14/15 HAL Round 18 | Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets | 21/02/15 KO 1500 AEDST

[Jeterpool]

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2014/2015 Hyundai A-League
Season 10 Round 18
Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 22nd February, 2015
Where: Hutt Recreational Ground, Bellevue Rd, Lower Hutt, NZ
Kickoff: 3pm AEDST (local time 5pm)
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #WELvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Wellington, please join us at our new away venue – Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s) at Hamilton and watch the game LIVE. SJ’s is our new venue for away Newcastle Jets fixtures. Show your Newcastle Jets Membership at the bar and receive $5 house beers.



2014/15 A-League Round 18 Preview – Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets


FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 24 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Phoenix Wins – 15, Drawn – 3


In Wellington – 13 games
Jets Wins – 2, Phoenix Wins – 9, Drawn – 2

Average Away A-League crowd – 9211

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, Phoenix – 48

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 44 (40 Yellow, 4 Red), Phoenix – 40 (37 Yellow, 3 Red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – DLLDL
Phoenix – DLLWW

Leading Scorers
Jets– Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann 3, Phoenix – Nathan Burns 10

Last Result -
Jets 1 (Griffiths 24’) – Phoenix 3 (Burns 73’, McGlinchy 74’, Krishna 78’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 9.


FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 6 at Westpac Stadium, 18/12/2010.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – 4 (Joel Griffths)
Phoenix – 6 (Shane Smeltz)


2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS

Appearances

17 Edson Montano
16 Andrew Hoole
15 David Carney, Joel Griffiths,
14 Zenon Caravella, Jacob Pepper
13 Jeronimo Neumann, Kew Jaliens,
12 Ben Kantarovski, Scott Neville
11 Allan Welsh, Sam Gallagher, Ben Kennedy
10 Adrian Madaschi,
8 James Virgili
7 Taylor Regan
6 Mark Birrighiti , Marco Flores,
5 Sam Gallaway,
4 Billy Celeski,
3 Radovan Pavicevic
2 Jonny Steele, Nicholas Cowburn, Daniel Mullen, Lee Ki-Je
1 Braedyn Crowley


Goals

3 Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann
1 Kew Jaliens, Marco Flores, Radovan Pavicevic, Scott Neville, Lee Ki-Je



Assists

3 David Carney
2 Andrew Hoole
1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Adrian Madaschi



Yellow Cards

5 Kew Jaliens
4 Andrew Hoole, Adrian Madaschi, Taylor Regan,
3 Jeronimo Neumann, Edson Montano, James Virgili, Scott Neville, David Carney,
2 Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Joel Griffiths, Ben Kantarovski
1 Jonny Steele, Allan Welsh, Sam Gallaway, Mitch Cooper, Zenon Caravella, Radovan Pavicevic, Daniel Mullen



Red Cards

1 Kew Jaliens



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, Ernie Merrick - 2 wins, 0 drawn.

Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins - 2 Matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = -% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 losses = 25% win ratio)
Richard Money – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 loss = -% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 0 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)
Craig Deans -1 Match (0 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)

Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Ernie Merrick 60% win ratio (3 wins, 1 drawn, 1 loss)

KEY FACTS:

Joel Griffiths had scored in his last 3 appearances against Wellington.
The Jets have only been ahead at half time twice this season.
The Jets have conceded 10 goals in the last 10 minutes of matches this season.
It has now been 50 matches since the Jets have started quickly by scoring in the first 10 minutes.
The last match against Wellington was the first time in 24 matches the Jets have lost despite being ahead at half time.
The Jets haven’t scored a first half goal in the last 8 rounds.
The Jets kept two clean sheets against the Phoenix last year – once at home and once away.
Last weekend, Lee Ki-Je became the 51st goal scorer for the Newcastle Jets.
Despite announcements Ben Kantarovski made his 100th A-League appearance last week, he has actually made only 98 appearances.
Andrew Hoole and Taylor Regan are both 1 yellow card away from an automatic suspension.
In Wellington, the Jets have only scored 3 times in the first half and scored 7 goals there in total. The Phoenix, however have scored an average of 2 goals against us per game.



Jets v Phoenix Trivia:
1. Lee Ki-Je’s first goal for the Jets was scored from the penalty spot. Who are the other 2 players to have achieved this?

