15/16 HAL Round 01 | Wellington Phoenix vs Newcastle Jets | Sunday 12/10/15 ko 500pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 15/16 Round 1 Preview - Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 25 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, Phoenix Wins - 15, Drawn - 4


In Newcastle – 11 matches.
Jets Wins - 4, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 1
In New Zealand - 14
Jets Wins - 2, Phoenix Wins - 9, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10222
Average Away A-League Crowd - 9156

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 28, Phoenix - 50
In New Zealand -
Jets – 10, Phoenix - 31

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 9, Phoenix - 15

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 48 (43 yellow, 5 red), Phoenix 42 (39 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - L (0 points from last 0)
Phoenix - WL (0 points from last 0)

Leading Scorers
Jets - N/A (N/A)
Phoenix – N/A (N/A)

Last Result -
Jets 2 (Bonevacia 12'o.g., Neville 18') – Phoenix 2 (Krishna 68', Hicks 90+4’) at Hutt Recreational Park, A-League, Round 18, 22/02/2015 .

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 18

Newcastle JetsWellington Phoenix
Ben KennedyGlen Moss
Scott NevilleManny Muscat
Taylor ReganMichael Boxall
Andrew HooleBen Sigmund
Sam GallagherAndrew Durante
Daniel MullenRoly Bonevacia
Ben KantarovskiAlex Gorrin
Zenon CaravellaNathan Burns
Jacob PepperMichael McGlinchey
Ki-Je LeeAlbert Riera
Edson MontanoRoy Krishna



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 - Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)



2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubstitute AppearancesSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsSecond YellowsStraightTotal
1Mark Birighitti00000000000
2Daniel Mullen00000000000
3Jason Hoffman00000000000
4Nigel Boogaard00000000000
5Ben Kantarovski00000000000
6Cameron Watson00000000000
7Enver Alivodic00000000000
8Mateo Poljak00000000000
9Milos Trifunovic00000000000
10Leonardo Vitor Santiago00000000000
11Labinot Haliti00000000000
12Andy Brennan00000000000
13Ki-Je Lee00000000000
14Mitch Cooper00000000000
15Themba Muata-Marlow00000000000
16Lachlan Jackson00000000000
17Radovan Pavicevic00000000000
20Ben Kennedy00000000000
23David Carney00000000000
24Braedyn Crowley00000000000
25Brandon Lundy00000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 losses = 25% win ratio)
Richard Money - No matches
Branko Culina – 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
Craig Deans -1 Match (0 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)

Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Ernie Merrick 37% win ratio (9 wins, 6 drawn, 9 losses)



PLAYER FOCUS
This week we take a look at the player who has returned to the Jets in the off-season and scored his first and second A-League goals against the Phoenix in the one match.



Jason Hoffman has made 4 appearances against Wellington Phoenix which has consisted of 2 starts and 2 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 0 times. He has played on the field for 227 minutes.
He has captained the side 0 times and scored 0 penalties.
He has scored 2 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 0 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Jets once every 692 minutes.
Jason Hoffman has a Win-Draw-Loss record against Wellington Phoenix of 2-0-2.


The opposition player is a former Jet from the Grand Final winning team, who also the Phoenix captain:


Andrew Durante has made 19 appearances for Wellington Phoenix which has consisted of 19 starts and 0 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 0 times. He has played on the field for 1740 minutes.
He has captained the side 18 times and scored 0 penalties.
He has scored 1 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 3 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Opposition once every 1740 minutes.
Andrew Durante has a Win-Draw-Loss record for Wellington Phoenix against the Jets of 11-4-4.


KEY FACTS:

Goals

Both teams are without their leading scorers from last year - Edson Montano and Nathan Burns



Players

The Jets have kept only 2 clean sheets in Wellington.
However, Glen Moss has kept only 3 clean sheets in 18 appearances against the Jets.



Discipline

All red cards (8) shown in this fixture have been given at Westpac Stadium.



Newcastle Jets

The Jets haven't won the first match of a season in the last 3 years.
Their W-D-L record on the opening day is 2-3-4.
This is the 3rd year in a row the Jets have been the visiting team in Round 1
Nigel Boogaard will become the 21st captain of the club (assuming he is the captain)
The Jets have lost only once away from home to Wellington in the last 3 seasons (1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss)



Wellington Phoenix

Wellington has scored 8 goals in the last 15 minutes of home matches agaisnt the Jets. That's 26% of their goals in this fixture.
Ernie Merrick has lost against the Jets only once during his time as Wellington coach.
When Wellington has scored first (15 occasions), the Jets have never won and only come back to draw twice.
Wellington have only won their first match of the season once in 8 seasons and have lost their first match in the last two seasons.

[Jeterpool]

PREDICTION:

The Jets enter the new season with the biggest upheaval off the field the club has seen in their 10 years. The club have welcomed 10 new members to the playing group with players such as Trifunovic and Leonardo an unknown quantity to most fans.

The team will face a tough test from the visit to Wellington, who themselves have a relatively quiet off season in first team recruitment. Their biggest loss is the departure of leading scorer Nathan Burns - a similar situation the Jets find themselves in with the departure of Edson Montano.

However, it can be argued the stigma of Wellington being an unhappy hunting ground for the Jets is turning. Having previously gone 8 matches without a win in Wellington, the Jets have lost only once in the last 5 games. The key battle will be the focus on defence and mental strength, attributes new coach Scott Miller has identified as fundamental for his teams, late in the match. More than half of goals (30) conceded last year were in the last third of a match, 17 in the last 15 minutes. This is an area of strength of Wellington at home. If the team's only competitive hit-out so far against Perth in the FFA cup is anything to go by, the hunger, desire and speed of ball movement has increased from last year's showings.

