15/16 HAL Round 15 | Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix | Sunday 17/01/16 ko 500pm

[Jeterpool]

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

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 26 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 7, Phoenix Wins - 15, Drawn - 4


In Newcastle – 11 matches.
Jets Wins - 4, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 1
In New Zealand - 15
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 9, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10222
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8962

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 30, Phoenix - 51
In Newcastle -
Jets – 18, Phoenix - 19

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 10, Phoenix - 15

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 52 (46 yellow, 6 red), Phoenix 44 (41 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LDLLL (1 points from last 15)
Phoenix - LDLLD (2 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (4)
Phoenix – Roy Krishna (6)

Last Result -
Jets 2 (Carney 30', Trifunovic 71') – Phoenix 1 (Ki-Je o.g 45+1') at Westpac Stadium, A-League, Round 1, 11/10/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 1

Newcastle JetsWellington Phoenix
Mark BirighittiGlen Moss
Jason HoffmanLouis Fenton
Daniel MullenAndrew Durante
Nigel BoogaardBen Sigmund
Ki-Je LeeManny Muscat
Mateo PoljakAlbert Riera
Cameron WatsonRoly Bonevacia
Leonardo Vitor SantiagoVince Lia
David CarneyMichael McGlinchey
Enver AlivodicBlake Powell
Milos TrifunovicRoy 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, Season 2013/14, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 2010/11 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 CardsRed - Second BookableStraight Red
1Mark Birighitti131301115900100
2Daniel Mullen770063000100
3Jason Hoffman131301116700600
4Nigel Boogaard10100187900110
5Ben Kantarovski131212106720400
6Cameron Watson1394580100300
7Enver Alivodic141403119610100
8Mateo Poljak141400126001200
9Milos Trifunovic131303115540400
10Leonardo Vitor Santiago770652701000
11Labinot Haliti21112400000
12Andy Brennan0000000000
13Ki-Je Lee880072001100
14Mitch Cooper514110800000
15Themba Muata-Marlow0000000000
17Radovan Pavicevic50508200200
18Josh Barresi0000000000
20Ben Kennedy211010100000
22Lachlan Jackson1082272800000
23David Carney131301116823600
24Nick Cowburn945141500100
25Brandon Lundy10107500000
27Braedyn Crowley716018900000
28Ryan Kitto853539601000
29Andrew Pawiak0000000000
40Blake Tuxford0000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Scott Miller - 1 win, Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Scott Miller - 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
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 36% win ratio (9 wins, 6 drawn, 10 losses)




KEY FACTS:

General

The last first half goal the Jets scored was in Rd 1 this season against the Phoenix. It was scored by David Carney.
A loss or draw this week will equal the Jets record of consecutive winless matches (11).
The Jets haven't receive a penalty against Wellington at home in over 8 years.
On average, there are 3 goals scored in this fixture.
There have been 9 red cards in this fixture however none of them have been issued at Hunter Stadium.



Players

3 goals were put past Mark Birighitti in the two matches at Hunter Stadium against the Nix.
Leonardo's only away appearance this season was against the Phoenix in Rd 1. His other appearances have all come at home.
Mark Birighitti saved a Roy Krishna penalty in the last match.



Coaches

Ernie Merrick's Phoneix teams have scored 24 goals in the last 30 minutes of a match. Merrick's Phoneix team have scored 36 goals in total.
Scott Miller has equalled the longest winless streak for a Jets coach in the A-League over the weekend, held by Phil Stubbins (twice).



Newcastle Jets

The Jets biggest win in their history came against Wellington Phoenix
The Jets have scored in 6 consecutive matches against the Phoenix.
Last weekend was the third match this season where the Jets failed to have a shot on target.
As has been widely publicised, the Jets need to by the 50th minute to prevent becoming the team to have the longest goaless streak in the league



Wellington Phoenix

Wellington scored 3 goals in 5 minutes during their last visit to Hunter Sadium.
The Phoenix are also struggling with their own form, having taken 2 points from their last 5 matches.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

Wont be attending. Will lose. Won't score. Will execute game plan well though.

Will/Wont.

[Hunter403]

New record coming up. As I enjoy putting myself in a miserable state each weekend I will attend, get angry then despondent then wander home, yell at the kids and kick the dog.

[hawk]

boycotting Sunday games. fk you ffa

[redwah]

What do we have? 19 minutes to score to not get the all time record.......all out attack h....2-3-5....score early (please)....make some subs or keep going, don't care just don't get that record.

