17/18 HAL Round 22 | Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC | Sat 3rd Mar 2018 5.35pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2017/18 Round 22 Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 40 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, FC Wins - 25, Drawn - 9


In Newcastle – 19 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 12, Drawn - 4
In Sydney - 21 matches
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 13, Drawn - 5

Average Home A-League Crowd – 12260
Average Away A-League Crowd - 14304

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, FC - 65
In Newcastle -
Jets – 17, FC - 30

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, FC - 26

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 71 (68 yellow, 3 red), FC 76 (69 yellow, 7 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LDWDW (8 point from last 15)
FC - DWWWW (13 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (9)
FC – Bobo (21)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Nabbout 10', Champness 62') - Sydney FC 2 (Ninkovic 16', Bobo 87') at Allianz Stadium, A-League, Round 14, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 14

Newcastle JetsSydney FC
Glen MossAndrew Redmayne
John KoutroumbisLuke Wilkshire
Lachlan JacksonAlex Wilkinson
Nikolai Topor-StanleyJordy Buijs
Daniel GeorgievskiMichael Zullo
Steven UgarkovicJoshua Brillante
Wayne BrownBrandon O'Neill
Dimitri PetratosMilos Ninkovic
Joe ChampnessDavid Carney
Andrew NabboutAdrian Mierzejewski
Jason HoffmanBobo



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 2011/12 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 2008/09 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse (3)
FC - Alex Brosque (12)



2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed Cards
1Jack Duncan12120010800000
3Jason Hoffman18162713994120
4Nigel Boogaard20200018001020
5Ben Kantarovski16151413193040
6Steven Ugarkovic21210318761310
7Dimitri Petratos20200517828720
8Ronald Vargas33031970100
9Roy O'Donovan109138037230
10Wayne Brown1710778700030
11Patricio Rodriguez64234181200
12Mario Shabow7070900010
13Ivan Vujica19172215200250
15Andrew Nabbout21210718169740
16Nick Cowburn60601050000
17Daniel Georgievski13130410021260
18John Koutroumbis105524632020
19Kosta Petratos4040270000
20Glen Moss99008100000
22Lachlan Jackson72512350000
23Devante Clut5141590000
24Joe Champness19118910184110
27Riley McGree41301721000
32Angus Thurgate4040380000
44Nikolai Topor-Stanley21210018901040



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Graham Arnold - 1 win, 1 draw

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Ernie Merrick - 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 18 match (4 wins, 3 drawn and 11 losses = 22% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 0 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 4 drawn, 1 loss = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans - No matches
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)

Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 62% win ratio (13 wins, 6 drawn, 2 losses)




TALKING POINTS:

General

The Jets will play their first match at home in the last month.
Newcastle are yet to win a "RAAF Round" clash, drawing 1-1 with Brisbane in 2015/16 and losing 0-2 to Sydney FC in 16/17.
Newcastle need 6 points to secure a home semi final, 10 points to secure second spot.
Newcastle have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2 at home this season.
They've also kept 4 clean sheets in the last 5 matches at home.



Key Stats from Previous Round

The Jets completed a clean sweep against Brisbane for the 2nd time in their history.
The Jets kept their 6th clean sheet of the season - the same total of the last 2 seasons combined.
It was also the first clean sheet away in 28 matches. The Jets have also kept 5 clean sheets in their last 10.



Players

The number of cards for an automatic week suspension has now shifted from 5 to 8, following last weekend's matches.
Daniel Georgievski has the most yellow cards this season, with 6.
Nikolai Topor-Stanley remains the only Jets player to have played every minute of football this season.
Steven Ugarkovic provided his 3rd assist of the season.



Newcastle Jets

In 3600 minutes of football in this fixture over 13 seasons (40 matches), the Jets have lead for 484 minutes.
Newcastle have scored the first goal at home on 7 of 11 matches this season.
This season, the Jets have scored 15 of their 24 home goals in the second half.
While have conceded 4 second half goals at home this season.



Sydney FC

Sydney have scored 2 goals in the last 6 matches against the Jets.
Milos Ninkovic has scored in the last 5 matches against the Jets.

[plague]

Aaahhhh the good old Sydney win/draw double chance bet in Newcastle.

God it’s made me some cash over the years.

Carney a lock to score too, and I’m legit thinking of betting on someone to get a red.

[Wilso8948]

Aaahhhh the good old Sydney win/draw double chance bet in Newcastle.