History is also not on the side of new coach Scott Miller. The Jets have won only twice on the first day of the season, both of which were at home, while only two new Jets coach have won their first A-League match - Gary Van Egmond and Branko Culina. However, both those coaches first wins came against New Zealand teams (Knights and Phoenix) and one of the Jets two first round wins were also against the Phoenix on a day when Jason Hoffman scored twice.

With expectations low after 5 years of little success and having been written off by most pundits, the Jets should enter the match with little pressure. But after a successful period off the field with the Jets being removed of Nathan Tinkler, gaining new sponsorship and a renewed focus on engaging the community, the time has now come to deliver on the park. Newcastle supporters have mostly stuck by the club and now is the time to repay their faith.

1-1 Draw

[GazFish35]

Put some thought into things before you post next time.

[Jeterpool]

Put some thought into things before you post next time.

Huh? What do you mean?

[BodyNovo]

Huh? What do you mean?

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSy5mEcmgwU/maxresdefault.jpg

[Wilso8948]

internet and sarcasm.. Never been friends

[Jeterpool]

Used to Gaz being the social conscience of the forum. Needed more :gent: :lulz:

[The Postman]

Would imagine that Milos would start ahead of Haliti or even Leonardo eventually, but fitness wise he probably isn't ready yet.

Kanta or Watson is another toss up, everyone is pretty well secure with their starting spot though.

GK - Birighitti
RB - Hoffman
CB - Mullen
CB - Boogaard
LB - Ki Je
CM - Poljak
CM - Watson
RAM - Carney
CAM - Leonardo
LAM - Alivodic
ST - Haliti

BK
Marlow
Kanta
Cooper
Milos

[Jeterpool]

Would imagine that Milos would start ahead of Haliti or even Leonardo eventually, but fitness wise he probably isn't ready yet.

Kanta or Watson is another toss up, everyone is pretty well secure with their starting spot though.

GK - Birighitti
RB - Hoffman
CB - Mullen
CB - Boogaard
LB - Ki Je
CM - Poljak
CM - Watson
RAM - Carney
CAM - Leonardo
LAM - Alivodic
ST - Haliti

BK
Marlow
Kanta
Cooper
Milos

I'm not sure Milos will get his clearance through. I agree with your starting line up but would swap Marlow with Jackson and Milos with Pavicevic

[MFKS]

Would imagine that Milos would start ahead of Haliti or even Leonardo eventually, but fitness wise he probably isn't ready yet.

Kanta or Watson is another toss up, everyone is pretty well secure with their starting spot though.

GK - Birighitti
RB - Hoffman
CB - Mullen
CB - Boogaard
LB - Ki Je
CM - Poljak
CM - Watson
RAM - Carney
CAM - Leonardo
LAM - Alivodic
ST - Haliti

BK
Marlow
Kanta
Cooper
Milos


**** is that our best side???

Gonna be a long season once injuries/suspensions kick in if these blokes are the best we have at our disposal.

[Thomas477]

To me, the fact that Milos is having issues getting a visa is a disgrace. Why the **** do we have a club in a country where not all of our players can potentially play? It's a joke.

[Jeterpool]

To me, the fact that Milos is having issues getting a visa is a disgrace. Why the **** do we have a club in a country where not all of our players can potentially play? It's a joke.

It's not visa issues getting in here, is it? It's visa issues getting into NZ I thought.

[PC14]

It's not visa issues getting in here, is? It's visa issues getting into NZ I thought.

That's what I understood.

[belchardo]

can't believe we have a "braedyn" in the team.

[MFKS]

It's not visa issues getting in here, is it? It's visa issues getting into NZ I thought.

Generally speaking visas for Australia and NZ are pretty much same same.

If you can get one for Australia you get one for NZ just as easily.


What price someone at Jets HQ put the Kiwi application in late???

[Thomas477]

It's not visa issues getting in here, is it? It's visa issues getting into NZ I thought.

Yeah, meant why should Aus clubs sign players and have all paperwork signed off for them to play in that country, then not be able to get them to play 1 club coz of visa issues.

[The Dunster]

Generally speaking visas for Australia and NZ are pretty much same same.

If you can get one for Australia you get one for NZ just as easily.


What price someone at Jets HQ put the Kiwi application in late???

Yep. It's happened before with respect to a newly signed Jet not being eligible to play in NZ. Can't remember who it was though.

[belchardo]

montano?

[The Dunster]

montano?

I think so.

[borat]

Have heard very little about the performances of Leonardo so far. With the mid week Herald article with Miller talking up Mitch Cooper, can see Cooper in the starting team and Leonardo on the bench

[hawk]

When Wellington has scored first (15 occasions), the Jets have never won and only come back to draw twice

Well that should settle the game nice n early

[plague]

Can see Miller being one of those asshats that doesn't tell the players where they are playing till 5 mins before kickoff.
**** those coaches.

[Couscous]

I have decided to support the Jets in this game.

[hawk]

tough decision

[GazFish35]

Generally speaking visas for Australia and NZ are pretty much same same.

If you can get one for Australia you get one for NZ just as easily.


What price someone at Jets HQ put the Kiwi application in late???


When did we sign Milos?
NZ immigration "aim" for visa processing to be done in 25 days - I'd reckon that's working days given it's a government agency, so five weeks processing at best- and their own website says they only hit that target 75% of the time. Paperwork needs to include documents from current employers for special event visas, so the paperwork can't even be submitted until Milos is a contracted jets player.

Easy option to assume the club ****ed up.... Years of previous **** ups make it a reasonable assumption, but other clubs have issues with getting their visa players into NZ.