[plague]

we'll win

[MFKS]

What do we have? 19 minutes to score to not get the all time record.......all out attack h....2-3-5....score early (please)....make some subs or keep going, don't care just don't get that record.

Bullshit.

I say we get the record and then give ourselves something to chase in the future.

Nothing like setting ourselves a challenge

[Hunter403]

we'll win

what are you smoking and where can i get it?

[Jeterpool]

What do we have? 19 minutes to score to not get the all time record.......all out attack h....2-3-5....score early (please)....make some subs or keep going, don't care just don't get that record.

Here you go. from the preview



Newcastle Jets

As has been widely publicised, the Jets need to by the 50th minute to prevent becoming the team to have the longest goaless streak in the league

[plague]

what are you smoking and where can i get it?

Folks are out there on me for being too negative.
I'm trying to be positive.

Are you enjoying the new Plague?

[WolfMan]

Folks are out there on me for being too negative.
I'm trying to be positive.

Are you enjoying the new Plague?

I'd prefer the Black Plague to be honest

[Wilso8948]

I'd prefer the Black Plague to be honest

Aint nobody got time for dat

[halo se7en]

Pretty sure it's 47 minutes for those playing at home. I thought we were up to 559 and the Knoughts were sitting on 606. I'm almost willing it to happen - feels like we'll have achieved something this season.

[Jeterpool]

Pretty sure it's 47 minutes for those playing at home. I thought we were up to 559 and the Knoughts were sitting on 606. I'm almost willing it to happen - feels like we'll have achieved something this season.

Yep you're right. I calculated on 609.

[Rocknerd]

Durante will foul Milos in the box on the 7th minute allowing us a reprieve grom the record then we'll go on to lose 1-4 with a game full of wonderful tavtics being poorly executed and foolish substitutions which defend a losing game rather than attacking it.

[hawk]

Folks are out there on me for being too negative.
I'm trying to be positive.

Are you enjoying the new Plague?

fk them. Stick to your guns because you can handle the damn truth.

btw, All our fans are the best as no others would back a backward club for this long.

.....cheers have another scotch if watching the game

[plague]

fk them. Stick to your guns because you can handle the damn truth.


Yeah I was just tricking to see if anyone out there expects me to be anything but an asshole on here.

As usual Hawk is fully woke.

[Jeterpool]

Durante will foul Milos in the box on the 7th minute allowing us a reprieve grom the record then we'll go on to lose 1-4 with a game full of wonderful tavtics being poorly executed and foolish substitutions which defend a losing game rather than attacking it.

That'd be interesting. We haven't scored a goal that early since 3/11/2012

[Jeterpool]

Also, we haven't won a match in January since 12/1/2013 - 3 years ago.

The last 6 wins in January have come against teams from Qld - Roar (3), Gold Coast (2) and North Qld.

[halo se7en]

Jets 6-0.... Trif & Leo hat-tricks. Records will be getting smashed all over the place.

[Superdylan]

I remember a couple years ago when we won 5-0 against the Phoenix and didn't expect it at all.

But yeah not going to predict anything. Also we haven't won a Sunday game at home since November 2013.

[Jeterpool]

I remember a couple years ago when we won 5-0 against the Phoenix and didn't expect it at all.

But yeah not going to predict anything. Also we haven't won a Sunday game at home since November 2013.

Yep - Taggz hattrick against Heart

[hawk]

Also, we haven't won a match in January since 12/1/2013 - 3 years ago.


JP with a left hook reality check. cop that suckers

[weston]

Bastards better put on a show. I already feel like I have wasted my money and I haven't even bought tickets yet.

[Jeterpool]

Bastards better put on a show. I already feel like I have wasted my money and I haven't even bought tickets yet.

Are you down for the match?

[Bon]

You going to get a run in the middle smashing blokes again, Jeterpool?

[Jeterpool]

You going to get a run in the middle smashing blokes again, Jeterpool?

Ha ha mate that was great fun but I retired after that run.

[weston]

Bastards better put on a show. I already feel like I have wasted my money and I haven't even bought tickets yet.

I sure am. In Nowra at the moment. Heading to newcastle on Sunday and staying for a few days.