God it’s made me some cash over the years.

Carney a lock to score too, and I’m legit thinking of betting on someone to get a red.

Not boogs. In doubt atm with a knee complaint

[plague]

Not boogs. In doubt atm with a knee complaint

Poor bloke, as if it wasn’t enough hearing it from the likes of Member and Plague, but now even his knee is piling on.

Gets no respect.

[Wilso8948]

Poor bloke, as if it wasn’t enough hearing it from the likes of Member and Plague, but now even his knee is piling on.

Gets no respect.

I'm a closet fan of Boogs. Be a big miss to lose him for an extended period of time. Jackson is decent. Not "title winning" decent though which I think Boogs/Topor partnership is close to. Others would disagree but I think it's the most solid we've looked at the back since North/Dura time

[MFKS]

I'm a closet fan of Boogs. Be a big miss to lose him for an extended period of time. Jackson is decent. Not "title winning" decent though which I think Boogs/Topor partnership is close to. Others would disagree but I think it's the most solid we've looked at the back since North/Dura time

Forgetting Ljubo and Topor??

[Jetmaster]

Stupid this is an afternoon game...also note we are yet to field a full strength team v Smurfs.

[hawk]

Stupid this is an afternoon game...also note we are yet to field a full strength team v Smurfs.

dead rubber. should be abandoned

[Superdylan]

Stupid this is an afternoon game...also note we are yet to field a full strength team v Smurfs.

Yeah we have a habbit of copping daytime fixtures against Sydney fc. Still a saturday game and expecting game and expecting nice weather.

[MFKS]

Stupid this is an afternoon game...also note we are yet to field a full strength team v Smurfs.

Another black eye to FFA

Top of the table clash and has been looking this way for 3-4 months and it isnt there mastch of the round

Cunce watching FTA will see Roar v Pissants


Incompetent

[Jetmaster]

Another black eye to FFA

Top of the table clash and has been looking this way for 3-4 months and it isnt there mastch of the round

Cunce watching FTA will see Roar v Pissants


Incompetent

Unlike the EPL, the FFA don't move games around during the season to suit (except for the ACL moves for example - they need a reason rather than be proactive).

For example if this season West Brom were amazingly top of the table with Man City we would see any game between them as match of the round.

Jets were not expected to perform so we got the graveyard shift. I was shocked when I realised that the Melbourne derby was actually the Friday game as I though all along we were the lead in game to that.

[WolfMan]

6 wins in 40. Wowsers

Would be happy with a draw. Anything else is a bonus

[la bazzle]

6 wins in 40. Wowsers

Would be happy with a draw. Anything else is a bonus

Besides this year we've always seemed to roll over for them as well. Since we got rid of the likes of Hoole (pathetic with no heart or testicles) we seem to atleast give them something to think about

[StannyCFCJET]

Where do people pre drink pub wise these days

[Mark325]

This game is very important, not so much for the race to be 1st, or even for keeping 2nd place. It’s more for confidence that if we make the grand final we can beat Sydney. We got close in both games, but in the final close isn’t a win. We’ve never played Sydney with a full strength team which is encouraging but a win this Saturday is a must

[MFKS]

This game is very important, not so much for the race to be 1st, or even for keeping 2nd place. It’s more for confidence that if we make the grand final we can beat Sydney. We got close in both games, but in the final close isn’t a win. We’ve never played Sydney with a full strength team which is encouraging but a win this Saturday is a must

This would have to be the worst post ever in the history of the foz

Saturdays result means **** all other than 3 points

The only must win game we have is Rd 27

Beating the Smurfs on Saturday matters **** all.

Rather we beat them in May when it actually matters

If we beat them in May we can lose to them for the next 5 ****ing years for all i care

That smug look on Arnies face comes off in May

Not ****ing March

[idontwannaplaywithhowey]

This would have to be the worst post ever in the history of the foz



That's an audacious call.

[Mark325]

This would have to be the worst post ever in the history of the foz

Saturdays result means **** all other than 3 points

The only must win game we have is Rd 27

Beating the Smurfs on Saturday matters **** all.

Rather we beat them in May when it actually matters

If we beat them in May we can lose to them for the next 5 ****ing years for all i care

That smug look on Arnies face comes off in May

Not ****ing March

so you don't see anything advantagous in beating 1st place who have seldom been beat in two seasons so that the team has confidence that come May when we actually play them we have the belief that we can beat them?