[Jetmaster]

Fully agree...thought exactly the same thing. Milos had to sign on the dotted line before a visa could be applied for.

Then you have to abide by the standard timeframes like every other government service. The world is much more cautious these days in granting status so you just have to be patient.

[MFKS]

When did we sign Milos?
NZ immigration "aim" for visa processing to be done in 25 days - I'd reckon that's working days given it's a government agency, so five weeks processing at best- and their own website says they only hit that target 75% of the time. Paperwork needs to include documents from current employers for special event visas, so the paperwork can't even be submitted until Milos is a contracted jets player.

Easy option to assume the club ****ed up.... Years of previous **** ups make it a reasonable assumption, but other clubs have issues with getting their visa players into NZ.

So if he can get a visa to be in Australia at the moment it is safe to assume he has a work visa and not a tourist visa.

If he has a tourist visa then he is legally not permitted to front up for anything related to the Jets such as Training and Media as he is in breach of his tourist visa

As he has been appearing at training and Jets promotions it is logical to assume he has the correct visa which is a working visa.

Secondly the club have had the last 4 months to sign a foreign striker. Leaving it as late as they have done to do so is no fault other than their own.
If he not play on Sunday then the issues for his absence lay squarely at the feet of the Jets for not getting their squad sorted and settled much earlier

[GazFish35]

If he not play on Sunday then the issues for his absence lay squarely at the feet of the Jets for not getting their squad sorted and settled much earlier

Agreed. But that's got little to do with NZ immigration and someone at the club submitting paperwork.


Australian 401 visas take 8-12 weeks. This process needs to happen before the Jerks are considered his employer by NZ Immigration, so the two visas needed can't be applied for simultaneously. Add the 25 working days for the NZ visa and you're looking at 13-17 weeks providing both government agencies meet their target in terms of processing time.

13 weeks ago.... Was the middle of July.
Bridges could have been in and out of the squad injured twice.

The club have said all along that due diligence will be done to make sure the right person turns up, we're at the arse end of the world paying peanuts, getting someone decent might mean we need to sacrifice playing them in NZ.

Shit takes time.

[Jetmaster]

Again agree with Gaz...we were cactus 4 months ago. The damage done at the start of the year will take a year or two to fix....minimum.

If you are not happy, just vision what we would be like now if Tinks and Stubbs were still in charge.

We have no money and as yet, no owner...a bit of levity needs to be applied here.

[stopper2]

Again agree with Gaz...we were cactus 4 months ago. The damage done at the start of the year will take a year or two to fix....minimum.

If you are not happy, just vision what we would be like now if Tinks and Stubbs were still in charge.

We have no money and as yet, no owner...a bit of levity needs to be applied here.

Agree mate, in reality we are still a club in ownership transition with FFA currently our "interim" owners.
Pointless to be too critical of the club whilst it goes through this transition period, just go with the flow.

[Grimario]

Shame we aren't playing at home this weekend. After an unfortunate event, I'll find myself in Newcastle on the weekend.

[WolfMan]

Shame we aren't playing at home this weekend. After an unfortunate event, I'll find myself in Newcastle on the weekend.

Sorry to hear you're back under trying circumstances. Best wishes

[outsider]

Referee Shaun Evans

[Jeterpool]

Referee Shaun Evans

Thanks mate

Summary - we're ****ed. Bloke makes himself the centre of attention and was the ref in our FFA cup match

[Thomas477]

Thanks mate

Summary - we're ****ed. Bloke makes himself the centre of attention and was the ref in our FFA cup match

I second Jeterpool's comment. Was also the ref who sent Biraz off in his first game for us.

[Tommyjet]

Referee Shaun Evans

Yeah we are doomed

[furns]

Milos' visa has been approved

[Jeterpool]

Milos' visa has been approved

Not surprised. They give credit cards to pretty much anyone these days.

[GazFish35]

Hope the member didn't any money of the club admin being late to submit paperwork.

[Hunter403]

Not a bad return on the Jets if they get up this weekend. Still, not good enough for me to take a chance on. As much as I want a win, I just can't see it. I also don't see us in the playoffs

[lil_masi]

I dont want to jinx things but are we about the only club in the league that have a full squad to choose from in rd 1? We've had a very good run in pre-season with the lack of injuries. I hope it continues. Prob down to Miller's background and Jones's initial input.

[The Postman]

With pretty much the whole team set in stone, the only big question marks are the no9 and no10 spots.

Miller has spoken pretty highly of Cooper this week but Leo has been with the team several weeks now. Milos is likely for the bench it seems with him only just getting clearance.

Will it be

Milos/Leo
Milos/Cooper
or
Labi/Leo
Labi/Cooper

[The Camel]

With pretty much the whole team set in stone, the only big question marks are the no9 and no10 spots.

Miller has spoken pretty highly of Cooper this week but Leo has been with the team several weeks now. Milos is likely for the bench it seems with him only just getting clearance.

Will it be

Milos/Leo
Milos/Cooper
or
Labi/Leo
Labi/Cooper

Whilst I know it won't happen I would love us to play a 4-3-3 with Poljak as the only holding midfielder with Leo and Cooper both playing.

[The Dunster]

Whilst I know it won't happen I would love us to play a 4-3-3 with Poljak as the only holding midfielder with Leo and Cooper both playing.

I'll be happy if we are less than 2-0 down in the first 15mins

[white city]

interesting to see Brennan being apart of the squad, he has been absent throughout the whole pre-season so very much an unknown commodity.

Was he injured meaning lack of inclusion thus far?

[Jetmaster]

First 15-20 mins will be critical. Old Jets culture meant the same cautious, slow starts and the feeling of deja vu.

Really hope there is some positive vibe to the way we play even if the result isn't favourable.