[outsider]

Referee Jarred Gillett

[Jeterpool]

Referee Jarred Gillett

Shit

[belchardo]

Shit

Like the ref matters. We're perfectly capable of losing this without help. :brrr:

[Jeterpool]

THE REFEREE: – Jarred Gillett

Has officiated 17 Jets A-League matches.
The Jets have a W-D-L record of 4-4-9.
He has awarded 3 penalties for the Jets and 5 against.
This is the 3rd Jets match he will officiate this season.
The Jets have lost the two previous occasions Gillett has refereed Jets v Phoenix. (0-4 and 0-1)
In the last 5 Jets matches Gillett has officiated, he has booked 20 Jets players and 8 from the opposition.

[Jetmaster]

Holidays, day out, suck some weak piss, catch up with mates, spend the second mortgage on a burger and chips, maybe catch some rays.

Anything that happens on the field will be a bonus.

[hawk]

Holidays, day out, suck some weak piss, catch up with mates, spend the second mortgage on a burger and chips, maybe catch some rays.

Anything that happens on the field will be a bonus.

just need to go about it the right way.


Gillett =

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000861443775/tFl87CB2.jpeg

[MFKS]

Jeterpool how far your stats go back??

Re our stat of not scoring in forever and new record coming tomorrow one

I remember back in the Breakers days we went through another drought in about 1994. We went 7 games or something without scoring.

Remember one Sunday arvo after a Friday Wash Out we were down 1-0 at Breakers Stadium against Adelaide City at HT.

The heavens opened and everyone ended up in the grandstand


We turned it on in the second half and Warren Spink bundled a right wing cross from Bobby Naumov in from close range. Place went off.

Barely a minute later we were behind again when Damaien Mori got put through 1 on 1 and made no mistake slotting past keeper.

Joy to Heartbreak in 60 seconds.


The Joys of supporting Newy Football


Anyway how does the Jets impending shooting blanks record stack up with this one??

[Jeterpool]

I've only got jets stats. ToddNBUnited is the man for stuff further back

[plague]

It's amazing that we live in a world where it seems that Jeterpool is the only person with access to the Internet.

He must be some sort of royalty or sumthin.

[Jeterpool]

It's amazing that we live in a world where it seems that Jeterpool is the only person with access to the Internet.

He must be some sort of royalty or sumthin.

:rof:

[MFKS]

It's amazing that we live in a world where it seems that Jeterpool is the only person with access to the Internet.

He must be some sort of royalty or sumthin.

Just paying the man his due respects for his wonderful knowledge of stats.

Why Google it when you can go to the sauce of googles stats??

[plague]

Just paying the man his due respects for his wonderful knowledge of stats.

Why Google it when you can go to the sauce of googles stats??

nah, you're just being lazy.

[Jeterpool]

Just paying the man his due respects for his wonderful knowledge of stats.

Why Google it when you can go to the sauce of googles stats??

I don't need your respects thanks

[lquiquer]

I don't need your respects thanks

U got mine...but being a LFC fan is not helping your cause mate

[belchardo]

I don't need your respects thanks

:brrr:

[Hunter403]

I don't need your respects thanks


But he will take your love

[Blackmac79]

I for one am keen for today.

If your going to be rubbish. Better of doing it with pride.

[weston]

I'm pretty keen. But damned I won't be there to watch much, if any of the women though. It was a struggle leaving my mrs mother in Nowra. On the road now though so hopefully no delays or I will be pissed.

[Superdylan]

Sunday game, puddles everywhere (shoes likely to get wet through), likelyhood chance we will be scoreless again meaning we break the a-league scoreless draught record, no chance of winning.

Add to the fact I am on antibiotics means I have to watch this sober. Fml.

Nix 4-0 today anything closer is a bonus.

[Tommyjet]

So if the 47 min passes and we without a goal are we all gonna rise and applaud. And if your close enough to Miller like I am yell some profanity

[hawk]

FB nerds be happy with our situation, everyone support more!.....lulz. we will score

[The Dunster]

Jets playing 4-4-2. Why didn't anyone here think of that ?

And we score.

[Hunter403]

Finally!

[Retro Jet]

Jets playing 4-4-2. Why didn't anyone here think of that ?

And we score.

TYVM Nix.
NZ can keep that record.....for now lol

[Hunter403]

442. What a novel idea. Wish I'd thought it. No wonder SM gets the big bucks. Now if we can string more than 3 passes together

[Hunter403]

We might have 4 in midfield but we are being outplayed there

[Hunter403]

Joygasm!

[The Dunster]

He's brilliant this Miller bloke. Why hadn't anyone here thought about changing to a 4-4-2 formation ?