Regardless of win or lose they'll be going into May knowing they can do it, but I know from when I used to play football that playing a team that you generally lost to made it harder to get into that mentality then a team we would generally beat, or at least beat more often then not.

[Jetmaster]

I played in a team that went through the season undefeated....until the grand final. It happens.

[Jeterpool]

That's an audacious call.

He'd know ��

[plague]

reminds me of the American bloke who takes the piss out of every serious journo every year as they ask coaches if this week is a 'must win' game.

then he turns up at Superbowl media day and asks everyone he can find (right in front of the serious journos) if the Superbowl is a 'must win' game.

we dont 'have' to win on saturday. and we wont win on saturday.

[MFKS]

so you don't see anything advantagous in beating 1st place who have seldom been beat in two seasons so that the team has confidence that come May when we actually play them we have the belief that we can beat them?

Regardless of win or lose they'll be going into May knowing they can do it, but I know from when I used to play football that playing a team that you generally lost to made it harder to get into that mentality then a team we would generally beat, or at least beat more often then not.

I see little to be gained in actually winning on Saturday

I would rather these cunce keep up the illusion that they unbeatable etc.
I want the media cunce to keep up with the Blue Aids going to win the comp BS they like spruiking.
I want them right for the picking come May when 20000 Novacastrians descend on that shithole called Sydney and take from them what they think they already have.

Our blokes are putting up enough against them both times already to have themselves believing they can win. Put 20k of Novacastrians roaring them on and these Blue Aids cunce dont haave a chance in hell

When we get to the GF we can unleash Ronny Pato Roy and co on them and give them everything we have.

When we off celebrating the media can have fun working out how Blue Aids got mugged in the GF whilst failing to see that we were the team to beat all season and deserving champions.

**** winning Saturday.
Physcologically it best if we win battle of the bench by throwing out tactics and ideas to trial or hide now but to exploit at a later date.

Arnolds a ****ing Gypo dope.
Bert going to take him to school in the next 2 months

[plague]

gotta say though for a 1 v 2 clash the build up from Fox esp has been trash.

seriously there is more talk about yet another Melbourne Derby coming up.

[belchardo]

gotta say though for a 1 v 2 clash the build up from Fox esp has been trash.

seriously there is more talk about yet another Melbourne Derby coming up.

yeah, but we're not really a serious challenge to anybody.

[halo se7en]

gotta say though for a 1 v 2 clash the build up from Fox esp has been trash.

seriously there is more talk about yet another Melbourne Derby coming up.

Well the derby will apparently prove which team can challenge Sydney this season.

[hawk]

Give Dunc a run up front. Really show how important this isnt

[MFKS]

Lets just go on record now

Ref
VAR
FFA
Linesman

All on Blue Aids side

[belchardo]

Lets just go on record now

Ref
VAR
FFA
Linesman

All on Blue Aids side

you forgot the commentators.

[Hunter403]

Clubber Roy!

[belchardo]

VAR to **** us over here.

[The Dunster]

Fck how soft are these sfc bitches

[MFKS]

Touche

Good work

[belchardo]

i can't believe that

[The Dunster]

Most piss weak red card in history. Beath should kill himself.

[Hunter403]

To those playing along at home...in total honestly, was that a red???

[The Dunster]

Where was VAR when Bobo raked the shin of Muscat? It just shows how fukced this comp is.

[The Dunster]

The good news is we get the opportunity to beat sfc with ten men and make it a day to remember

[The Dunster]

To those playing along at home...in total honestly, was that a red???

Doubtful it was even a yellow

[Hunter403]

Arnie's starting to show his frustration. The boys are really showing up foir this

[The Dunster]

Eat a dick Arnie

[Hunter403]

I swear steam is coming from Nabbout's ears. He is really fired up.

[belchardo]

To those playing along at home...in total honestly, was that a red???

i think a yellow. way i saw it, boijs ran across his line, and roy tried to get his hands behind boijs back to shove him out of the way. it did look bad in super-slow motion replays, but the point is, everything does!

and again, VAR intervenes in a situation i don't think he should have. beath had a direct line of sight of the incident. why did he intervene??

[belchardo]

we are playing fantastically.

hey, even Bozza says its a wrong decision!

