THE way Gianni Stensness tells it, Mariners boss Alen Stajcic has been gardening for the past 12 months.
Digging out what Stensness calls “a few weeds”, and planting some exotic new varieties in the Central Coast soil, the results have produced a dramatic reflowering of the Mariners after years of pain.
From failures to finalists, the swagger is back on the Central Coast. Whatever happens from now this has been an incredible season for a side that had become mired in mediocrity.