[belchardo]

Well **** me! Plenty of time to lose though.

[The Dunster]

Well **** me! Plenty of time to lose though.

If Miller goes back to the old formation and attempts to protect the lead by parking the bus then a loss will be on the cards.

More goals would be my preference.

[Hunter403]

We'll park the bus. Just watch

[Roundball Enthusiast]

Well.. This could get interesting.

If we concede one, we'll concede two.

[Hunter403]

Kanta's an idiot

[Hunter403]

Well there's a surprise. Bus parked. Keys thrown away and hang on by your fingertips

[Hunter403]

Eating above words now.

[belchardo]

Kanta's an idiot

Agree. Not sure how durante gets away with slapping him in the head though!

[Hunter403]

Agree. Not sure how durante gets away with slapping him in the head though!

Def worth a yellow

[belchardo]

Squeaky bum cheeks time!

[Hunter403]

Victory! Ugly, but victory!

[Retro Jet]

Thank fook for that....

[parksey]

andrew durante is the biggest grub in the league

could be my most hated player even if he was key to our gf win

[Mark325]

Missed this game, overall what was the assessment of it? 3-1 actually representative of the game?

[parksey]

could have been up by 4 at half time.

unravelled in the second half and were looking long odds to hold on when kanta was sent off. luckily, we scored a great goal on the counter to put us out of reach.

wellington finished all over the top of us and should have scored another but i don't think they deserved anything from the game.

[weston]

Pretty stoked with that. Thought they'd let me down. Though Kanta tried it was good to see. I can't wait to do it again in Brisbane but this time, with beer.

[Jeterpool]

Pretty stoked with that. Thought they'd let me down. Though Kanta tried it was good to see. I can't wait to do it again in Brisbane but this time, with beer.

Meet up with you in Brisbane for sure

[MFKS]

Rather interesting to see today's game.

We come out at home and had 5 shots before Milos scored

Rather novel idea to try and attack at home and put our opponents off their stride


We played 4-4 -2 and we looked a hell of a lot better

Though it could be argued we had 2 up front as Carney just wasn't tracking back


Alividoic looked a shitload better playing on right.

Maybe something in that


I thought we actually had a ****ing go in the first half About ****ing time


Negatives.

I understand we had 10 men for majority of second half but we parked the bus the entire half. Why??

The subbing on of Leonardo in injury time??
Bloke is coming back from injury.Game is in the bag. What's the point and why risk him?? Keep him off and rested FFS

All in all good to win for a change. Nothing to get overtly excited about.
Phoenix were very ****ing poor.

How Carney Alivodic Milos ran away from their back 4 being as slow as they are as often as they did defies belief

[Mark325]

How where we lined up? We did 4-4-2 with Carney and Trif up front and the back 4 is self explanatory but I'm confused how our middle 4 where lined up. Was it a diamond with Kanta at attacking, Kitto and Enver out wide and Poljak at defensive or something different?

[parksey]

How where we lined up? We did 4-4-2 with Carney and Trif up front and the back 4 is self explanatory but I'm confused how our middle 4 where lined up. Was it a diamond with Kanta at attacking, Kitto and Enver out wide and Poljak at defensive or something different?

kitto left, poljak and kanta centre, enver right

[halo se7en]

There's a lot to like about that win. Anyone who thinks we should have played a perfect 90 minutes of football needs their head checked. We finally saw some intensity in the first half and what a surprise, it lead to some well-earned goals. It's a shame Boogaard didn't get the first goal which the ref only had to wait 2 seconds for before realising he didn't have to blow for the pen.

Positives:
- First-half lift in intensity - the players were actually up for this game.
- First-half tactics - might have been a standard 4-4-2 but we've wanted Miller to tinker for a while now and he finally did it without going over the top. We also seemed happier to utilise the long ball down the flanks which paid massive dividends.
- First-half Milos - seemed to up the effort and it paid off at times.. amazing what a little pressure can do to the opponents back 4.
- Defensive line - I'll go as far as to say that was one of the most committed performances I've ever seen from our back four in pretty much any Jets season. Especially in the second half, and ignoring the reasons below as to why they had so much work to do, you can't argue that the amount of bodies that were flying in for blocks and the scrambling defence was fantastic. Although the goal was scrappy, the mids have to take some blame for that.
- Playing 35 minutes with a player less and still managing 1-1.