[westjet]

Im sure i can already guess, but what is peacock and co's view back in the studio about it? Looking at the replay on fox website seems a very harsh red. Assuming its a follow on from the Adelaide red last week.

[The Dunster]

Bozza thinks Roy did nothing wrong. He also thinks sfc players reaction was a disgrace and action should be taken.
Bozza says Sfc player not even looking at ball. Roy looking at ball and hands went up to protect himself not to strike sfc player.

Bozza is right 4 once.

[belchardo]

both archie and bozza said it wasn't a red and the wrong decision. peacock seemed to agree but played the diplomat.

bozza ripped into boijs for his 28m roll along the ground after the "hit"

[Bremsstrahlung]

Eat a dick buijis.
Kudos to the crowd for absolutely pummelling him every time he touches the ball. Well in everybody.
That’s the kind of thing that can make a home ground advantage.

[belchardo]

honestly, the guys are playing fantastically. busting a gut for each other, never giving up. fantastic to see. crowd is awesome as well.

[Hunter403]

That bastard has done nothing all game. Sh!t

[The Dunster]

Bobo looked offside. The fact VAR wasnt used confirms it.

[belchardo]

bugger. dumb foul by mcgree

[belchardo]

what a bloody goal!

[The Dunster]

Nabbout with 2 entries in for goal of the year.

[belchardo]

please tell me he ran straight past biujs to score

[hawk]

Light blue sons of whores. cunce arent allowed to lose. refs are filled with sydney seamen

[Hunter403]

Brown and now Kanta have had Ninkovic in their pocket all game. Long may it continue

[Hunter403]

Here comes the Pest

[belchardo]

Here comes the Pest

ya just know their winner is going to come from a buijs mishit to simon who shanks a shot and it loops the keeper.

[belchardo]

faaaarrrrkrkkk.

come on jackson.

[belchardo]

6 minutes! where did that come from!

[westjet]

What was the crowd figure?

[Bremsstrahlung]

18K reported on fox.
Great numbers! Sounds pretty good!!

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[belchardo]

wow, just wow.****ing fantastic!

boo fox, cutting straight to pre-recorded packages for the next game almost as the whistle blew.

[westjet]

Cant wait to hear arnies excuses. "The var didnt work hard enough today, the sun was in my eyes, peacock is picking on me"
Great effort boys. Makes the last 7 years seem worth it to have a team with this much pride for the shirt.

[Couscous]

Tears.

[380]

https://image.ibb.co/bv1BF7/ededede.jpg

Brenton Speed not far behind him. Getting harder and harder too listen to the coverage when he is doing games.

[The Dunster]

Massive reality check for Sfc tonight. Brown and Kanta destroyed Ninka and without him they are nothing.

[Grimario]

A****ingmazing

[Grimario]

https://image.ibb.co/bv1BF7/ededede.jpg

Wasn't that the name of that terrible striker Mariners got rid of?

[Hunter403]

That was every bit as good as beating the scum. Happy days!

[Jetmaster]

wow, just wow.****ing fantastic!

boo fox, cutting straight to pre-recorded packages for the next game almost as the whistle blew.

Nuh they do that every Saturday. Should be pressers after this game...Arnie Watch.

[plague]

i gotta wait and see that replay.
game as far too frantic to know what the **** was going on.
great atmosphere though. well played Jerks.

[plague]

Plague Jnrs first live win over Sydney.
Hes 9 years old.

[boz-monaut]

came on here to say something but it's already been said:


Lets just go on record now

Ref
VAR
FFA
Linesman

All on Blue Aids side

The good news is we get the opportunity to beat sfc with ten men and make it a day to remember

honestly, the guys are playing fantastically. busting a gut for each other, never giving up. fantastic to see. crowd is awesome as well.

Eat a dick Arnie

[la bazzle]

Best game in the history of games #jetties

[cobra23]

Wasn't that the name of that terrible striker Mariners got rid of?

Bloke is deadset out of the ninja turtles,
Either be bop or rocksteady, take a pick

[halo se7en]

Best night of football since the GF qualifying match against the Roar. Watching the replay now, nice little forearm to Nabbouts throat by Buijs- won’t be mentioned again I’m sure, but Nabbout didn’t act like he was stabbed in the face.

[belchardo]

Best night of football since the GF qualifying match against the Roar. Watching the replay now, nice little forearm to Nabbouts throat by Buijs- won’t be mentioned again I’m sure, but Nabbout didn’t act like he was stabbed in the face.

he gets a few other shots in throughout the game that he got away with.

but good on nabbs for not performing a quintuple pike like jordi did.

