16/17 HAL Round 2 | Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar | Sun 16 Oct 2016, 05:00PM

[Jeterpool]

A-League 16/17 Round 1 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 34 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 12, Roar Wins - 13, Drawn - 9


In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, Roar Wins - 9, Drawn - 6
In Brisbane - 16 matches
Jets Wins - 9, Roar Wins - 4, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9791
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11246

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 36, Roar - 42
In Newcastle -
Jets – 16, Roar - 31

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 18, Roar - 14

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 81 (74 yellow, 7 red), Roar 49 (45 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - D (1 points from last 15)
Roar - D (1 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Wayne Brown (1)
Roar – Luke DeVere (1)

Last Result -
Jets 1 (Leonardo 50' pen) – Roar 2 (Henrique 67' pen, Broich 74') at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 26, 3/4/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 15/16 Round 26

Newcastle JetsBrisbane Roar
Mark BirighittiJamie Young
Jason HoffmanJack Hingert
Daniel MullenJade North
Nigel BoogaardJames Donachie
Nick CowburnCorey Brown
Mateo PoljakCorona
Steven UgarkovicMatt McKay
Leonardo Vitor SantiagoDimitri Petratos
Enver AlivodicThomas Broich
Morten NordstrandJamie Maclaren
Ryan KittoBrandon Borrello



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Bridge 9’, J Griffiths 53’, Bridge 77’) – Roar 0 at Suncorp Stadium, Round 16, Season 2006/07, 07/12/2006.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Roar 5 (Reinaldo 10’, Richter 44’, Brosque 52’, McKay 83’, Murdocca 90+1’), Round 20, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 26/01/2006.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Joel Griffiths (8)
Roar - Reinaldo (7)



2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubstitute AppearancesSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed - Second BookableStraight Red
2Daniel Mullen11016300000
3Jason Hoffman11017200000
4Nigel Boogaard11009000000
5Ben Kantarovski11009000000
6Steven Ugarkovic11009000000
7Andrew Hoole11009000100
8Mateo Poljak0000000000
9Aleksandr Kokko11013700000
10Wayne Brown11009010000
11Labinot Haliti0000000000
12Andy Brennan0000000000
13Ivan Vujica10101800000
14Mitch Cooper0000000000
15Andrew Nabbout11009001100
16Nick Cowburn11009000000
17Radovan Pavicevic0000000000
19Morten Nordstrand0000000000
20Jack Duncan11009000000
22Lachlan Jackson10102700000
23Devante Clut10105300000
24Kristian Brymora0000000000
30Pierce Clark0000000000




COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, John Aloisi - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Mark Jones - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond - 17 matches (9 wins, 3 drawn and 5 losses = 53% win ratio)
Richard Money - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina - 6 matches (1 wins, 4 drawn, 1 losses = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos - 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans - No Matches
Clayton Zane - 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)

Brisbane Roar Coach Record – John Aloisi 28% win ratio (2 wins, 3 drawn, 2 losses)




TALKING POINTS:

Memorable Match - 17th November 2013

The first match where the Jets came from behind at half time to win. Brisbane took the lead through a Luke Bratten goal on a soggy afternoon in Newcastle. The second half saw the Jets score two goals through Adam Taggart, with a little help from a large puddle of water, to run out 2-1 winners.



General

There has only been one scoreless match between these two teams in the history of the A-League.
The Jets last beat Brisbane in February 2014.
The Jets are 7383 attendees from having 1.5 million people attend an A-League game at the stadium.
Mark Jones and Nick Nick Theodorakopoulos are the only managers in Jets history to draw their opening match.
Gary Van Egmond is the only manager to have won his first match against the Roar.



Players

Wayne Brown is the 7th Jets player to score on his A-League debut.
The last substitute to score for the Jets, Radavan Pavicevic, scored his goal against the Roar.
5 players made their debut for the club last week, the same number as Round 1 in the previous two seasons.
Wayne Brown is the 66th player to score for the Jets.