Was a bad night last night for all who left Newy (except Jado) - could be an omen.

[lil_masi]

interesting to see Brennan being apart of the squad, he has been absent throughout the whole pre-season so very much an unknown commodity.

Was he injured meaning lack of inclusion thus far?

He was injured

[plague]

Can't believe the bookie will give me back $1.80 for every $1 I give him.

Seems criminal.

[MFKS]

Can't believe the bookie will give me back $1.80 for every $1 I give him.

Seems criminal.
Nix paying $1.80 for the win are they???


Good value there

[plague]

Nix paying $1.80 for the win are they???


Good value there

Generally only suckers bet on week one games, but this looks too tempting.
Speaking of which my mates who bet the Wanderers last night thinking they were on a sure thing hahaha.

[hawk]

I dont want to jinx things but are we about the only club in the league that have a full squad to choose from in rd 1? We've had a very good run in pre-season with the lack of injuries. I hope it continues. Prob down to Miller's background and Jones's initial input.

lolol, impossible

[MFKS]

Generally only suckers bet on week one games, but this looks too tempting.
Speaking of which my mates who bet the Wanderers last night thinking they were on a sure thing hahaha.

This is the Newcastle Jets we are talking about here.

Week 1 or Week 27 makes no difference

They are guaranteed to disappoint us

[hawk]

This is the Newcastle Jets we are talking about here.

Week 1 or Week 27 makes no difference

They are guaranteed to disappoint us

but if you bet on the opposition you know what will happen.

[borat]

interesting to see Brennan being apart of the squad, he has been absent throughout the whole pre-season so very much an unknown commodity.

Was he injured meaning lack of inclusion thus far?

Brennan seems to have gotten the jump over Pavecevic who has been left behind. As has Marlow over Jackson..

Expecting Brennan and Lundy to be the players omitted.

With Miller stating that Haliti will start, seems to garuantee Milos and/or Leonardo will be benched

[Jeterpool]

Game day!!!

[MFKS]

Game day!!!

By my counts a 3 goal loss today will see us bottom

I backing we even can't achieve that

[GazFish35]

https://flights.webjet.com.au/Mobile/SearchResults/SearchInProgress?dontCache=28b4f4f8-4ca3-4f54-af29-453fe1cc2ef1

Book a flight back to Thailand and cheer the **** up.

[MFKS]

https://flights.webjet.com.au/Mobile/SearchResults/SearchInProgress?dontCache=28b4f4f8-4ca3-4f54-af29-453fe1cc2ef1

Book a flight back to Thailand and cheer the **** up.

Already done.
Done that about three days after getting back

February can't come soon enough ***

I believe I can even watch us over there but I will check to find out.
I know that bars had the NRL and AFL on live whilst I was there

[GazFish35]

Already done.
Done that about three days after getting back


You've only done half.

[joel31]

all the imports playing. its our predicted lineup

[Jeterpool]

Strapped in with beer....no idea what is going to happen.

You'll need more than one mate :)

[Jetmaster]

F*** me...Cockerill commentating instead of sheepshaggers, good start.

[hawk]

Carn you white bastards

[Imyourhero]

Anyone know of a live stream?

[hawk]

Get up ya fkn mars bar

[Retro Jet]

http://www.sportingvideo.net/20151011/vv56198d79858585.13453272-1165859.html

Cock-head commentating on that one too.

[MFKS]

The pleasing thing is that despite being unable to string two passes together we still haven't conceeded yet

[hawk]

top ball Carney

[weston]

Milos' head broken or something??

[Jetmaster]

Good start by Trif, Leo..meh.

[belchardo]

That wasn't a bad counter attack. Go with your head though son.

[Jeterpool]

Milos' head broken or something??

I reckon!

[hawk]

This ref is in bed with Wello, cnt

[Jeterpool]

How can they keep on shoving and giving afters? Evans is losing control of this match

[MFKS]

Probably the most pleasing thing to come out of pre season is Birraz's facial hair.

Top ****ing work

[belchardo]

Didn't realise wellington had changed their entire squad for a bunch of whining babies.

Too much space for the nix down our left.

[ForeverRed]

Leonardo looks like Brent Anderson with a sun tan

[belchardo]

Disappointing to see dura off. Love that guy.

[Retro Jet]

Dura not that durable...

[Jeterpool]

Dura not that durable...

Good one dad

[Jeterpool]

**** yes!!!!!

[MFKS]

What the **** happened???

[Retro Jet]

Nuttin wrong with Carneys head!

[belchardo]

Whoa. Nice reaction to the deflection. Crap marking though.

[WolfMan]

Safe to say, that wouldn't have happened if Durante was still on. Love the bloke, but it's good for us

[Jeterpool]

That's his first goal for us in the a-league

[The Postman]

Leonardo is taking his lumps today.

[Jeterpool]

Nuttin wrong with Carneys head!

He's got a scalp coloured target growing up there

[turbojetfireV8]

how do you watch it without it wanting you to sign up and give your credit card details???

[Jeterpool]

With refs like Evans no wonder williams and Gillett got professional contracts

[belchardo]

How did muscat get away with that?

[Jeterpool]

How did muscat get away with that?

Evans is the ref. He hates us

[MFKS]

This ref biggest home town ref ever

[Jeterpool]

Just thought "Hoffs given him too much room here"

Damn

[MFKS]

Typical Newy

Business as usual.

[belchardo]

Just thought "when was the last time we went into half time in the lead with a clean sheet?" Sorry everybody.

[Retro Jet]

Generous 2 min...`

[Jetmaster]

Overall defence looks solid but not much going forward...could be alot of 1-0, 1-1 scores this season.