2. Who was the last Jets player to score in the first 10 minutes of a match?

3. How many players have made an appearance for the Newcastle Jets this season?

[MFKS]

Nailed on loss this one.

How much are Nix paying for the win??

[pv4]

Jets v Phoenix Trivia:
1. Lee Ki-Je’s first goal for the Jets was scored from the penalty spot. Who are the other 2 players to have achieved this?

2. Who was the last Jets player to score in the first 10 minutes of a match?

3. How many players have made an appearance for the Newcastle Jets this season?

1. Griff, Sash
2. Holy shit, I can't remember scoring early ever! At a wild stab I'll say Heskey, I feel like he scored early against maybe Victory AND Heart at home.
3. Without cheating and looking up at your appearance list and counting, I'll have a stab at just over the "squad limit", so will go 25.

[BodyNovo]

Well a month ago I thought I was going to wellington for a holiday

Now seems like I'm going for a football game if that's what you call it

[Grimario]

Jets v Phoenix Trivia:
1. Lee Ki-Je’s first goal for the Jets was scored from the penalty spot. Who are the other 2 players to have achieved this?

2. Who was the last Jets player to score in the first 10 minutes of a match?

3. How many players have made an appearance for the Newcastle Jets this season?

1. I reckon Carles first goal was a penalty. Was the other one someone like Zelic or Okon?

2. I am struggling to think of a game that we started brightly in years. I know they keep talking about it on Foxtel that we've now gone 30,000 games without scoring in the opening 15 minutes... Maybe Heskey vs Heart 2 seasons ago? Was a Friday night game and we won 2-0.

3. 31

[Grimario]

3. Without cheating and looking up at your appearance list and counting, I'll have a stab at just over the "squad limit", so will go 25.

More than that, I reckon. Think we are at 20 just with the people we have on the books now. Throw in the 5 sacked players plus all the ones that "left"... pushing 30, maybe more if I am forgetting a few folk.

[pv4]

More than that, I reckon. Think we are at 20 just with the people we have on the books now. Throw in the 5 sacked players plus all the ones that "left"... pushing 30, maybe more if I am forgetting a few folk.

Looking it up, we have 22 on our books currently. I think Vanstrattan, T. Cooper, Barresi, Lundy, Solari haven't featured for us, so 17 on our current books have played. The 5 sacked, plus the 4 to have left by "mutual" consent (Jeronimo, Flores, Gallaway, Steele) makes 26. Then I'll add in Cowburn & Crowley as youth-only players to make 28 as my final answer!

[Grimario]

Looking it up, we have 22 on our books currently. I think Vanstrattan, T. Cooper, Barresi, Lundy, Solari haven't featured for us, so 17 on our current books have played. The 5 sacked, plus the 4 to have left by "mutual" consent (Jeronimo, Flores, Gallaway, Steele) makes 26. Then I'll add in Cowburn & Crowley as youth-only players to make 28 as my final answer!

Didn't cooper come on against Roar?

[Jeterpool]

1. Griff, Sash
2. Holy shit, I can't remember scoring early ever! At a wild stab I'll say Heskey, I feel like he scored early against maybe Victory AND Heart at home.
3. Without cheating and looking up at your appearance list and counting, I'll have a stab at just over the "squad limit", so will go 25.

Q1 - Wrong and wrong
Q2 - As with Grimario, you're both right. Heskey scored a 10th minute goal back in Season 8 at home against the Heart. That was 50 games ago.
Q3 - Wrong.


1. I reckon Carles first goal was a penalty. Was the other one someone like Zelic or Okon?

2. I am struggling to think of a game that we started brightly in years. I know they keep talking about it on Foxtel that we've now gone 30,000 games without scoring in the opening 15 minutes... Maybe Heskey vs Heart 2 seasons ago? Was a Friday night game and we won 2-0.

3. 31

Q1 - Nick Carle is right. The others are less right.
Q2 - See above. Good memory on the game. Ryan Griffiths got the other one.
Q3 - Nope


More than that, I reckon. Think we are at 20 just with the people we have on the books now. Throw in the 5 sacked players plus all the ones that "left"... pushing 30, maybe more if I am forgetting a few folk.