Newcastle Jets

The Jets have scored the first goal in their last 3 fixtures.
The Jets have won 5 of the 10 fixtures held on a Sunday between these 2 clubs, while 2 of the 3 wins in Newcastle have come on a Sunday.
Newcastle have scored a goal in their last 5 games - the longest streak in 2.5 years.



Brisbane Roar

Brisbane have scored the first goal in this fixture on 5 of the last 6 occasions.
Brisbane have managed to claim 20 points from a losing position against the Jets over the course of the A-League's history - the most of any team against Newcastle.




Injuries

Newcastle Jets Daniel Alessi - Knee (Season), Mateo Poljak - Calf (possible), Morten Nordstrand - Knee (possible), Daniel Mullen - Knee (12 weeks), Ben Kennedy - Achilles (Season), Jason Hoffman - Calf (Unknown)
Brisbane Roar



PREDICTION: –
After one round, the Jets are already facing a test of their squad depth with Mullen sustaining a serious knee injury while Hoffman and Kokko are also in doubt. The return of Poljak and Nordstrand should help to aleviate the loss.
Jacob Pepper will likely deputise for the suspended Matt McKay in midfield. The socceroos midfielder's presence will be missed but Pepper will bring energy for the Roar in the middle of the park.
The Jets will look to build upon a solid first performance against Adelaide, but to do so they will need to defy a trend of poor restuls againts the Roar in Newcastle.
With the 1.5 millionth fan at the stadium likely to be in attendance on Sunday, I think the Jets will have enough to get over the line.
Jets 2-1

[Couscous]

Thank you, Jeterpool.

So are we getting Covic in time for this match?

[The Dunster]

Jets will be too good for Brisbane. 2-0. I don't think Brisbane will enjoy the extra pace the Jets have in attack this season.
Brisbane are still looking for someone to provide them the options in attack that Broich could a few years back.

[belchardo]

In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, Roar Wins - 9, Drawn - 6
In Brisbane - 16 matches
Jets Wins - 9, Roar Wins - 4, Drawn - 3

those stats blow my mind every time I see them.

[Jeterpool]

those stats blow my mind every time I see them.

I thought you were finding errors in then data again for a second then :rof:

[hawk]

Jones - "we played all over them, played well"...score 3-0 Bris

[Superdylan]

Im not getting my hopes up tbh until I see it for myself. Gees I hope noddy is back though.

As proved last week brisbane didnt give up and scoring right at the final siren shows they have a team that works well under pressure.

Im predicting another 1-1 draw. I hope Im wrong and we win but the roar have a fairly decent record here in newcastle which concerns me.

[plague]

Lose.
Doomed.
Jones out.

[Macca]

Last Result -
Jets 1 (Leonardo 50' pen) – Roar 1 (Henrique 67' pen, Broich 74') at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 26, 3/4/2016.
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Is that noting a saved penalty or am I missing something?

[Jeterpool]

?
Is that noting a saved penalty or am I missing something?

Typo. Fixed

[halo se7en]

Jets 1-1 Roar.

Brown goal from outside the box, before a defensive error in the 2nd half gifts an equaliser to Pepper.

[Wilso8948]

Jets 1-1 Roar.

Brown goal from outside the box, before a Goalkeeper error in the 2nd half gifts an equaliser to Pepper.

Fixed.

[Grimario]

Jets 1-1 Roar.

Brown goal from outside the box, before a defensive error in the 2nd half gifts an equaliser to Pepper.

Won't happen, Jackson won't be so lazy as to not clear the ball after he sees the keeper is not coming for it.

[halo se7en]

Won't happen, Jackson won't be so lazy as to not clear the ball after he sees the keeper is not coming for it.

I feel like we need a Duncan v Mullen thread.

[Grimario]

Duncan wins on account of being able to walk. Thread not required.

[plague]

I feel like we need a Duncan v Mullen thread.

BK would lose that thread.

[Jeterpool]

The answer is Griff people...