[NewyTy]

Literally posted a 1-0 graphic to my site's Twitter page as that went in. I'll take part of the blame for that one. Tough one to take on half time but a very winnable game if we play in a similar style. Carney putting in a great effort and good to see the whole squad getting behind the ball on defence.

[Retro Jet]

Fox A-League app still has last years draw/results etc.
Ultimate A-League app has this game as 'upcoming'.

Football app Nerds: NFI & GTFO!

[MFKS]

http://www.tsmplug.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/football-parking-the-bus-300x238.jpg

I wonder if Millertimes halftime speech changes the tactics from this


http://www.tsmplug.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/football-parking-the-bus-300x238.jpg

To this.


FFS Mourihnio will be suing the Jets tomorrow for stealing his game plan



Have a go you ****s

[Jeterpool]

I told you all this ref hates us

[Retro Jet]

Birrazzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Jeterpool]

He looks fazed

[WolfMan]

That was never a penalty. Well done saving what would have been a grave injustice

[Jeterpool]

Leo looks ok but not the same wavelength as the others

[WolfMan]

Leo looks ok but not the same wavelength as the others

My thoughts exactly. Not underdone physically, but just off the pace somehow.

[Retro Jet]

Get into the area lads for our pen equaliser...

[hawk]

McGlinchy is a still a annoying turd. Someone snap him

[lquiquer]

Honestly we r shit.....

[Jeterpool]

Honestly we r shit.....

But are we as shit as last year?

[baldrick]

But are we as shit as last year?

I don't think we are..

[lquiquer]

But are we as shit as last year?

After 66min YES....

[joel31]

Hows Milos been?

[Jeterpool]

I don't think we are..

Nor do I.

Last year we couldn't score and conceded. This year we just look like we can't score

[joel31]

from the snippets I've seen Lee has been woeful

[Jeterpool]

Hows Milos been?

Isolated

[Jeterpool]

from the snippets I've seen Lee has been woeful

I think he's struggled too

[joel31]

Hows Leonardo been?

[Jeterpool]

Game needs labi

[Jeterpool]

Hows Leonardo been?

See my post before.




Yessssssss!!!!

[WolfMan]

Gotta be made of Milos!!

[joel31]

Milossssssssssssssssss

[joel31]

Great ball from carney. Looks like he'll be the star this year

[Jeterpool]

Anyone else see de bohun in the crowd with us after the goal?

[boz-monaut]

this sort of second half goal against the run of play is supposed to be against us

now we've got to wait 20 minutes to lose to a similar goal

[ForeverRed]

If we play two holding mids and one up front at home I won't be happy

[Wilso8948]

Anyone see Damien debohun sitting with jets fans? When that goal went in

[Jeterpool]

Anyone see Damien debohun sitting with jets fans? When that goal went in

Yep!

[joel31]

I think Kanta has been solid since he came on

[Wilso8948]

Anyone else see de bohun in the crowd with us after the goal?

Beat me to it

[leftrightout]

Hows Leonardo been?
I think it's a hard game to properly gauge their performances. It's been very much a park the bus and counter attack.
It's not entertaining and I'd think it's because we are away in Wellington but it's nice to see an actual game plan. We are obviously sitting back and it's worked ok. We will **** it though!

I'm not his biggest fan but time for haliti to come on and run his guts out.

[Jetmaster]

LOL at the half dozen posts before the goal.

[belchardo]

Great ball and good to see a fairly clinical finish from a forward!

[MFKS]

Righito.

How we ****ing this up tonight???

We know its coming.

Who can call how it happens??

[Retro Jet]

Booooogs. Oh dear son.
Reputation sticks.

[WolfMan]

10 men should do it MFKS

[Wilso8948]

Righito.

How we ****ing this up tonight???

We know its coming.

Who can call how it happens??

Had to go there didn't u

[lquiquer]

But are we as shit as last year?

After 70 NO.... :roflz:

[joel31]

was that 2nd yellow

[Retro Jet]

Piss poor yellow though Shaun
Home game pen and red.
FOAD toad

[The Postman]

Chip off the old block

Soft 2nd card though

[Jeterpool]

Red card 9 in fixture. All at Westpac stadium

[MFKS]

Had to go there didn't u

Hey this is way to early to be the defining moment. We will leave it late as per usual

[Retro Jet]

Now, this is where Millers fitness training kicks in....or not.

[WolfMan]

2 things - Milos is so smart. Drawing fouls at this time is pure gold. And now Birraz with a phantom leg pain. Excellent

[hawk]

Evans must boof his nan to be this stupid

[MFKS]

Evans must boof his nan to be this stupid

So you reckon he is Gypo???

[weston]

If that ball was in the quarter circle for that corner than I'll **** a dead cat

[Jeterpool]

So you reckon he is Gypo???

He's worse

[WolfMan]

It's over - Cockerill just gave us the kiss of death. Asshole

[hawk]

5 added?

[Jeterpool]

Now Evans time. He'll give the nix 10 minutes here

[MFKS]

Birraz came for a cross. FMD

[boz-monaut]

with Bridges not involved in the club, these players don't know the genius move of taking it to the corner flag and waiting for 6–8 minutes

[WolfMan]

Take the goal out of it even, a fantastic debut from Milos IMHO

[WolfMan]

Birraz came for a cross. FMD

Still don't believe it

[Retro Jet]

Errr...Mitch Cooper captain for next week? :lol:

[boz-monaut]

that ball across the goals would normally have gone in

who is this team in white?

this sort of thing doesn't happen to the Jets

[Jeterpool]

Suck on that Shaun Evans

[WolfMan]

Yessssss!

[hawk]

interesting

[lquiquer]

Miracle... :lulzturtle:

[joel31]

is this real life?