Q3 - Nope


Looking it up, we have 22 on our books currently. I think Vanstrattan, T. Cooper, Barresi, Lundy, Solari haven't featured for us, so 17 on our current books have played. The 5 sacked, plus the 4 to have left by "mutual" consent (Jeronimo, Flores, Gallaway, Steele) makes 26. Then I'll add in Cowburn & Crowley as youth-only players to make 28 as my final answer!

Nope - I've double checked but I like your theory.

[Jeterpool]

That leaves one answer for Q1 remaining and Q3.

[pv4]

Didn't cooper come on against Roar?

Neg. The two goalscorers (Pavicevic and Welsh) and Lee were the subs v Roar.

[pv4]

1. Zenon Caravella
2. Mitch Cooper*
3. Sam Gallagher
4. Andrew Hoole
5. Lee Ki-je
6. Edson Montaño
7. Daniel Mullen
8. James Virgili
9. Allan Welsh
10. Mark Birighitti
11. Ben Kantarovski
12. Scott Neville
13. Jacob Pepper
14. Taylor Regan
15. Ben Kennedy
16. Radovan Pavičević
17. Griff
18. Celeski
19. Jaliens
20. Madaschi
21. Carney
22. Jeronimo
23. Flores
24. Gallaway
25. Steele
26. Crowley
27. Cowburn

[Grimario]

Nope - I've double checked but I like your theory.

Right, let's do this.

2 GK - BK, Biraz
9 D - Jaliens, Madaschi, Gallagher, Welsh, Gallaway, Neville, Regan, Cowburn, Mullen
11 - Hoole, Kanta, Cooper, Roundabout, Flores, Celeski, Steele, Carney, Pepper, Virgili, Leaky G
5 - Griff, Montano, Jeromino, Crowley, Pavicevic

27?

[borat]

Didn't cooper come on against Roar? Cooper started against Roar did he not?

[Grimario]

Cooper started against Roar did he not?

Travis not Mitch.

[borat]

ahhh my bad

[Grimario]

Q1 - Nick Carle is right. The others are less right.

It's not going to be a regular goal scorer... but it's going to be someone senior/experience, I reckon.

Was Milligan on pens the season he was with us? Or maybe Jeffers/Bridges first goals?

[militiamon]

Imagine if we actually won this, lol.

[Jeterpool]

It's not going to be a regular goal scorer... but it's going to be someone senior/experience, I reckon.

Was Milligan on pens the season he was with us? Or maybe Jeffers/Bridges first goals?

Want to lock in an answer?

[Jeterpool]

1. Zenon Caravella
2. Mitch Cooper*
3. Sam Gallagher
4. Andrew Hoole
5. Lee Ki-je
6. Edson Montaño
7. Daniel Mullen
8. James Virgili
9. Allan Welsh
10. Mark Birighitti
11. Ben Kantarovski
12. Scott Neville
13. Jacob Pepper
14. Taylor Regan
15. Ben Kennedy
16. Radovan Pavičević
17. Griff
18. Celeski
19. Jaliens
20. Madaschi
21. Carney
22. Jeronimo
23. Flores
24. Gallaway
25. Steele
26. Crowley
27. Cowburn


Right, let's do this.

2 GK - BK, Biraz
9 D - Jaliens, Madaschi, Gallagher, Welsh, Gallaway, Neville, Regan, Cowburn, Mullen
11 - Hoole, Kanta, Cooper, Roundabout, Flores, Celeski, Steele, Carney, Pepper, Virgili, Leaky G
5 - Griff, Montano, Jeromino, Crowley, Pavicevic

27?

These. Nice one

[MFKS]

It's not going to be a regular goal scorer... but it's going to be someone senior/experience, I reckon.

Was Milligan on pens the season he was with us? Or maybe Jeffers/Bridges first goals?
Milligan banged one in V Perth
Only goal he scored for us bar that 20yard oggy V Smurfs in front of the Cove

[hawk]

how good are we.

having serious squad discussion as their is no point in discussing a history of piss poor retarded & heartless results

[Grimario]

Want to lock in an answer?

I will go with Milligan since that's what the member said.

[Jeterpool]

I will go with Milligan since that's what the member said.

That's it

[belchardo]

Can't believe I'm going to make myself sit through this on Saturday.

better start buying beer now. going to need a lot.

[MFKS]

Can't believe I'm going to make myself sit through this on Saturday.

better start buying beer now. going to need a lot.

Gee your enthusiastic.

Starting Saturday to wait for a game that don't kick off until Sunday 3pm Newy time.