[turbojetfireV8]

Won't happen, Jackson won't be so lazy as to not clear the ball after he sees the keeper is not coming for it.

Jackson will be totally clueless and not even near threat as usual, Pepper scores brace, forza Newy...oh...

[Beeen]

Bert Lolman to score a hat-trick in this order
1. off his shin
2. off his face
3. deflected cross

Roar 3-0

[Mark325]

Newcastle Jets squad: 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 10.Wayne BROWN, 11.Labinot HALITI, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Mitch COOPER, 15.Andrew NABBOUT, 16.Nick COWBURN, 19.Morten NORDSTRAND, 20.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Devante CLUT, 30.Pierce CLARK (gk)

Ins: 8.Mateo POLJAK (returns from injury), 14.Mitch COOPER (promoted), 19.Morten NORDSTRAND (returns from injury)

Outs: 2.Daniel MULLEN (knee – indefinite), 3.Jason HOFFMAN (calf – 1-2 weeks), 9.Aleksandr KOKKO (achilles – 1-2 weeks)

Unavailable: 1.Ben KENNEDY (gk) (achilles – season), 9.Aleksandr KOKKO (achilles – 1-2 weeks), 21.Daniel ALESSI (knee – season)

[Hunter403]

Who is this Mitch Cooper person? Never heard of him. Can he play?

[hawk]

Who is this Mitch Cooper person? Never heard of him. Can he play?

Sure can. Won the table tennis comp

[Jeterpool]

Who is this Mitch Cooper person? Never heard of him. Can he play?

He's had more comebacks than John Farnham that's for sure

[Grimario]

I don't want to get my hopes up but one of the problems I saw last weekend was we were fairly one dimensional. Cowburn on the left wasn't getting forward much and when he did, he wasn't crossing with his left being a right footer. If (when) Vujica starts and we have natural left and right footers on their preferred sides at fullback, we might have useful width on both sides. That will mean Hoole has someone running outside of him when he cuts in giving us more options (that we will butcher).

[A.J.]

Vujica worried me a little, looked energetic but plenty of diving into tackles and looks like he'll be ripe for a few cards this year

[halo se7en]

Vujica worried me a little, looked energetic but plenty of diving into tackles and looks like he'll be ripe for a few cards this year

Hopefully that was some nervous energy that will disappear as he features more often. I thought he looked good otherwise.

[A.J.]

Hopefully that was some nervous energy that will disappear as he features more often. I thought he looked good otherwise.

Definitely gave us a different option and looks like he could be good going forward. Hopefully you're right, good to see players going in strong to tackles but too many games last year we finished with 10 men

[Roundball Enthusiast]

Welcome back sweaty Sunday 5PM kick off. I haven't missed you.

Only 9 more to go this season guys.

[plague]

Why are they trying to attack when 1-0 up?

[Grimario]

Why are they trying to attack when 1-0 up?

No Bridges.

[plague]

No Bridges.

Great point.

[hawk]

Hard watching after seeing the derby last night. Some patches of good play. Lots of disorganised stuff.

Who's our left back? Has he played football for long?

[Grimario]

Ivan Vujica. Not sure he has played a great deal of senior football before but plenty of youth football.

[Hunter403]

I saw a bus warming up in the car park.

[Hunter403]

Is it just me or should Jones only wear a suit to court? Like Kenny Lowe, a head like that should be in a track suit!

[Hunter403]

Broich on. Confidence falling

[Hunter403]

Absolutely shocking corner by Hoole leads to a goal! What a plan

[Grimario]

Whoo.

[Hunter403]

Liverpool had Stevie G. We're got Stevie Ug!

[hawk]

Is it just me or should Jones only wear a suit to court? Like Kenny Lowe, a head like that should be in a track suit!

What it is it's not working.

On a side note we've limped to a 3-0 lead

[monz6]

Wow

[Grimario]

When was the last time we won by a 4 goal margin?

