Mori - who has signed another short-term deal with the Mariners - is this week preparing for the match in Adelaide where he has also found success as player-manager for Adelaide City in the South Australian Super League. The Mariners will meet up with their goal-poacher when they arrive in Adelaide on Saturday.

“I’ve been coaching for four years and I’ve been playing for long enough to know what I have to do when preparing for a game,” explains Mori.

“And I’m fortunate to play upfront so there are no tactics! There’s also plenty of time for recovery.”

The goal-scoring legend believes United’s two young stars in Nathan Burns and Bruce Djite are top talents, but said Burns is the pick of Australia’s next generation.

“I think Burnsy is a super player,” he said.

“He makes a lot happen for that team. They’re a completely different team without him. If he keeps going the way he’s going, the A-League won’t get to see him for much longer.

“Bruce is a strong boy and works very hard and his finishing will get better as he gets older. That will come. Those two boys have been very good for that team and Burns is a special player.

“United are very good going forward. They move the ball well. As far as weaknesses go… we’ll have to wait until Sunday.”

In the 2006/07 season, Mori’s first goal came in round seven when the Mariners played Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium.

Understandably, Mori says he will enjoy playing once again at Hindmarsh; Adelaide City’s former home ground. He even admits he has “no idea” how many goals he has scored there.

“To me, Hindmarsh Stadium is a home ground for me. I think I’ve played a lot more games at Hindmarsh than a lot of the boys even in the Adelaide United team. It’s a ground I love and one I enjoy playing in,” he said.

Mori has scored 29 times in the Green and Gold and remains as Australia’s greatest ever goal-scorer. Despite his feats, he says he still finds it difficult to explain his knack but believes it simply comes down to averages and maturity.

“I’m not too sure how to explain it. I really don’t know. It’s just giving yourself as many chances as possible and then scoring...” he said.

“It’s all about chances for strikers because you don’t have a 100 percent record. If you look at my record - I’d like to think I’d get three or four chances in a game and score one. The idea is to get as many chances and work off averages.

“But there really isn’t just one answer. Your understanding of what is going to happen in a game grows as you get older. When you look at a lot of strikers who score more they tend to be a little bit more mature just because they can get in better positions and anticipate more.

“I like to think I know what I’m doing in front of goals before I even get the ball. That’s very important. I try to teach a lot of my players that you already know where you want to put the ball before you’ve even got it.

“That then takes the apprehension that you might have in front of goal. It’s hard to explain but depending on where the ball comes from, it means you will do different things.”

Local kick-off time for the Adelaide United vs Central Coast Mariners match is 4.30pm, Sunday.