Central Coast on the hunt for a new striker after Adam Kwasnik's season ending injury There's yet another headache at the Mariners with confirmation striker Adam Kwasnik will undergo season-ending surgery to address a knee cartilage problem. Central Coast Mariners A-League player Adam Kwasnik is out for the season. MARINERS boss Phil Moss is on the hunt for a striker after Adam Kwasnik was written off for the season thanks to a new knee injury that will require fresh surgery. Moss will seek to sign a new forward on an injury replacement contract, as he bids to kickstart the champions' faltering season after Monday night's 2-0 defeat at the Wanderers. For Kwasnik the news is depressing, having not played since January thanks to a knee injury that required an operation last season. "He's been in rehab from the operation he had last year and was starting his comeback when another problem flared up," Moss said of the 30-year-old. It's unfortunate as he'd played a few youth team games but it's probably a referred problem in the same knee and he'll have to go unde rthe knife again. Mark Rudan and Tara Rushton preview Central Coast Mariners A-League clash against Perth Glory. It's not a simple procedure and when you have an operation like that it's never a guarantee, but we're very optimistic he'll back fighting fit next season. Certainly he was at the stage where he wouldn't be able to give us 90 minutes at any point this season, and with the Asian Champions League we've a lot of games to come. Moss said owner Mike Charlesworth would back him to bring in a reinforcement upfront, though he admitted the market might not be flush with options. "This gives us the opportunity to bring someone in as an injury replacement player - who that will be, remains to be seen," he said. This only happened in the past few days and it's Christmas time but we'll have a look around and talk to some agents. We're a bit skinny with only 21 players and we'll need near enough a full squad for the finals hopefully and the ACL. We're going through the budget now and we're not the type of club with limitless funds but Mike Charlesworth has been very supportive. He knows its crucial to have as many options as possible. Moss claimed that his team's need to play twice in quick succession, after the game against Wellington from Round Six was only played last week due to Kiwi World Cup commitments, had been one of the causes of the "flatness" evident in his team's display against Western Sydney. Central Coast's Adam Kwasnik in action. "I found it very curious that we were made to play on a Thursday night, rather than the Wednesday, and playing on the cricket square [at North Sydney Oval] took a lot out of the players," he said. There was a bit of a flatness and I did find it strange that we had to change our game for the sake of Wellington, and ended up with a three-day turnaround between games, so there were a few factors against us. But in patches I thought we played some of our best football of the season, it was just too sporadic. It comes down to both ends of the park and Western Sydney were more desperate at the back and more clinical upfront.