[Grimario]

Also, Labi :wub:

[Retro Jet]

When was the last time we won by a 4 goal margin?

Jeterpool: working overtime tonight....

[hawk]

we're staying up!

[The Dunster]

It's a long drive to Brisbane when you lose four nil.

[plague]

i mean if Postacoglou is any type of coach he'd **** Jedinak off and put the Uga Booga man straight in.
bloke is pretty much Stu 2.0 and i love him very much.
Also, Kanta was good, some of you blokes need to apologise.
Also, how much in transfer fees do you think we can get if we package up Mullen and Nobby to the Middle East? Gotta be at least a bag of chips or something.
Also, we are gonna win the comp and no one will show up it will be glorious.
Also, Cowburn and the other back i like very much.
Also, Duncan done good, but legit keep him and Jackson the **** away from each other.
Also, Labi coming on almost made me cry good on him what a ledge.
Also, Poljak signing all of the kiddies flags and stuff. Bloke loves this club, also a ledge.
Also, i swear i saw agent McBreen behind the goals giving Theo the big ones.
Also, **** Ross Aloisi and his fish face.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

Hard watching after seeing the derby last night. Some patches of good play. Lots of disorganised stuff.

Who's our left back? Has he played football for long?

What ever City can do, we can do better. 4-0. Everyone was amazing. Hoole cross set play was amazing to set boogs up. Almost as good as narbutt setting up clitman on his 12th birthday. Scenes.

Brown putting in the big ones in the 83rd across the park. Fkn newy.

Anyone with negativity **** off to CCM. Tonight is about celebrating the new era.

[Retro Jet]

It's a long drive to Brisbane when you lose four nil.

I've driven back after winning twice: 3-5 & 0-5, two years in a row.
But that was an aeon ago.

I'm hedging a bet it was V3 when we beat the Tards four zip at home since we won by 4.

Also (seeing it's in vogue right now) is the Omelette doin' his thang with replays this season?
Had to do with Aaron and Phil today. The big + was that when there was something goal worthy,
I could see it on a stream delayed by about 90 seconds :)

Edit:-
Oh yes, Also: these stats were at the end of TWG story pre game of Alo-misi stating
Bris-vegas had the heat advantage and were fitter :lol:
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/10/15/aloisi-backs-roar-beat-jets-heat?cx_navSource=related-side-cx#cxrecs_s

Stats that matter:

* Newcastle are winless in six attempts against Brisbane <- Busted

* The Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 of their last 17 games <- Busted

* Jamie Maclaren scored in two of his three appearances against Newcastle last season <- Busted

[rhysd]

Vujica. Got better as the game got on and looks like a decent pick up.

Nabbout, brown, ugarkovic and Boogard immense.

Duncan looks to have good control of his area. Very mature keeping today.

[lquiquer]

We win 4-0...gypos loose 4-zip.... greatest weekend ever :lulz:

[baldrick]

i mean if Postacoglou is any type of coach he'd **** Jedinak off and put the Uga Booga man straight in.
bloke is pretty much Stu 2.0 and i love him very much.
Also, Kanta was good, some of you blokes need to apologise.
Also, how much in transfer fees do you think we can get if we package up Mullen and Nobby to the Middle East? Gotta be at least a bag of chips or something.
Also, we are gonna win the comp and no one will show up it will be glorious.
Also, Cowburn and the other back i like very much.
Also, Duncan done good, but legit keep him and Jackson the **** away from each other.
Also, Labi coming on almost made me cry good on him what a ledge.
Also, Poljak signing all of the kiddies flags and stuff. Bloke loves this club, also a ledge.
Also, i swear i saw agent McBreen behind the goals giving Theo the big ones.
Also, **** Ross Aloisi and his fish face.


I hate to agree with Plague

But I agree with Plague..

:lol::lol:

[lquiquer]

Vujica. Got better as the game got on and looks like a decent pick up.
Boogard immense.