[plague]

legit question are Archi and Bozza drunk?
they both look shitfaced.

[Frodo]

OMG.

Yes, that's right. Tween superlatives are necessary to describe this feeling.

Great passion from the Jets players, rubbish refereeing, crowd was amazing, my pants were creamed on too many occasions.

Sydney can suck fat Arnie excuses/doodles all the way back to the FFA headquarters.

[belchardo]

just watched the pressers. to be fair to arnie, he didn't really offer any excuses. to throw arnie under a bus, sounded like he was asked how he rates newcastle, his response "we've played a good victory side, a good city side, so yeah, they're up there". ****wit.

ernie's presser, make sure you watch to the end, his closing comments are gold.

[MFKS]

The actual scary thing for Blue Aids is how without Pato and Vargas we hammered them on the counter with only 10 men.

To be fair we actually created better chances in the second half and could have had 3-4-5 if we had our finishing boots on

Given how we play with 11 we going to be doing that more to them. Add players of the quality of Vargas and Pato thisx space and it going to be a total carve up

[MFKS]

OMG.

Yes, that's right. Tween superlatives are necessary to describe this feeling.

Great passion from the Jets players, rubbish refereeing, crowd was amazing, my pants were creamed on too many occasions.

Sydney can suck fat Arnie excuses/doodles all the way back to the FFA headquarters.

Arnold is in a chopper back to Sydney to get on a float at the Mardi Gras tonight as we speak

[belchardo]

Arnold is in a chopper back to Sydney to get on a float at the Mardi Gras tonight as we speak

and if he was going to the mardi gras, what would be wrong with that?

think you've crossed the line member.

[boz-monaut]

and if he was going to the mardi gras, what would be wrong with that?

think you've crossed the line member.

yep - banning I'm afraid

[plague]

anywell.


geez i thought Brown was good in the first half. was a pretty perfect situation for him to be in.
was surprised Ernie changed things around.
again, he got it to work. thats why he has the best lanyard.

[plague]

ernie's presser, make sure you watch to the end, his closing comments are gold.

can confirm.

top bloke.

[Jetmaster]

and if he was going to the mardi gras, what would be wrong with that?

think you've crossed the line member.

Just words, no malice. We overeact quickly these days.

[plague]

just watched the pressers. to be fair to arnie, he didn't really offer any excuses.

Gypo Arnie is a above averaged size fish in a very very small pond.

anyone looking at him thinking he has all the answers is kidding themselves.

he is winning because he has the 'best' players.
Ernie showed tonight that his 2 most important cogs can be nullified. Gypo had no answer for that. Ernie was by far the more aggressive coach even though he was a man down. It was stunning to watch.

[mic22]

What an epic game of football!!!
Disgusting behaviour from Bujis, rolling like a pig... Ref had a clear view and initially gave free kick to the Jets... then got a call from FFA, couldn't be more evident...
I booed the diver all game... lost my voice... Sydney FFA supporters around me weren't impressed :D
Then ref must've felt guilty and started acting like a normal ref... you know, giving yellows for hacking and penalties for clear fouls in the box.
Syd FFA players and fans are not used to it... boo fkn hoo.

Jets played a perfect game for the circumstances: blocked Nink and minimised Adrian. Carney and Brosque... who?
Another goal from set pieces though, a bit too many this year. Apart from that, defence was superb: very concerned for knee injury to Boogs, he's been fantastic.
Brown and Kanta did the "dirty" work on Nink, well done. Uga, Mc Gree, Dimi (that post...), wow.
Another gem from Nabbout, I really hope this wasn't his last match, it would be awful at this point in the season.
We should have scored 2 more at least, finishing games like these is something we need to work on.

Amazing crowd.

[hawk]

and if he was going to the mardi gras, what would be wrong with that?

think you've crossed the line member.

did member say its bad?

how quaint. the bigoted left is raging at anyone who mentions words. sours the whole night

[rhysd]

Surely we will be appealing that red card! One of the jets must have dropped off a sniper - that was absurd what that no 5 wanker rolled around for!

Outstanding crowd- created a good ol' fashioned home ground advantage that our super team took full advantage of.

