The Gosford side’s development manager thinks there may yet be another two or three signings to come at the club with a marquee player neither being ruled in or out.

Tobin told au.fourfourtwo.com: “First thing’s first, you have to put in the hard work to make the finals. Hopefully once there they’ll remember last year and get over the line.

“A lot of the players have seen that twice now (losing in the grand final) and you’d hope that would create a real desire not to experience it again.

“Having said that, you have to be positive and to also see it as being part of a football club that has reached the final in two out of three seasons.

“We’ve recruited well and the players we’ve got on board can maybe take us to that next level, let’s hope so.”

Ahmad Elrich, Dylan Macallister and Adrian Caceres are already on board for season four but how many more can Mariners fans expect to see.

Tobin said: “I would imagine it wouldn’t be more than two or three likely to come in. There’s players being talked to and there’s players in the pipeline. Some things work out, some things don’t. It’s hard to say.

“In the past we’ve gone down the path of not really going flat out insisting we have a marquee player but if one is made available to us and we think it fits in well with the running of the team then we’d certainly look at it.

“If a great striker was available to us we probably wouldn’t refuse it but I think we’ve a reasonable balance in there (the side).

“There’s an appreciation that we played well and had a good season last year on a lot of levels. I think a lot of the players will have in the minds, and all the coaches too, that on top of the season coming we’ve got Asia to follow. So there’s a big emphasis on being in good form when that happens as well.”