Yeah and hope today's result proves Hoffman can **** off....
Agree Boogz was terrific today

[lquiquer]

bloke is pretty much Stu 2.0 and i love him very much.
Also, Kanta was good, some of you blokes need to apologise.
Also, how much in transfer fees do you think we can get if we package up Mullen and Nobby to the Middle East? Gotta be at least a bag of chips or something.
Also, Cowburn and the other back i like very much.
Also, Duncan done good
Also, Labi coming on ...what a ledge.
Also, Poljak signing all of the kiddies flags and stuff. Bloke loves this club, also a ledge.


Agree....Not apologising for Kanta... Agree... Agree... Agree... Agree... Agree.... And Hoffman can **** off

[plague]

I hate to agree with Plague

But I agree with Plague..

:lol::lol:

why you wanna wanna hate me?
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[leftrightout]

Nabbout was standout
Boogz was amazing, judged everything perfectly.
Brown looks an amazing signing, rarely do the import players in the top 3rd work so bloody hard.
Clut was great when on, he looks tidy.
Poljak worked hard when came on.
Kanta went well and when he f*ucked up, he made up for it.
Hoole good but can be better I think.

Ugar though, wow what a player. He is up their with the smartest footballer this club has ever signed.

Biggest thing for me is our fitness. We were still running them into the ground at 4-0 up in 87th minute. Miller deserves the credit for that!

[plague]

Miller deserves the credit for that!

who?

[hawk]

What ever City can do, we can do better. 4-0. Everyone was amazing. Hoole cross set play was amazing to set boogs up. Almost as good as narbutt setting up clitman on his 12th birthday. Scenes.

Brown putting in the big ones in the 83rd across the park. Fkn newy.

Anyone with negativity **** off to CCM. Tonight is about celebrating the new era.

trip

1st half was dodgy as. 2nd half much better. Our boys did well. The result was unbelievably awesome. Brisbane were ordinary.

Nah, we were better than Barca etc

[hawk]

Nabbout was standout
Boogz was amazing, judged everything perfectly.
Brown looks an amazing signing, rarely do the import players in the top 3rd work so bloody hard.
Clut was great when on, he looks tidy.
Poljak worked hard when came on.
Kanta went well and when he f*ucked up, he made up for it.
Hoole good but can be better I think.

Ugar though, wow what a player. He is up their with the smartest footballer this club has ever signed.

Biggest thing for me is our fitness. We were still running them into the ground at 4-0 up in 87th minute. Miller deserves the credit for that!

How I soar it too

[hawk]

:brrr:

[lquiquer]

who?

He meant Trani

[plague]

He meant Trani

well he mis-spelt 'Zane'

[belchardo]

Farkin yeeeeeeewwwwwwwww.

[Retro Jet]

I just saw Slobs at Coles Waratah. We've both missed the last two games.
We'll be doing our darnedest to attend the next one (Sh!tney).

Keep an eye on the membership numbers too out of interest.
7,820 atm.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

I just saw Slobs at Coles Waratah. We've both missed the last two games.
We'll be doing our darnedest to attend the next one (Sh!tney).

Keep an eye on the membership numbers too out of interest.
7,820 atm.

Maybe you should stay away.

[turbojetfireV8]

F'n bandwagoners, now everyone's sucking up saying nice sh*t about us:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/football/newcastle-jets-shock-brisbane-roar-4-0-in-a-league/ar-AAj0FWQ?li=AA54yd&ocid=spartanntp

[plague]

F'n bandwagoners, now everyone's sucking up saying nice sh*t about us:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/football/newcastle-jets-shock-brisbane-roar-4-0-in-a-league/ar-AAj0FWQ?li=AA54yd&ocid=spartanntp

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahhahahaha

Newcastle have announced themselves as A-League finals contenders

Media lies like this are the reason why the likes of Trump have come to prominence.

[q-money]

stay woke #MSM #trump2016

[Retro Jet]

I just saw Slobs at Coles Waratah. We've both missed the last two games.
We'll be doing our darnedest to attend the next one (Sh!tney).