[boz-monaut]

did member say its bad?

how quaint. the bigoted left is raging at anyone who mentions words. sours the whole night

he inferred it - and on top of his history of homophobic rants, this crossed a line and has resulted in another ban for continued behaviour

this isn't raging, this is putting an end to contination of nonsense

[plague]

actually ima stand up for the ref a wee bit.

i was happy with his initial decisions on both the red card AND the Ninkovic tackle.

for some reason though the VAR got its nose in on one of them (IMO incorrectly) but stayed out of the other.

Did anyone see the No#5 make contact with Nabbouts face in the 2nd half? because it looked pretty straight forward, yet we didnt go upstairs for that one.


again, the next VAR tweek HAS to include not being sucked in by the players reaction. otherwise it will turn into NRL where players stay down til the video ref gets involved.

[StannyCFCJET]

The 3,2,1 gonna be hard this week

[Jetmaster]

he inferred it - and on top of his history of homophobic rants, this crossed a line and has resulted in another ban for continued behaviour

this isn't raging, this is putting an end to contination of nonsense

Will politely disagree...there are far more offensive insinuations than that earlier in this very thread. And my eldest son is down there fwiw.

[plague]

Aaahhhh the good old Sydney win/draw double chance bet in Newcastle.

God it’s made me some cash over the years.

Carney a lock to score too, and I’m legit thinking of betting on someone to get a red.

so anyway lets just say that a fair chunk of cash changed hands, but everyone walked away pretty even.

[plague]

also, was great to see Ryan Griffiths lining up like all the other nobodies to get a beer today.

bloke deserves ZERO special treatment from this club.

hope the bar staff underpoured and overcharged him.

[la bazzle]

also, was great to see Ryan Griffiths lining up like all the other nobodies to get a beer today.

bloke deserves ZERO special treatment from this club.

hope the bar staff underpoured and overcharged him.


Disagree. I like his voice. Sounds like Griff

[leftrightout]

Loved Georgevski spraying Bujis right near the final whistle while he was laying on the turf and then giving the big ones to the Sydney fans. Bloke is such a competitor, just loves it!

Amazing night, are we actually going to win this Comp? It’s starting to look more and more real!

[Hunter403]

anywell.


geez i thought Brown was good in the first half. was a pretty perfect situation for him to be in.
was surprised Ernie changed things around.
again, he got it to work. thats why he has the best lanyard.

You are right. Brown was very good. I think he made way for Kanta as Kanta has more mongrel in tackles.

[Bremsstrahlung]

I’m just glad “winning it” is something we can even contemplate.
Regardless of what happens over the rest of this season (except for a win against sCCuM), it’s just been great to have an entertaining and competitive team that can win games to support again. Long may it continue.
Could we crack 20K?

[StannyCFCJET]

also, was great to see Ryan Griffiths lining up like all the other nobodies to get a beer today.

bloke deserves ZERO special treatment from this club.

hope the bar staff underpoured and overcharged him.

Ummm dont like Ryu Griff?

[Jetmaster]

Difficult to get away last night with the traffic...a big crowd at the show as well.
That might have cost us a 20k crowd.

[Frodo]

he inferred it - and on top of his history of homophobic rants, this crossed a line and has resulted in another ban for continued behaviour

this isn't raging, this is putting an end to contination of nonsense
Not gonna defend the heinous crap that spouts from the member but that one was a bit of an overreaction from the mods.


Was a great game tho, and I agree with the difficulty leaving. I had no idea the show was on until after the game. Found out the hard way.

[plague]

Anyone watching at home:
Was there much kerfuffle over the Ninkovic tackle on Boogaard.

Because from where I was sitting it looked particularly nasty.

[belchardo]

Anyone watching at home:
Was there much kerfuffle over the Ninkovic tackle on Boogaard.

Because from where I was sitting it looked particularly nasty.

it looked bad in real time, replays weren't as bad, it was his rear foot that collected him, no studs or anything. rightly so, boogs got a bit shirty about it.

[Jetmaster]

Just said fair yellow move on.

The interesting one would have been the forearm from Buijs to Nabbout. Had he gone down like a squealing pig things could have been different.

[Jetmaster]

Stat attack...we have scored 30% of the goals Sydney have conceded this season.

Also, top four is 99% guaranteed. Adelaide or Wanderers have to win all their games and us lose them all to catch us.

[halo se7en]

Difficult to get away last night with the traffic...a big crowd at the show as well.
That might have cost us a 20k crowd.