Negatives:
- The second half drop off - for whatever reason, the Nix came out firing and we didn't seem to have any plan of even stemming the tide. I know games fluctuate but we simply had no answer.
- Kanta's red - stupid act that could have cost us the game but you can't fault his enthusiasm. I just hope it doesn't cost us next week.
- Second half Milos. Should have been subbed earlier and more defensive pressure might have eased some of the pressure on our own defenders
- Our subs again were a little odd. The Leo sub was useless - he could have put on one of the younger blokes around 80-85 and told them to run like a headless chook and try to disrupt Welly's passing at the back
- Putting $15 on a 3-0 win which would have pocketed $400

[MFKS]

There's a lot to like about that win. Anyone who thinks we should have played a perfect 90 minutes of football needs their head checked. We finally saw some intensity in the first half and what a surprise, it lead to some well-earned goals. It's a shame Boogaard didn't get the first goal which the ref only had to wait 2 seconds for before realising he didn't have to blow for the pen.

Positives:
- First-half lift in intensity - the players were actually up for this game.
- First-half tactics - might have been a standard 4-4-2 but we've wanted Miller to tinker for a while now and he finally did it without going over the top. We also seemed happier to utilise the long ball down the flanks which paid massive dividends.
- First-half Milos - seemed to up the effort and it paid off at times.. amazing what a little pressure can do to the opponents back 4.
- Defensive line - I'll go as far as to say that was one of the most committed performances I've ever seen from our back four in pretty much any Jets season. Especially in the second half, and ignoring the reasons below as to why they had so much work to do, you can't argue that the amount of bodies that were flying in for blocks and the scrambling defence was fantastic. Although the goal was scrappy, the mids have to take some blame for that.
- Playing 35 minutes with a player less and still managing 1-1.

Negatives:
- The second half drop off - for whatever reason, the Nix came out firing and we didn't seem to have any plan of even stemming the tide. I know games fluctuate but we simply had no answer.
- Kanta's red - stupid act that could have cost us the game but you can't fault his enthusiasm. I just hope it doesn't cost us next week.
- Second half Milos. Should have been subbed earlier and more defensive pressure might have eased some of the pressure on our own defenders
- Our subs again were a little odd. The Leo sub was useless - he could have put on one of the younger blokes around 80-85 and told them to run like a headless chook and try to disrupt Welly's passing at the back
- Putting $15 on a 3-0 win which would have pocketed $400
Good post.

Have to agree about the scrambling defence and blocking.

It was fantastic.

The Nix goal was a combination of a quick free kick and blokes clocking off.

It could have been prevented if 1 or 2 of them asleep were on the job but you pay for mistakes at this level

[baldrick]

Thought Alivodic had his best game all season too

[lquiquer]

Thought Alivodic had his best game all season too

Def did

[weston]

Meet up with you in Brisbane for sure

Sounds like a plan.

[lquiquer]

Rather interesting to see today's game.

We come out at home and had 5 shots before Milos scored

Rather novel idea to try and attack at home and put our opponents off their stride


We played 4-4 -2 and we looked a hell of a lot better

Though it could be argued we had 2 up front as Carney just wasn't tracking back


Alividoic looked a shitload better playing on right.

Maybe something in that


I thought we actually had a ****ing go in the first half About ****ing time


Negatives.

I understand we had 10 men for majority of second half but we parked the bus the entire half. Why??

The subbing on of Leonardo in injury time??
Bloke is coming back from injury.Game is in the bag. What's the point and why risk him?? Keep him off and rested FFS

All in all good to win for a change. Nothing to get overtly excited about.
Phoenix were very ****ing poor.

How Carney Alivodic Milos ran away from their back 4 being as slow as they are as often as they did defies belief

That last goal is perfect example of playing the ball forward quickly, smartly with good technique and that just let the opposition defence for dead.... Perfectly ambitious executed counter... More of it please...

[The Dunster]

Anyone wanting Durante to come back and play for the Jets should kill themselves. Blokes finished.

[stopper2]

Anyone wanting Durante to come back and play for the Jets should kill themselves. Blokes finished.

2-3 years back yes but last year and especially this season he is showing signs that his best is behind him now

[hawk]

That last goal is perfect example of playing the ball forward quickly, smartly with good technique and that just let the opposition defence for dead.... Perfectly ambitious executed counter... More of it please...

fluke?

[plague]

we'll win

no one wants to give Plague any dap?
you bunch of non believing bastards.

[hawk]

no one wants to give Plague any dap?
you bunch of non believing bastards.