[Jeterpool]

I now remember this feeling. We calling "winning", right?

[NewyTy]

Amazing win but not good we'll be without Booguard next week. Still, a great way to start the new season.

[turbojetfireV8]

red card to Boogaard needs to be looked at by review panel, what a joke...

[joel31]

I now remember this feeling. We calling "winning", right?
I have never felt this feeling before. Should I be happy or sad?

[GazFish35]

Jeterpool.

When was the last time we won away in round1?

[joel31]

so the tipped bottom 3 are now top 3

[the blue manc]

jets win,jets win. wooooh yeah. i knew they could do it.

[MFKS]

Jeterpool.

When was the last time we won away in round1?
I don't think we ever have.

We rarely win rd 1 anyway I recall beating Heart and Nix at home in Rd 1 but recall nothing on the road

[MFKS]

I have never felt this feeling before. Should I be happy or sad?

Just don't grow attached is probably the best words of advice anyone can give you now.

[Thomas477]

Da **** are we doing winning? Birraz :wub:

Little concerned about the fitness though, hopefully it was just we were across the Dutch and didn't have possession.


red card to Boogaard needs to be looked at by review panel, what a joke...

Won't happen, 2 yellows, can't be overturned unless they went to the wrong player.

[Jeterpool]

Jeterpool.

When was the last time we won away in round1?

I don't think we have. Check tomorrow. Too busy celebrating!

[turbojetfireV8]

Won't happen, 2 yellows, can't be overturned unless they went to the wrong player.

softer than Kiwi butter though, hardly touched him, corrupt Evans...


Footnote: BUttersoft, Kiwi brand, soft as bro... ;)

[foti68]

We really struggled in the Midfield Watson was very ordinary and Polak was hardly seen in the game I think id rather Kanta there than Watson

[Retro Jet]

softer than Kiwi butter though, hardly touched him, corrupt Evans...


Footnote: BUttersoft, Kiwi brand, soft as bro... ;)

I do like their Colby though...

[380]

We really struggled in the Midfield Watson was very ordinary and Polak was hardly seen in the game I think id rather Kanta there than Watson


Agreed, Watson was a dead set passenger. Christ he is slow.

[Beeen]

love the trif :blush:

[plague]

Someone tell Carney its time to let it go.
http://theprodigyfanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/keith-flint.jpg

[turbojetfireV8]

http://www.sportingvideo.net/20151011/vv56198d79858585.13453272-1165859.html

Is there any way/trick to get rid of the captions to sign in without having to give BT your credit card details???1164

[joel31]

Is there any way/trick to get rid of the captions to sign in without having to give BT your credit card details???1164
click on the little grey x's. the one in middle of the screen not the corner of the thing. Its not bt your giving your credit card to.
You can always go full screen btw

[turbojetfireV8]

click on the little grey x's. the one in middle of the screen not the corner of the thing. Its not bt your giving your credit card to.
You can always go full screen btw
Yeah, did try that (both) but that's when I kept getting create account option - started to fill it in only to get asked for credit card...

[la bazzle]

Great result in what is always going to be a terrible game to watch. Birraz what a legend

[joel31]

Yeah, did try that (both) but that's when I kept getting create account option - started to fill it in only to get asked for credit card...
there are 2 other x's. That aren't in the corner of those boxes. if you click those the ads should go away

[hawk]

3pts Carney
2pts Alivodic
1pt Je & Bizza

[scarfy96]

When was the last time we won away in round1?
05-06 - lost home Adelaide 0-1
06-07 - drew away Auckland 0-0
07-08 - drew away Perth 0-0
08-09 - drew home Mariners 1-1
09-10 - WON HOME Wellington 3-2
10-11 - drew away Adelaide 0-0
11-12 - WON HOME Melb Heart 3-2
12-13 - lost home Adelaide 0-2
13-14 - lost away Sydney 0-2
14-15 - lost away Mariners 0-1

So the answer is NEVER won away from home in the first round. New club record.

[turbojetfireV8]

there are 2 other x's. That aren't in the corner of those boxes. if you click those the ads should go away

Dang, only saw the one in the middle, missed the other one, will know next time ;) Thanks!

[scarfy96]

Is it also the first time an import striker has scored on debut for the club?

My head is spinning time lines don't compute, reality is distorted, I have jumped to a parallel universe with different fundamental laws of physics.

[lquiquer]

3pts Carney
2pts Alivodic
1pt Je & Bizza

3. Birraz
2. Milosh
1. Kanta

[Imyourhero]

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[stopper2]

05-06 - lost home Adelaide 0-1
06-07 - drew away Auckland 0-0
07-08 - drew away Perth 0-0
08-09 - drew home Mariners 1-1
09-10 - WON HOME Wellington 3-2
10-11 - drew away Adelaide 0-0
11-12 - WON HOME Melb Heart 3-2
12-13 - lost home Adelaide 0-2
13-14 - lost away Sydney 0-2
14-15 - lost away Mariners 0-1

So the answer is NEVER won away from home in the first round. New club record.

Good pick-up, all up only the 3rd win in 11 seasons for the opening round.

[rhysd]

Milos. Only going to get better. Kanta with poljak would be the change.

Jackson into cb?

[plague]

Can only think that gypo Boogaard is going to do a reverse McBreen on us and white ant our season.
Bloke is a discrace all you Mongs applauding him as captain should hang your heads.
Miller out.

[Couscous]

Proud to be a Jets supporter today.

I'll definitely be supporting Newy in round two, too.

[Beeen]

Is it also the first time an import striker has scored on debut for the club?

My head is spinning time lines don't compute, reality is distorted, I have jumped to a parallel universe with different fundamental laws of physics.