No plastic fan calls coming your way.

Your taking dedication to ridiculous levels drinking piss for a whole day just to blank out the game

Well Done:gent:

[belchardo]

Gee your enthusiastic.

Starting Saturday to wait for a game that don't kick off until Sunday 3pm Newy time.


No plastic fan calls coming your way.

Your taking dedication to ridiculous levels drinking piss for a whole day just to blank out the game

Well Done:gent:

hoping to be dead before kick off to avoid the pain :D

last time I trust the thread title!

[Grimario]

Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Jess VANSTRATTAN (Gk), 2.Scott NEVILLE, 3.Taylor REGAN, 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 8.Zenon CARAVELLA, 10.Travis COOPER, 11.Andrew HOOLE, 12.Sam GALLAGHER, 13.Edson MONTANO, 16.Jacob PEPPER, 18.Allan WELSH, 19.Mitch COOPER, 20.Ben KENNEDY (Gk), 21.Daniel MULLEN, 22.LEE Ki-je, 26.Nick COWBURN, 27.Radovan PAVICEVIC, 28.Braedyn CROWLEY
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 2.Scott NEVILLE (returns from injury), 10.Travis COOPER (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 15.Joshua BARRESI (knee – season), 17.James VIRGILI (ankle – 7 weeks)

[Nou Camp]

I gave a $100 to a kiwi customs officer
Stubbins Gallagher and welsh to be denied entry to NZ...

[westjet]

I gave a $100 to a kiwi customs officer
Stubbins Gallagher and welsh to be denied entry to NZ...

Wrong way - we want them left in NZ.

[MFKS]

Wrong way - we want them left in NZ.

Too right

[Jeterpool]

Wrong way - we want them left in NZ.

This needs so much positive rep. So so much

[MFKS]

Never before have I hoped we would get flogged like I am gonna this weekend.

#Adelaide_Rout_V2.0_Please

[Nou Camp]

Wrong way - we want them left in NZ.

even they wouldn't be that stupid

[Grimario]

NEWS | Newcastle Jets Head Coach Phil Stubbins has confirmed that 22-year-old midfielder Jacob Pepper will captain the club against Wellington Phoenix this Sunday.
“He [Pepper] recently put his hand up as somebody who wanted to be part of a leadership group.” - Stubbins

[Hunter403]

I'll put my hand up to be part of the leadership group. On this basis I had better polish my boots as I am bound to start against the gypos.

[WolfMan]

I've previously read there were as many as 5 blokes who put their hands up as part of a leadership group. Stubbins fu(ked them off....

[MFKS]

NEWS | Newcastle Jets Head Coach Phil Stubbins has confirmed that 22-year-old midfielder Jacob Pepper will captain the club against Wellington Phoenix this Sunday.
“He [Pepper] recently put his hand up as somebody who wanted to be part of a leadership group.” - Stubbins

Did he put his hand up or was he told to by unseen forces raging against us??

[furns]

match details added to OP

[belchardo]

Jersey on. Feel shitter already.

[belchardo]

I see we're going for the "kick the shit out of them" game plan.

[foti68]

goal

[belchardo]

Holy crap! A goal in the first 15!

[NewyTy]

Good start but these Kiwi commentators are doing my head in.

[foti68]

2 nil wtf

[Hunter403]

Yeah, but we didn't score it . We now rely on own goals. Does that mean, using Stubbins logic, that we haven't scored for 2 matches except for penalties and own goals?

Holy crap! Neville has scored. Talk about against the run of play! !

[belchardo]

Great header from nev. This is unbelievable.

[the blue manc]

Who is the team on the pitch? Certainly not the same team I've been watching for last couple of months

[joel31]

I should not watch Jets games more often.

[NewyTy]

Everytime I bet against the Jets they pull off some crazy result. First the win against Adelaide, then the draw last week and now this. I'm gonna bet against them every week.

[Hunter403]

Damn, Stubbins will claim his approach has been justified.

[the blue manc]

Good start but these Kiwi commentators are doing my head in.

I think it's the same kiwi commentators from santo,Sam and ed.

[plague]

I see we're going for the "kick the shit out of them" game plan.

Proper football this.
Set pieces.
Kick **** out of the opposition.
Stubbins for coach of the year 1972.