Keep an eye on the membership numbers too out of interest.
7,820 atm.


Maybe you should stay away.

It's gonna cost ya.

[The Dunster]

Any word on Noddy coming off at half time?

He was pretty average so no surprise. Might have been injured still but looked more like he just wasn't getting the job done.

[plague]

He was pretty average so no surprise. Might have been injured still but looked more like he just wasn't getting the job done.

Jones said he dragged Nobby.

[Hunter403]

Great win but....
Brisbane were awful. Around the 30 minute mark we dropped off and let them have the ball for a significant period. Other teams will punish us if we do that. We still lack communication at the back.
It was great that we took our chances yesterday and long may it continue. Even Hoole headed a ball!!!
Great to celebrate but not getting carried away. Huge test next weekend

[Jetmaster]

We pressed for the first 30 mins and it looked part of the plan to then "rest" to finish the half with a lead and clean sheet. Phil Dando said on the radio it was likely Nobby would come off at half time as he was looking tired from all the pressing and running, though he hadn't had much of the ball.

We won 4-0, I don't give a tinkers what the other side were like.

[scarfy96]

We won 4-0, I don't give a tinkers what the other side were like.

This!

Other bonus was the crowd found their voice. There is potential there and it was good to see both stands engaged with the squadron. Finally got the club to agree to have you in the right location, combined with enjoyable football and the atmosphere at the ground shows signs of life!

A good result against WSW will see 12,000 against shitney at the next home game.

[halo se7en]

Great win but....
Brisbane were awful. Around the 30 minute mark we dropped off and let them have the ball for a significant period. Other teams will punish us if we do that. We still lack communication at the back.
It was great that we took our chances yesterday and long may it continue. Even Hoole headed a ball!!!
Great to celebrate but not getting carried away. Huge test next weekend

We don't currently have the sort of team that will ever play another team off the park a la Melb City. So we have to play to our strengths, and then ease off where we can, and soak up some pressure before going again. The match yesterday seemed to ebb and flow in that manner. At times we were content to let them have the ball, and when they got within 25m, we blunted their attack. I doubt we'll see a Jets game this season where the opposition don't have a decent number of chances to score. But that's football. As a club, and us fans included, we have to get out of that mindset that when we win it's only because the opposition sucked.

[The Dunster]

Great win but....
Brisbane were awful. Around the 30 minute mark we dropped off and let them have the ball for a significant period. Other teams will punish us if we do that. We still lack communication at the back.
It was great that we took our chances yesterday and long may it continue. Even Hoole headed a ball!!!
Great to celebrate but not getting carried away. Huge test next weekend

You can only beat the opposition you face on the day. Team did that by 4 goals and deservedly so. Jets have a very good midfield with a lot of pace up front and the Roar failed to meet the challenge. Unlike previous years the Jets actually look like a threat and that means teams need to be a little more defensive against them and that takes away their ability to dominate going forward.

Wanderers will be tough because Poppa will have them kicking the shit out of Nabbout and others as they won't have an answer for the new found pace the Jets now have. If the ref does their job I think Wanderers will struggle.

[Bon]

What was the official crowd figure for yesterday?

[Macca]

What was the official crowd figure for yesterday?

I think it was around 8800, but not sure of that.

[lquiquer]

What was the official crowd figure for yesterday?

8335

[hawk]

Wanderers will be tough because Poppa will have them kicking the shit out of Nabbout and others as they won't have an answer for the new found pace the Jets now have. If the ref does their job I think Wanderers will struggle.

This.

[pv4]

What was the official crowd figure for yesterday?

I know my membership card didn't scan, and there was at a rough guess about a dozen people whose at-the-gate-purchased-ticket didn't scan either. They ended up just letting us all in.

So I'd say they definitely missed a lot of us in that figure, for I don't know what reason.