Cowburn's Cattle were believers bruh

[plague]

Cowburn's Cattle were believers bruh

there are 4 things in life which we know to be true:
1. Death
2. Taxes.
3. Griff will return one day to rule us all and forgive us our sins.
4. We own Ernie Merricks ass.


b'lee dat.

[furns]

Good post.

Have to agree about the scrambling defence and blocking.

It was fantastic.

The Nix goal was a combination of a quick free kick and blokes clocking off.

It could have been prevented if 1 or 2 of them asleep were on the job but you pay for mistakes at this levelwho are you and how did you get the Members login details?

[MFKS]

That last goal is perfect example of playing the ball forward quickly, smartly with good technique and that just let the opposition defence for dead.... Perfectly ambitious executed counter... More of it please...

It's what happens when you actually make forward runs.

Sure you will get caught offside occasionally but when you get it right even a slow bloke like Carney gets enough head start the opponent is in trouble.

That much of a rate event with us I struggle to recall the last time we scored a goal like that where a player got put through 1 on 1 and either slotted past or went around the keeper

More please Millertime

[MFKS]

no one wants to give Plague any dap?
you bunch of non believing bastards.

You never told anyone you were going to the casino did you???

[BodyNovo]

Woke up feeling even better about last night

I know it's 1 game but Miller finally became a coach in the last week as he realised the need to change the tactics.

The decision to move carney up front and allowing him to exert all his energy torwards an attacking output was brilliant. Triffo had his best game as he had a bloke working off him and a smart player at that.

The other brilliant piece of tactics was to play our wingers properly instead of that inverted crap we have been preaching. Inverted wingers only work when the full backs bomb on and because we haven't been doing that it doesn't work. Alivodics best attribute IMO is his ability to run and cross the ball and he was outstanding yesterday. Still not sold on kitto

Final one was the decision to play cowburn off the bench in his rightful position and not to bring Watson on. Watson shouldn't see the pitch again this season and cowburn should be starting this week next to poljak

This game proved that if played in the right positions our players ain't half bad. Having Leonardo now fit is a good problem to have.

In summarising KUTGW Scotty and back it up this week

[leftrightout]

Cowburn was excellent when he came on, there is our new CM!
He is only going to get better and looks to be all class on the ball.
Cameron Watson should just leave now!

[halo se7en]

Woke up feeling even better about last night

I know it's 1 game but Miller finally became a coach in the last week as he realised the need to change the tactics.

The decision to move carney up front and allowing him to exert all his energy torwards an attacking output was brilliant. Triffo had his best game as he had a bloke working off him and a smart player at that.

The other brilliant piece of tactics was to play our wingers properly instead of that inverted crap we have been preaching. Inverted wingers only work when the full backs bomb on and because we haven't been doing that it doesn't work. Alivodics best attribute IMO is his ability to run and cross the ball and he was outstanding yesterday. Still not sold on kitto

Final one was the decision to play cowburn off the bench in his rightful position and not to bring Watson on. Watson shouldn't see the pitch again this season and cowburn should be starting this week next to cowburn.

This game proved that if played in the right positions our players ain't half bad. Having Leonardo now fit is a good problem to have.

In summarising KUTGW Scotty and back it up this week

:rof:

[halo se7en]

fluke?

I would have thought so too, although Miller said in the post-match presser that it was something those two had actually rehearsed in training through the week.

[BodyNovo]

:rof:
Dam airport coffee

[Jeterpool]

It was refreshing to get a win yesterday, and like BodyNovo, I was pleasantly surprised to see we adapted our tactics.

A good coach will set their team up to be versatile and take advantage of the opposition's weakness. If we are realistic about reaching the finals, we needed to win yesterday against an understrength Phoenix at home. Similarly we need to defeat Perth next week otherwise we are back to 9th position again - win and we could be a point out of the top 6.

It was pleasing that we started quick out of the blocks too. The last goal we scored within 10 minutes was back in March 2012 against Perth. Also scoring with 10 men isn't something I would have expected from the group.

I was nervous after they scored, and I don't know whether that was justified because we have have only conceded >2 once this year. I guess it's hard to shake the feeling's of last year still.

[halo se7en]

It was refreshing to get a win yesterday, and like BodyNovo, I was pleasantly surprised to see we adapted our tactics.

A good coach will set their team up to be versatile and take advantage of the opposition's weakness. If we are realistic about reaching the finals, we needed to win yesterday against an understrength Phoenix at home. Similarly we need to defeat Perth next week otherwise we are back to 9th position again - win and we could be a point out of the top 6.