[plague]

Everytime I bet against the Jets they pull off some crazy result. First the win against Adelaide, then the draw last week and now this. I'm gonna bet against them every week.

Bhahahaha.
Like its farkern over yet.
Placing bets on which 9 players we'll end up with on the park.

[NewyTy]

I think it's the same kiwi commentators from santo,Sam and ed.

Haha. Wouldn't surprise me if it's Ed dressed as a kiwi in the commentary box. So biased though

[Jetmaster]

Seems like we are moving forward.

Should still lose 2-5.

[belchardo]

Proper football this.
Set pieces.
Kick **** out of the opposition.
Stubbins for coach of the year 1972.

You forgot "aimless long balls"

[Hunter403]

I think it must be the Jones effect. Can't be anything to do with Stubbins

[Mark325]

So according to these commentators Griff is in talks with Wellington

[NewyTy]

Bhahahaha.
Like its farkern over yet.
Placing bets on which 9 players we'll end up with on the park.

True already could have been a couple for Wellington. Plus I can't see myself putting money on the Coast next week.

[Hunter403]

So according to these commentators Griff is in talks with Wellington

You mean "Gruffuths" 😉

[joel31]

I should not watch Jets games more often.
I'm watching it now. I apologize if we lose

[Hunter403]

Hey, we strung 3 passes together!

[the blue manc]

I think it must be the Jones effect. Can't be anything to do with Stubbins

Since he came back, they have looked better.

[Hunter403]

Jones in. Stubbins out

[joel31]

Since he came back, they have looked better.
better defensively. Solid of set pieces. Boring to watch still lacking flair in attack

[Hunter403]

better defensively. Solid of set pieces. Boring to watch still lacking flair in attack
Dead right. We have nothing going forward.

it is only a matter of time until the Nux get at least one in. They are well on top everywhere except on the score board

[Jetmaster]

So according to these commentators Griff is in talks with Wellington

That's been well known for a few days - bet Dura has something to do with it.

[Hunter403]

Hannah! How close was that!

[joel31]

Wasn't Stubbins touted as a coach who liked to play attacking football when he first came?

[the blue manc]

Hopefully stubbins doesn't do the talking at half time.

[Hunter403]

Wasn't Stubbins touted as a coach who liked to play attacking football when he first came?
😂😂😂😂😂

[Jetmaster]

TBH - only one stat matters.

[belchardo]

TBH - only one stat matters.

Rate of forward movement? Goals conceded In situations other than penalties and set pieces?

[joel31]

TBH - only one stat matters.
yellow cards right?

[plague]

Refs been pretty horrid.
Terrible for both sides.

[the blue manc]

Christ I hope burns scores soon. Sick of these blokes raving on about pizza.

[belchardo]

Christ I hope burns scores soon. Sick of these blokes raving on about pizza.

You really think him scoring will stop them talking about that?

[belchardo]

Maybe burns gets the dosh if he doesn't score!

[Hunter403]

This match must be fixed. How on earth did Burns miss that!

[the blue manc]

Great pass

[belchardo]

Ouch.

[boz-monaut]

I've been watching this game for decades and I've never seen an opposition team gift a game to a team I support as much as this one

Burns' miss will go down in history as one of the shittest bits of shit ever seen in the A-League (and that includes players who's last name starts with Z)

[WolfMan]

I've seen enough, sign Lee up to a long-term contract ASAP

[Jetmaster]

Burns' miss will go down in history as one of the shittest bits of shit ever seen in the A-League (and that includes players who's last name starts with Z)

Missed it...

[the blue manc]

Here we go

[joel31]

finally

[NewyTy]

If only Cooper finished that. Now we're in trouble

[joel31]

let the tumble begin

[boz-monaut]

Missed it...

here's a recreation of everyone watching's reaction

http://i.imgur.com/H7CP3Ug.gif

[Hunter403]

Well it has been coming. Now we will see what the boys and Stubbins are made of

[Hunter403]

How hard is it to pass the ball to a bloke in a green / emerald shirt! Fu € k

[the blue manc]

Wellington to win in injury time

[joel31]

kanta off.
ouch

[Hunter403]

Kanta has done little but collect cards today

[joel31]

bad tackle but caravella's fault for giving away possession so cheaply

[WolfMan]

KGJ once again the Graham Poll of A-League

Absolute numpty

[joel31]

how did burns miss that?