[The Camel]

We don't currently have the sort of team that will ever play another team off the park a la Melb City. So we have to play to our strengths, and then ease off where we can, and soak up some pressure before going again. The match yesterday seemed to ebb and flow in that manner. At times we were content to let them have the ball, and when they got within 25m, we blunted their attack. I doubt we'll see a Jets game this season where the opposition don't have a decent number of chances to score. But that's football. As a club, and us fans included, we have to get out of that mindset that when we win it's only because the opposition sucked.

Leicester won the EPL doing that last year. They very rarely had dominant spells of possession in any match but utilized great ball winning in midfield (Kante) and Pace up front with Vardy and Mahrez and were lethal on fast breaks. The jets have the components to get some results playing that way as with the pace of the guys we currently have out wide and with Steve Ug in the middle. We just need to ensure we take our chances against the better teams

[halo se7en]

Leicester won the EPL doing that last year. They very rarely had dominant spells of possession in any match but utilized great ball winning in midfield (Kante) and Pace up front with Vardy and Mahrez and were lethal on fast breaks. The jets have the components to get some results playing that way as with the pace of the guys we currently have out wide and with Steve Ug in the middle. We just need to ensure we take our chances against the better teams

:rof: I was going to use Leicester as an example but felt like it's become a cliché real quick. Totally agree though.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

Leicester won the EPL doing that last year. They very rarely had dominant spells of possession in any match but utilized great ball winning in midfield (Kante) and Pace up front with Vardy and Mahrez and were lethal on fast breaks. The jets have the components to get some results playing that way as with the pace of the guys we currently have out wide and with Steve Ug in the middle. We just need to ensure we take our chances against the better teams

Lets move to England then, we can win the EPL.

[Macca]

I think the score was a little flattering to us, I missed the first 15 minutes but of the first half I saw we looked under the pump and pretty underwhelming. A few breaks where we came close or could have - but Brisbane could have had a couple also, a great save onto the crossbar from Oar and I remember one of them sending an uncontested volley wide from about 10 metres.

Second half completely different story and awesome to watch. I wouldn't say it was one way traffic but we were pretty well on top and took some chances well. And it was a great feeling walking away after a 4-0 win and hearing everyone so upbeat and positive after a game as opposed to the last couple of seasons.

I don't think its unrealistic for us to be looking at finals this year. We certainly aren't the finished product yet but a few improvements from a squad that hasn't played together all that long will see us very competitive. As others have said our attacking half and midfield is the best its looked in years - good mix of energy, speed and technique along with desire. As difficult as it is I'm starting to feel pretty optimistic for the season ahead. Hopefully that isn't violently debunked over the next fortnight.

[Wilso8948]

I'm starting to feel pretty optimistic for the season ahead. Hopefully that isn't violently debunked over the next fortnight.

This is dead set one of the most Jets statements ever

[Mark325]

Be interesting to see how our team looks with both Nordstrand and Kokko at full fitness and healthy

[The Dunster]

Jets won by four and the Coast lost by 4. So that's Jets 8 - Football Gods 0. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

[plague]

Be interesting to see how our team looks with both Nordstrand and Kokko at full fitness and healthy

Why you wanna mess with a winning combo.

Nobby fufilling his promise of becoming the next Alidovic, the other bloke is dead set not interested in playing this season.

Bloody Scando's, unreliable as all ****.

[Retro Jet]

Why you wanna mess with a winning combo.

Nobby fufilling his promise of becoming the next Alidovic, the other bloke is dead set not interested in playing this season.

Bloody Scando's, unreliable as all ****.

THAT could get Vikingjet out of the woodwork!

[furns]

This is dead set one of the most Jets statements ever
:roflz:

[ToddG NBUnited]

Was there a matchday programme available at this game or round 1?

[stopper2]

Be interesting to see how our team looks with both Nordstrand and Kokko at full fitness and healthy

Yes, will be a nice headache for Jones.
If the others are performing and we are getting the results, they shouldn't be just given a starting XI spot either....they should have to fight for their positions.
Which is a good position to be in, one which we haven't been in for a number of years i might add.