says it all...

Adelaide on the other hand have consistency issues of their own. It was troubling to see the lack of attacking options a club of this relative stature had on the bench.

With Al Hassan Toure missing in action for most of this game and James Troisi having a stinker, what was Gertjan Verbeek really to do? Sit and hope?

We now enter a really interesting situation where we're faced with one of the most even A-League tables in recent memory. Ninth place just convincingly beat fifth, with equal last-placers Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar both still just four points off finals.

If you thought adding more teams was going to reduce the ability of a top-six finals series seeming easily achieved, think again.

The more teams, the more chances for this salary cap league to throw up upsets, pure and simple.