[NewyTy]

Didn't even know Kanta was on the field. Bit of backchat didn't help.

[boz-monaut]

so Burns still plays for us yeah?

definitely our man of the match so far - two goal line saves

[Hunter403]

Burns must think he's still playing for us. How many has he missed today?

[GazFish35]

If they don't equalise you watch Stubbins talk up this game big time.

[WolfMan]

If they don't equalise you watch Stubbins talk up this game big time.

We could lose by a few and he'd still talk it up

[Jetmaster]

If they don't equalise you watch Stubbins talk up this game big time.

To be fair, he'd have every right to. Even our good sides have failed miserably there.

Fear not the last "dutch" equaliser is still on the cards.

[Hunter403]

Can't wait to see the possession and passing stats.

[Hunter403]

Had to happen. Weak flap from BK

[the blue manc]

Jesus Christ.

[boz-monaut]

well done Wellington, they finally didn't screw it right up

[joel31]

my stream cut out 2 mins ago but I see that nix scored

[Rocknerd]

And business as usual for ol ' stubbsy

[the blue manc]

Burns for the free pizza.

[joel31]

screw this club

[snake]

jets lol

[hawk]

watching this on delay... seen more real challenges for the ball by us in the 1st 5 mins then all season or more. Are we actually having a go?

[OmeletteDuFromage]

I dont think ive ever seen Kennedy fully stretched for a free kick.

Memories of Del Piero fk

[WolfMan]

I can't defend BK on that one. Got beaten all ends up

[joel31]

I'm done with football

[the blue manc]

Stubbins words of wisdom at half time did the trick.

[Hunter403]

There is one very undeserved point. Stubbins to say we actually one it and kept a clean sheet.....except for the goals

[boz-monaut]

well that was just awful

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

serves us right for shutting up shop on 40 minutes.

[NewyTy]

To be fair Wellington missed a bucketload of chances. Still it's another late goal that cost us.

[joel31]

BK's dive attempt was casual and amatuerish

[howardyou]

Fair enough that we don't have the players to play like Brazil, but effin hell. Insipid is probably a good word. We were crap, don't let the scoreboard fool you.

[joel31]

To be fair Wellington missed a bucketload of chances. Still it's another late goal that cost us.
I would've preferred to be caned 4-0 then throw it away at the end again

[NewyTy]

I would've preferred to be caned 4-0 then throw it away at the end again

Same here. It's becoming a routine to throw it all away at the end. Lost counts of how many goals we've let in during the last ten minutes this season.

[foti68]

Same here. It's becoming a routine to throw it all away at the end. Lost counts of how many goals we've let in during the last ten minutes this season.

How many have we let in in injury time is the question

[NewyTy]

How many have we let in in injury time is the question

I can remember a couple. The one at Gosford in round 1 comes to mind. And then there was Welsh the other week.

[plague]

So Mark Jones sucks again yeah?

[Mark325]

I'd like too see us maybe use Montano similar to Heskey when he was playing behind Taggart. Obvious problem there is we don't really have a Taggart for him to link with unless we wanna start Radivan but it could be worth a try considering our season is effectively over.

[The Dunster]

Wellington were by far the better team and deserved a lot more than a draw. The Jets scored from two set pieces one of which was an own goal - and created very few other chances.

The big problem for the Jets is that they have absolutely no respect for the ball and give it up far too easily.

The effort is there at times but after this many games without a win player confidence would not be high. [ Hello Captain Obvious]

[baldrick]

I don't know about anyone else, but I feel like pizza now

[joel31]

The game that we conceded late goals:
In injury time Round 1: 1-0 loss to Mariners
In 87' Round 2: 1-1 draw with Melbourne City
In 94' Round 3: 4-1 loss to Nix (3-1 down at the time)
Not as late but 74' and 77' in round 4 away to Perth. Leading 1-0 at the time
In 89' Round 6: 4-0 vs Roar (already 3-0 down)
not as late but 73, 74 and 78 vs Nix after leading to lose 3-1 in round 9
In 86' Round 10: 2-0 vs Glory (already 1-0 down)
In 85' in round 12 to lose 1-0 vs Victory
In 92' in round 15 vs Adelaide when 6-0 down
In 93' in round 16 vs Brisbane when 1-1
In 86' in round 17 vs Wanderers 1-0 to go 1-0 down. Only time we scored again after conceding a late goal
In 93 today vs Nix up 2-1 into 2-2 draw

In summary that is 15 goals conceded late in games


Also number of times we have lead is 7
And number of times we have won is 1
We have lost a 2-0 lead twice

[NewyTy]

That's a stat that just kills a team's confidence. We simply can't close games out. It's hard to fix something like that because it's a confidence issue more than anything.