It was pleasing that we started quick out of the blocks too. The last goal we scored within 10 minutes was back in March 2012 against Perth. Also scoring with 10 men isn't something I would have expected from the group.

I was nervous after they scored, and I don't know whether that was justified because we have have only conceded >2 once this year. I guess it's hard to shake the feeling's of last year still.

I wasn't feeling comfortable at 3-0. Even with 5 minutes to go at 3-1 I wasn't feeling great about it. Probably a normal reaction to a team that seems to make a habit of conceding late.

[plague]

I watched this on delay and right around the time the game was ending live my phone lit up with a million messages and all I could think of for the last 30mins was that we had def blown it.

How refreshing that for one week at least we didn't cock things up completely.

[Wilso8948]

I watched this on delay and right around the time the game was ending live my phone lit up with a million messages and all I could think of for the last 30mins was that we had def blown it.

How refreshing that for one week at least we didn't cock things up completely.

Yeh bro. Lovin the positivity. #togetherwecansoar #BigscottyM

[Mark325]

Cowburn was excellent when he came on, there is our new CM!
He is only going to get better and looks to be all class on the ball.
Cameron Watson should just leave now!

If next game he impresses then I'd say give him an extended run in the starting, would also like too see ugarkovic get a solid run when he's done on olyroo duty. The quality of those two could determine who stays next season as we may find less need in Watson and Kanta

[Tommyjet]

If next game he impresses then I'd say give him an extended run in the starting, would also like too see ugarkovic get a solid run when he's done on olyroo duty. The quality of those two could determine who stays next season as we may find less need in Watson and Kanta
Get rid of muata-Marlow and keep Kanta in the CB rotation

[plague]

Yeh bro. Lovin the positivity. #togetherwecansoar #BigscottyM

if we are going to give credit to Miller for finally reading the foz getting over himself then thats a big 10/10 effort by the gaffer.

will be hilarious to see if he now goes back to his way of playing now that the pressure is off for a wee bit.

[MFKS]

Being that we are playing a pretty average side in Perth this week there should be no excuses for not playing in a positive manner like we did last week.

Perth will probably beat us as they usually do but they are not like Heart Victree Roar etc we should fear


Get in to them and we will see they are beatable


It is a shame Kanta got sent when he did. It would have been interesting to see whether Miller parked the bus the entire second half with 11 men

[Mark325]

Get rid of muata-Marlow and keep Kanta in the CB rotation

There's only a few reasons to do that, and it's if the amount he's on is lowered and we use the out of the cap payments. Other then that, it's better for him to head off elsewhere and see if that refreshes his career a bit. Marlow can also go with him though

For me, Jackson suits CB more then LB, but can cover it so use him as a cover, sign another young CB option and get a starting LB

[lil_masi]

Durante will foul Milos in the box on the 7th minute allowing us a reprieve grom the record then we'll go on to lose 1-4 with a game full of wonderful tavtics being poorly executed and foolish substitutions which defend a losing game rather than attacking it.

what a prediction (well the foul and goal in the 7th min)

[furns]

check out a great match review and player ratings article from Gaz Fish on the front page which will post at 8am

[MFKS]

check out a great match review and player ratings article from Gaz Fish on the front page which will post at 8am


Hi all, as this is my first attempt at doing a true and thorough match review, please go easy.
Jets and Wellington Player Ratings……

NEWCASTLE
Birraz – 6: A very shaky performance. Caught in no man’s land on a couple of occasions. Relieved to have little to do in the second half as his side dominated thoroughly.
Mullen – 6: Went missing down the right flank when McGlinchey drilled in the low cross to set up the opening goal and continually left gaps throughout the first half. Looked more comfortable when he switched to centreback.
Jackson – 7: Strong in the air. Knew where to be and when to be there. Helped out in attack whenever possible and even set-up the crucial equalizer.
Hoffman – 6.5: Kept on battling despite taking two blows to his shoulder. Had to be taken off at the break.
Boogs – 7.5: Provided the biggest threats in the first half with his darting runs down the left flank. Made a pivotal clearance off the line to keep his side afloat. The outcome could have been very different if it wasn’t for him.
Carney – 6.5: Very industrious but for all his clever runs and cheeky flicks, there was hardly any end product.
Poljak – 7: Didn’t see as much of the ball as he would’ve liked. His long range passing and shooting looked suspiciously out of sync.
Kitto – 6.5: Left flailing whenever Wellington’s midfield line charged forward on the counter. Looked more composed in the second half as the team started controlling the match.
Kanta – 7: Barely noticeable for large parts of the first half. But took all of two minutes into the second half to come to life with a stunning strike to draw the game levelled.
Alivodic – 7.5: Caused the Wellington backline endless headaches. Had a few strong shouts for a penalty. Like Kanta, he looked out of sorts with his normally lethal shooting.
Milos – 6.5: Spurned a number of great chances with his indecisiveness. Ironically, it was because of that flaw that lead to the second goal when he missed a shooting chance and had to play the ball back to Poljak.