I’d forgotten about the show. We park halfway up Young Rd and drove out Lambton way. Easy as. Guess it depends where you live but I didn’t find it any harder last night than when we get 8k.

[Couscous]

This was a good game.

[parksey]

one of the best days of my life

[plague]

one thing i noticed in the 2nd half (had a better view) was that as Sydney were working it from side to side in the backs to tire out Nabbout and Petratos, when the ball eventually fell to that Buijs dude, they stopped closing.
it was almost as if if Merrick had told them to let Buijs be the one to start the attack, and even when he broke the first line the blokes marking Ninkovic and Polish dude didnt leave their man.

they let him walk right through, but made him make a decision without having anyone open. and because he is actually a pretty terrible footballer, he cocked it up, the Jets turned him around and went on the counter.

It was a very New England Patriots type coaching move.

it was great discipline from the Jets.

[mic22]

Anyone else noticed O'Neill's face at 1.01

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wytr8O4DL-s

Just weird...

(Sorry I don't know how to embed videos...)

[halo se7en]

Anyone else noticed O'Neill's face at 1.01

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wytr8O4DL-s

Just weird...

(Sorry I don't know how to embed videos...)

I noticed that before. Respect to O'Neill to be fair. It actually looks like he thinks it's a harsh call. It's only ****s like Brosque who would actively encourage the ref to send him off no matter how much Buijs hammed it up.

[Jeterpool]

Agree. Saw it and thought the same.

Loved Topor and Boogs getting in Buijs face after conceding the penalty.

[mic22]

Arnie: "I think that was the worst thing that happened to us, Roy being sent off and them going down to 10 men."

What a load of rubbish... it was a massive advantage and he knows. I think he's clever enough to realise the real reason they lost.
But I secretly hope he's genuinely convinced that everything depends on his team's behavior on the day: he could be in for some nice surprises.
Either way, they must be scared as hell now...

[Retro Jet]

Anyone else noticed O'Neill's face at 1.01

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wytr8O4DL-s

Just weird...

(Sorry I don't know how to embed videos...)

Now, I'm no lip reader of the calibre that deaf bloke Cleaver Greeen (aka Rake) hires to lip read
the defence and the members of jury BUT it's pretty clear to me...

Bulbus 0'36":- "Hey...hey...what did he say, what did you say mother f***er?

Arnie 0'46":- "VAR.... f*** me...." :rof:
Wonder if it's on the chopping block if Arnie thinks it's a joke?

Edit:- Bulbus:- images compare with this f**ks head...and his sh!t haircut!

[380]

How is it blokes like Brosque are not cited over his " not going to be the grand final referee " comments. If a coach made those statements in an interview his club would get a show cause.

Who the hell is running this league Townsend or Lowy Jnr and Gallop for christ sake ?.

[hawk]

How is it blokes like Brosque are not cited over his " not going to be the grand final referee " comments. If a coach made those statements in an interview his club would get a show cause.

Who the hell is running this league Townsend or Lowy Jnr and Gallop for christ sake ?.

Blue Aids of course

[Jetmaster]

If anyone missed it watch Bozza on tonights A-League hour. Rips into Brosque saying he should cop a $3k fine. Highlights Bobo and Adrian not getting done by VAR as well in past games.
A joy to behold....and Harps with him on our side too.

[StannyCFCJET]

If anyone missed it watch Bozza on tonights A-League hour. Rips into Brosque saying he should cop a $3k fine. Highlights Bobo and Adrian not getting done by VAR as well in past games.
A joy to behold....and Harps with him on our side too.

Bout time!!

[plague]

Rips into Brosque saying he should cop a $3k fine.

for the ref comments?
or was it something else?

[Jetmaster]

for the ref comments?
or was it something else?

Ref comments...compared it to Ernie and Kurtz fines.

[380]

Tis rather ironic that earlier this season after the Bobo leg raking incident and people were calling double standards in the way Sydney FC games were being officiated Bozza told those with such perception to go get there head read.
Some twenty weeks later and incident after incident of obvious turning a blind eye by both the administrators and on field officials Bozza has done a about face and seen what the rest of us have been seeing all season long.
You would think at a time when the FFA is bleeding paying fans around the country they would do there level best to address this situation but nope once again Lowy and Gallop go MIA and the game continues to suffer for there incompetence.

These two will leave this game in such a state its become a valid question of if it can survive there tenure ?.