[plague]

The game that we conceded late goals:
In injury time Round 1: 1-0 loss to Mariners
In 87' Round 2: 1-1 draw with Melbourne City
In 94' Round 3: 4-1 loss to Nix (3-1 down at the time)
Not as late but 74' and 77' in round 4 away to Perth. Leading 1-0 at the time
In 89' Round 6: 4-0 vs Roar (already 3-0 down)
not as late but 73, 74 and 78 vs Nix after leading to lose 3-1 in round 9
In 86' Round 10: 2-0 vs Glory (already 1-0 down)
In 85' in round 12 to lose 1-0 vs Victory
In 92' in round 15 vs Adelaide when 6-0 down
In 93' in round 16 vs Brisbane when 1-1
In 86' in round 17 vs Wanderers 1-0 to go 1-0 down. Only time we scored again after conceding a late goal
In 93 today vs Nix up 2-1 into 2-2 draw

In summary that is 15 goals conceded late in games


Also number of times we have lead is 7
And number of times we have won is 1
We have lost a 2-0 lead twice

This is a fantastic post.
Well done sir.
Stubbins just read it and said that apart from those goals we've been flippin fantastic this year and would probably be leading the league.

[Grimario]

This is a fantastic post.
Well done sir.
Stubbins just read it and said that apart from those goals we've been flippin fantastic this year and would probably be leading the league.

The problem is we park the bus from the start, expect to chase the opposition with 60%+ and everyone seems surprised when we concede late.

[Nelson Bay Road]

was it just me or when gallagher was taken off ki je was just a turnstile at left back that every phoenix player went straight through???

bk cannot set a wall/defend free kicks...

[plague]

bk cannot set a wall/defend free kicks...

Oh cuz, have I got the thread for you.........

[NewyTy]

was it just me or when gallagher was taken off ki je was just a turnstile at left back that every phoenix player went straight through???

bk cannot set a wall/defend free kicks...

I thought Ki Je was pretty good at LB. Saved us a couple of times. Not as physical as Gallagher though but reasonable. Completely agree on BK.

[hawk]

Kanta, excellent in defence but from his position needs to execute his passes with a little more accuracy

Let Burns & Krishna run far too much into the box.

Thought the ref was going to be fair when he didn’t give any of those home pen calls at the start then turned into a c*** by ensuring the home team got a point.

That's as good as it can get with Stabbins at the helm.

[Hunter403]

Jets coach Phil Stubbins was well pleased with the way his under-pressure team backed up from last week's 1-1 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers.

"We can come away from the last three games with our heads held high, we've had three very close games now and we've certainly worked hard enough for the win," he said.

"The kids that are out there will be learning a hell of a lot. I think we've taken another step forward in terms of education today."


Well we are moving forward again

Muppet

[MFKS]

Jets coach Phil Stubbins was well pleased with the way his under-pressure team backed up from last week's 1-1 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers.

"We can come away from the last three games with our heads held high, we've had three very close games now and we've certainly worked hard enough for the win," he said.

"The kids that are out there will be learning a hell of a lot. I think we've taken another step forward in terms of education today."


Well we are moving forward again

Muppet

Shame the fans can't walk around holding their heads held high.

[Pico]

‘‘For us to come here and match them in every way ... we have had three very close games now.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2899674/jets-let-2-0-lead-slip-as-phoenix-snatch-draw/?cs=306


I'm really starting to worry about Big Phil's mental state, I think he may actually believe this shit he keeps dribbling.

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

We matched them in terms of the number of players on the pitch, that's about it.Phil is seriously delusional.

[Grimario]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-23/jets-coach-questions-refereeing-decisions/6214810


Newcastle Jets coach Phil Stubbins has criticised some refereeing decisions in yesterday's two-all draw with the Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand.

63/37 possession
19/8 shots
80/61 pass accuracy
12/29 fouls


Hardly the refs fault, you negative ****. **** off.