Substitutes:
Cowburn – 8.5: Completely turned the game around and revived his team’s jaded attack. Left the Wellington defenders chasing thin air most of the time. Showed his class with a clinical finish for the third goal.
Leonardo – 7: Held up the ball well when he needed to. Created the third goal with a lovely pull back.
Cooper – 4: Meh.

WELLINGTON
Moss – 7: Made a few good saves to deny Newcastle drawing levelled in the first period. Could not be blamed for the three goals his team leaked in.
Gulley – 6.5: Good reading of the game. Knew exactly when to cut into the middle to help out his centrebacks. But very fortunate to stay on the pitch after the reckless tackle on Kitto.
Durante – 7.5: Barely put a foot wrong. Dealt with everything Newcastle could muster in the first period, whether it was low passes, high balls, crosses or through balls. Continued to impress in the second but the pressure was just too much.
Danaskos – 6: A little unsure with his positioning, but together with Durante, they kept Newcastle at bay for long periods.
Fox – 6.5: Like Gulley, he had to work hard cutting in from the flank to the centre to overload the penalty area.
Lia– 6: Quietly pulled the strings in the first half but just went plain quiet in the second. Had to play virtually as an extra defender just to get a touch of the ball.
Bonevacia – 7: So lively in the first half but like everyone else in Stripes, completely disappeard after the restart.
Rodriguez– 6: Made up the numbers in midfield but started to struggled immensely when Alivodic dropped down deep following Cowburn’s introduction.
Riera – 6.5: Solid in the first half but failed to keep up with the pace in the second and it was his failure to pick out Poljak’ run that lead to Newcastle’s second goal.
McGlinchey – 7: Constantly back-tracked to help out Fox to defend the left flank. Exploited the space left vacant for him to attack but a shame none of his other deliveries from the wings were converted into goals.
Powell – 6: Like Milos, he fluffed a few decent chances in the first half. He must have regretted it as he was utterly isolated after the resumption.
Substitutes:
Appiah-Kubi – 5: Only had one meaningful touch of the ball and he went and gave it away.
Doyle – 5: Brought in to tighten up the backline but he didn’t do any better than the rest.
Ridenton – 6: Extra points for scoring his side’s only goal.

If after reading this, you get the feeling I didn’t even watch the game…. You’re right – my real Sunday Arvo match report would actually read as follows….. I was planning to get the Wellington Game all week, Furns had even asked me to do a player ratings match report, I’d filled the car with Petrol to save time on Sunday arvo as the 2hr drive from beautiful sleepy Wingham isn’t one that I’m too keen to add time onto….. Then on Saturday night I got a message from a mate calling a Sunday arvo beers session at a chilled out local beer garden… some crazy weird Hippy band were playing and the beers were expected to be cold. The Stone and Wood Pacific Ale was a bit light and “thin” so I quickly switched the White Rabbit Dark Ale, which was much more robust in flavour and far easier to sit on and chill out, to the Gypsy Pirate Circus weird stuff these band (who looked like Beetlejuice and Captain Jack Sparrow’s love child on Acid) were playing. I got home just in time for Dinner and to listen to Big Phil and Adam talk about lots of things and occasionally fill us in on what was happening on the pitch. The kids needed bathing so I turned off the radio at 1-0 figuring that if me not being at the match in person was actually helping the team win, then listening to it on the radio probably wasn’t a good idea…. So in short, it’s my fault we won!


Top Job:rof::thumbsup:

[hawk]

fancy Gaz giving Birraz a dodgy comment, rofl.

what score did the ref get?

[GazFish35]

fancy Gaz giving Birraz a dodgy comment, rofl.

what score did the ref get?


Blame Almunia.

[WolfMan]

Was fantastic. Thought I was going insane for the first half