Milton did if i remember right. Double in Sydney?

[scarfy96]

Milton did if i remember right. Double in Sydney?

Well if he becomes as popular as Milton ....

[GazFish35]

Listened to the game on abc, only just saw the 2nd goal.

That assist from Carney. Wow.

[hawk]

That assist from Carney. Wow.

He did another earlier but old mate fkd his scissor kick volley from 4 yards

[furns]

can confirm amazing scenes in away bay

[belchardo]

De bohun tell you when we're being sold????

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

We were pretty solid defensively against a decent side, poor old Milos was feeding off less than scraps though.The passion/commitment etc was good to see and hopefully sets a decent foundation but the lack of attacking intent will obviously have to change.
Also, Boogard's second yellow was soft, but still a yellow.
Mullen's challenge was a pen.

[Jeterpool]

So apparently Bonevacia's goal was actually accredited as an oggie to Ki-Je.

[Jeterpool]

05-06 - lost home Adelaide 0-1
06-07 - drew away Auckland 0-0
07-08 - drew away Perth 0-0
08-09 - drew home Mariners 1-1
09-10 - WON HOME Wellington 3-2
10-11 - drew away Adelaide 0-0
11-12 - WON HOME Melb Heart 3-2
12-13 - lost home Adelaide 0-2
13-14 - lost away Sydney 0-2
14-15 - lost away Mariners 0-1

So the answer is NEVER won away from home in the first round. New club record.

Thanks for posting that.


Is it also the first time an import striker has scored on debut for the club?

My head is spinning time lines don't compute, reality is distorted, I have jumped to a parallel universe with different fundamental laws of physics.

Nope, 6 players have scored on their debut for the club. 4 have been Visa players


Milton did if i remember right. Double in Sydney?

Milton was one of them, correct. The others are Vaughan Coveny, Joey Gibbs and Byun Sung-Hwan and James Holland

[Jeterpool]

Need some help everyone - did Kanta get a yellow card yesterday? I don't recall him getting one but I'm reading mixed reports.

[cobra23]

Need some help everyone - did Kanta get a yellow card yesterday? I don't recall him getting one but I'm reading mixed reports.

Yeah Kanta one,

He picked the ball up to stop a quick free kick..

[Wilso8948]

Can anyone clear up what Boogs first yellow was for? As it was immediately after a challenge made by Watson. Maybe back chat?

[borat]

We really struggled in the Midfield Watson was very ordinary and Polak was hardly seen in the game I think id rather Kanta there than Watson

No way, Watson and Poljak were superb. Would love to see how much possession the Nix had because we handed over the ball all game. Watson and Poljak always got themselves behind the ball which was why the Nix struggled to create any good chances.

Our attacking players need to hold the ball a lot better and not push the pass so much, but saw enough to to think that it will come given a few games.

[Bon]

Had to take in to consideration that a) the ref was an absolute joke, and b) the game was in NZ, where we always play like a pack of munters..
A few points I was thinking during the game:
- We seemed to be a split second behind the play. As in, the ball would drop and then the players would think "oh we should go for that", as opposed to be anticipating and there. Just didn't look that sharp.
- Watson looked nervous as hell and a bit out of his depth on the ball. I don't know, everyone has a bad day..
- I am a big fan of Lee Ki Je, normally he is really good, but he had a shocker compared to his usual standard..
- Cabbage Carney. Can attack and go forward, doesnt like to come back and defend..
- Birraz was outstanding (apart from his kicking game, but looked like everyone was slipping over on the surface)
- Milos looked awesome for the limited time he got on the ball. Very isolated there, but we were sitting back a lot. When he did get it though, he did his job.. Also knew how to milk a foul and waste time towards the end when it was necessary..

Its about time we got some luck and ground out a result like that. Great to see..
We didn't look anywhere near a finished product, but I still think the signs are positive..

[Mark325]

For how little ball he got Milos looked good, seemed to have a bit of pace and some strength, good in front of goals and good time waster. A bit more service and we could have a top goal scorer

Leonardo may come good with a little more game time under his belt cause he was underwhelming all game. Good fitness, and flashes of a good touch and good passes but he tended to lose the ball often and turn over possession. Carney was on point once he started getting into the game as well, got a goal and an assist. Gonna be our main man this season. Enver looked alright, took a while to get into the game and didn't get much going even when he did.

Watson and Poljak did okay, whenever I noticed Watson though he was giving away fouls, average passing and behind compared to everyone else. Hardly even noticed Poljak, was hard at work whenever I did though, going from helping out in the defence to getting the ball back into the our attacking third. Got better in the second half, I thought Kanta was a lot more lively when he came on and should be the starter next to Watson

Lee had moments of brilliance but was mostly pretty poor. The play and cross to set up carney was beautiful but outside of that performed well below the quality we've all seen him play at. I hardly noticed Hoffman all game. Mullen and Boogard are overall a solid backline, Boogard looks good as we know, thought he was unlucky with the second yellow.

Birraz was a beast, made some incredible saves and even went in on some crosses and made a few risky saves that could've got him clocked. Only thing is his distribution off goal kicks is shocking, not one went to our player and by the end kanta just started taking them.

Overall there was positives and negatives. With a few more games to gel and some of these players coming into their element we're gonna have a good team that can challenge for top 6, definitively better then last season already

[hawk]

Remember Miller is focusing on defence at this stage. Ill be happy with parking the bus and winning 1-0 every week

[Couscous]

Nicht gut.

http://i.imgur.com/8VMZN4K.png

[hawk]

Need some help everyone - did Kanta get a yellow card yesterday? I don't recall him getting one but I'm reading mixed reports.

thought he got one when challenging near our box. we did that a bit.