[Grimario]

We matched them in terms of the number of players on the pitch, that's about it.Phil is seriously delusional.

We couldn't even do that the whole game.

[Jeterpool]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-23/jets-coach-questions-refereeing-decisions/6214810



63/37 possession
19/8 shots
80/61 pass accuracy
12/29 fouls


Hardly the refs fault, you negative ****. **** off.

I thought we were lucky to not have conceded a penalty yesterday, rightly or wrongly, because they had plenty of shouts and the longer it went on the more I thought it could happen!

[cobra23]

yes we had the game won with 10 to go.. and as always our ****ing hacking pricks let the 3 points slip with defencive errors and fouls.

[Grimario]

yes we had the game won with 10 to go.. and as always our ****ing hacking pricks let the 3 points slip with defencive errors and fouls.

"Had the game won" and "in the lead" are completely different things. Not once this season have I ever thought we had a game won.

[belchardo]

I'm with Grim. the first goal was coming from about 5 minutes after half time, and the second was a near certainty when we conceded the first. actually though they would steam roll us.

lost count of the number of chances nix completely stuffed up. must have been about 5. and that backheel from burns. :lulz:

[Nou Camp]

missed the game
did anyone actually play well?

[Jeterpool]

missed the game
did anyone actually play well?

At times the central defenders really scrambled well. I'll have to watch it back again to get a closer look but I thought Mullen had a pretty good game.

[BodyNovo]

Just got home from another epic trip to wellington, while I know it isn't a cheap trip I really reccomend it to anyone, the city is awesome with plenty to do plus the wellington fans are absolute class.

The set up at Lower Hutt was awesome compared to Westpac stadium in terms of football viewing, I stood up the back of one of the ends and had a perfect view of the game.

In terms of the game I thought Mullen, regan and neville were ****ing outstanding especially regan. I don't deny that reegz isn't the most technically gifted player he definitely makes up for it with his scrambling no nonsense defending plus you could hear him yelling all game, him and Mullen actually complement each other very well.

[q-money]

reegz robbed burns blindly about 20 times yesterday, onya reegz

[pv4]

Good to hear Reegz did well. I thought he was well out of his depth against Juric in the WSW game, so if he has played well against Burns hopefully that will be a good pick-me-up for him and he can continue doing good things.

[Grimario]

Good to hear Reegz did well. I thought he was well out of his depth against Juric in the WSW game, so if he has played well against Burns hopefully that will be a good pick-me-up for him and he can continue doing good things.

Break Simon's nose next weekend and he can sign up for another 10 years regardless of how out of depth he is.

[belchardo]

got into Sigmund a few times as well. hate that bloke.

[GazFish35]

someone needs to tell old Phil that 2nd every week, doesnt equal sencond overall.

[Jeterpool]

I must say the team showed more passion in this match than I have seen in recent times. The way the team celebrated the goal, the way they continued to press and scramble it was like they had some belief. Is this an indicator of a strong bond between the team? Or is Phil starting to develop the mentality he so often speaks of?

Is the tide starting to turn and we're getting close to our second win?

[MFKS]

someone needs to tell old Phil that 2nd every week, doesnt equal sencond overall.

Read the ladder upside down and we ain't far off winning the comp :wacko:.

[plague]

I'll have to watch it back again

What sort of sick, twisted weirdo are you?

[MFKS]

What sort of sick, twisted weirdo are you?

Obviously not a plastic fan:woo:

[Jeterpool]

What sort of sick, twisted weirdo are you?

One who likes to pretend to know what he's talking about for an amateur podcast for the "fans"

[Grimario]

someone needs to tell old Phil that 2nd every week, doesnt equal sencond overall.

I think he must read the foz. All the talk of disc golf and low scores being better has confused the poor eedjit.

I blame myself for our current position.

[WolfMan]

He's an excellent golfer of the regular kind, so he would understand the complexities of the scoring system

Would actually like to play a few rounds with him, and convince him to go on tour

[belchardo]

He's an excellent golfer of the regular kind, so he would understand the complexities of the scoring system

Would actually like to play a few rounds with him, and convince him to go on tour

failing that, accidentally hit him with your driver. not too hard mind, just enough to put him out of action for the next few years. :)

[militiamon]

What about how we couldn't even win a game that was gifted to us on a silver platter.
We are well and truly honking.