[leftrightout]

Nicht gut.

http://i.imgur.com/8VMZN4K.png

GVE would be having a heart attack, we lost pretty much every stat but won the game!

[MFKS]

Remember Miller is focusing on defence at this stage. Ill be happy with parking the bus and winning 1-0 every week

Parking the bus and winning is one thing.

The way we do it though is ****ed.


After Milos got the goal to put us up we offered nothing on the counter and never really looked solid that we were gonna see it out.

Either we look to counter and make it 3 or we have to take more control of the last 20 mins when in front.



It was only down to a poor Nix outfit who were not on their game that we held on.

This white knuckle shit this club employs to hold on to a win needs to change big time otherwise we will drop more points late playing as we did yesterday

[Jetmaster]

I think being down to 10 men had a say in the last 10 mins.

They won - end of.

[ForeverRed]

Parking the bus and winning is one thing.

The way we do it though is ****ed.


After Milos got the goal to put us up we offered nothing on the counter and never really looked solid that we were gonna see it out.

Either we look to counter and make it 3 or we have to take more control of the last 20 mins when in front.



It was only down to a poor Nix outfit who were not on their game that we held on.

This white knuckle shit this club employs to hold on to a win needs to change big time otherwise we will drop more points late playing as we did yesterday
I'll be pissed off if we play one up front and two holding mids at home, home is for attacking.

[baldrick]

If Andrew Durante had not been injured early, might have been a different story too.

Nix defence went to shite after that

[MFKS]

I think being down to 10 men had a say in the last 10 mins.

They won - end of.

Whether we had 10 men V the Nixs 12 is irrelevant

We have tried closing out leads like that for the last 5 years. There is a consistent negative pattern we have as a club where we try to shut up shop and stop playing.

We don't even look to break hard and score on the counter. We show no interest in scoring in the last 20 mins when we lead. Opportunity is there to punish the opposition yet we dog it and refuse to try

[WolfMan]

MFKS, I have some concerning news for you. You've won the lottery. I'm sorry to have to deliver this awful news to you on a public forum. #PrayForMFKS

[Retro Jet]

So apparently Bonevacia's goal was actually accredited as an oggie to Ki-Je.

Yeah...from the camera shot from behind it looked like it was going to spray past Birraz LH post!

[GazFish35]

Didn't watch. No fox.

Great result.

Result.... an important word.


My concern, our two centre backs, one gets two yellows the other gives away a penalty.
Hope JP bangs their heads together.


****in' good result though!!!!
Chelsea won an EPL title playing like that with far superior players.

[Jetmaster]

Tough three weeks now against the three top sides - if we can win one of these games (or maybe even two draws), we are well above expectations already.

[Frodo]

New Coach
New Players
New System
Nix are a fluid attack-minded team
and your away from home....

Great choice of tactics to start the season with.

Also Member you need to get some perspective mate. We won 3 games last year and haven't made the finals in forever... we need to become a team that can compete in the league before we can start picking and choosing how we want to play. We hired a Fitness coach who's experience is in the Championship. We were always going to start off playing like this. Once we've played say 5-10 games we can properly comment on his tactics.

Until then we will have to stick to telling the Gypos that they havent won our love yet and giggling at the audacity of that first half bicycle/half salmon dive miss from Milosh... Hasn't he seen his own head lately??? Use that you tit! haha.

[leftrightout]

Tough three weeks now against the three top sides - if we can win one of these games (or maybe even two draws), we are well above expectations already.

But aren't we a top 3 side along with scum and brisbane?

[Jetmaster]

Top three "tipped" sides.

The ones the Fox team spunk over every week.

[leftrightout]

Top three "tipped" sides.

The ones the Fox team spunk over every week.

Haha i knew what you meant, just as a jets fan seems like a long time since we could even joke about that kind of thing

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

My concern, our two centre backs, one gets two yellows the other gives away a penalty.
Hope JP bangs their heads together.




Mullen and Boogard are both very risky defenders. love to dive in and make a challenge and sometimes in very poor positions. They are a definite upgrade on what we had, but cards and penalties are par for the course when the play.
There will be plenty of opportunities for young Jackson or muata marlow this year (obviously starting next week with Boogard's suspension)

[plague]

The Member is right on this one.
Jets have changed nowt since last year.
It's in their heads.
A decent coach would have turned that around.
Yet to see anything that suggests it has.

[RAM]

Good win, Carney is still a fat ****.

New striker looks old and slow but smart enough to make up for it.

Birra still looks like a kid pretending to be a grown up.

[Jetmaster]

Carney on the way to being our team cvnt this year, something we have lacked recently.

[Bon]

Someone tell Carney its time to let it go.
http://theprodigyfanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/keith-flint.jpg

Pretty spot on.. For some reason I kept thinking of either of these two:
http://www.zuguide.com/images/483/483.0.570.359.jpg

and (with which the caption is pretty damn spot on, haha)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q0IZ0MPp5wg/TcKu6zPuQqI/AAAAAAAAJAA/Q34K5A-b1BY/s1600/scrooge%2Bmcduck.png

[The Dunster]

http://renegades.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/theres-something-about-mary-hair-gel-diaz.jpg

[MFKS]

The Member is right on this one.
Jets have changed nowt since last year.
It's in their heads.
A decent coach would have turned that around.
Yet to see anything that suggests it has.

Slow down

Take some medicine.

It sounds like you are agreeing with me.

Who hacked your account???

[plague]

Slow down

Take some medicine.

It sounds like you are agreeing with me.

Who hacked your account???

nah cuz.
I am always the first to dap you up when you make a good point.
I'm also generally the first to point out when you're being an absolute pelican.

I'm like Bill O'Reilly and Fox News, fair and balanced.