19/20 HAL Round 8 | Newcastle Jets v WS Wanderers | Sat 30/11/19 1930

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2019/20 Match day 8 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 21 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 21 occasions in the A-League and on 0 occasions in the FFA Cup.
Jets Wins - 7, Wanderers Wins - 8, Drawn - 6


In Newcastle – 10 matches.
Jets Wins - 2, Wanderers Wins - 5, Drawn - 3
In Sydney - 11 matches
Jets Wins - 5, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 13260
Average Away A-League Crowd - 10628

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 31, Wanderers - 30
In Newcastle -
Jets – 12, Wanderers - 16

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 7, Wanderers - 14

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 40 (38 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 30 (30 yellow, 0 red)


Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 3 (O'Donovan 63', Janjetovic 70' o.g, Thurgate 82') - Western Sydney Wanderers 2 (Mahazi 43', Keanu Baccus 74') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 24, Season 2018/19

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2018/19 Match day 24

Newcastle JetsWestern Sydney Wanderers
Glen MossVedran Janjetovic
Daniel GeorgievskiBruce Kamau
Nigel BoogaardBrendan Hamill
Nikolai Topor-StanleyTarek Elrich
John KoutroumbisRaul Llorente
Ben KantarovskiKeanu Baccus
Steven UgarkovicRashid Mahazi
Ronald VargasAlexander Baumjohann
Joe ChampnessMitchell Duke
Dimitri PetratosKwame Yeboah
Roy O'DonovanOriol Riera



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (D Petratos 18', Hoffman 22', O'Donovan 45+2', Ridenton 49', O'Donovan 59' pen) – Wanderers 1 (Duke 69'), Round 17, Season 2018/19 at McDonald Jones Stadium, 1/2/2019.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013 & Jets 0 - Wanderers 3 (Corthwaite 40', Sotirio 42', Corthwaite 50'), Round 25, Season 2016/17 at Hunter Stadium, 1/4/2017.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Adam Taggart, Jason Hoffman, Dimitri Petratos, Roy O'Donovan (3)
Wanderers - Mark Bridge (6)



2019/20 A-LEAGUE SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubbed OnSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed Cards
1Glen Moss55004500000
2Bobby Burns2020500000
3Jason Hoffman55014421010
4Nigel Boogaard33002700020
5Ben Kantarovski41301770000
6Steven Ugarkovic55014280100
8Wes Hoolahan000000000
9Abdiel Arroyo44033261000
10Dimitri Petratos55004501210
11Nick Fitzgerald54133410010
14Kaine Sheppard000000000
16Matthew Millar55004501100
18John Koutroumbis55014050000
19Kosta Petratos101060000
20Lewis Italiano000000000
22Lachlan Jackson22001800000
23Matthew Ridenton44013400010
25Jack Simmons000000000
28Patrick Langlois1010100000
31Maki Petratos101080000
32Angus Thurgate52321671010
40Noah James000000000
44Nikolai Topor-Stanley55004500000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Ernie Merrick - 3 wins, Markus Babbel - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Ernie Merrick - 6 matches (4 wins, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 66% win ratio)
Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
Richard Money - No matches
Branko Culina - No matches
Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
Craig Deans - No matches
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)

Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Markus Babbel 0% win ratio (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses)

[belchardo]

surprised how well we have gone against them over the years.

[plague]

Wanderers = total fuutball.

Jets = 50% football.

Wanderers in a canter, Ridenton to play 120mins.

[Jetmaster]

George will tear JK a new one if he is on that flank.

[StannyCFCJET]

George will tear JK a new one if he is on that flank.

You know he will be. I have no faith in Ernie anymore in regards to dropping players out of form if he likes em. Dimi Ridenton Johnny fall into that category.

[The Dunster]

Ernie needs to start Kosta Petratos as Goalkeeper this weekend just to let the fans know that the win against Western United doesn't change the fact the owner and management still hate the fans.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

1-2

[MFKS]

How good does the gold look at Stade de Newy??



Gypo CEO needs to go

No Jet shaped Hats and no Gold Kit

[StannyCFCJET]

The club was smart. Release a gold kit in the wrong shade of gold and guarantee it won't sell then wollah. Always have an excuse to when asked about a gold kit

[StannyCFCJET]

Also Bobby will return to his parent club in January. Mark my words

[Frodo]

Also Bobby will return to his parent club in January. Mark my words

If he can't dislodge Johnny K then good. Waste of a visa spot.

[MFKS]

Also Bobby will return to his parent club in January. Mark my words

No great loss

Bloke is not good enough for this rabble of shite

[MFKS]

And cunce insist on playing Hoff up front

FMD

[StannyCFCJET]

No great loss

Bloke is not good enough for this rabble of shite

How do we know? Played 45 mins looked good. Plays for his country but Merrick won't give him a chance. Doesn't seem like a lazy trainer for what I've heard either

[MFKS]

And cunce insist on playing Hoff and Fitzuseless up front

FMD
Fixed

[The Dunster]

Only thing worse than our passing is our finishing.
We are going to pay for not putting away our chances.

[The Dunster]

Kanta is horrible tonight. He's stuck in 1st gear

[plague]

Any of all y'all still out here saying Miller is having a better season than Johnny K.

Cause whichever way you wanna read it that's not the side to be comfortable sitting on.

[StannyCFCJET]

Kanta is horrible tonight. He's stuck in 1st gear

Looks good with the ball just a bit slow when defending but he is still recovering from Injury. Still offers loads more then Ridenton and seems to release Ugar

[StannyCFCJET]

Any of all y'all still out here saying Miller is having a better season than Johnny K.

Cause whichever way you wanna read it that's not the side to be comfortable sitting on.

Wanderers are not targeting Johnny. Every team that has has found success. I reckon Duke may swap sides

[MFKS]

Wanderers are not targeting Johnny. Every team that has has found success. I reckon Duke may swap sides

They putting Bruce Kamau on him

Might as well have a cardboard cut out on the park

[MFKS]

Kanta is horrible tonight. He's stuck in 1st gear

Bring Ridenton on FFS

[The Dunster]

Finally VAR helps us out.

[Retro Jet]

These kents can't shoot either...

[StannyCFCJET]

Arroyo can stay on the bench

[Retro Jet]

Watching a stream with no commentary.
So, was that called offside with Thurgte's 1 on 1 then? Becasue if it wasn't, it's a corner.
(Looked well onside to me)
Came off the keeper.

[Retro Jet]

Thank fk for that...

[The Dunster]

Thurgate destroys offside traps. Nice pass to Dimi

[Retro Jet]

Unselfish play by Thurgate. Well in son.
Pity it wasnt a few miutes earlier in Poznan time.

At least we're above the sCCuM again
:lulzturtle:

[Couscous]

Wow.

I just realised where Kincumber South is. I never knew.

[Frodo]

So pretty much we are the best team now right?

Our game plan is legit brilliant


1. Score 1 goal out of every 7 or 8 simple 1v1 chances you create.
2. Give up 5 or 6 gilt-edged chances on our goal and hope the other team are worse at striking a ball than us.
3.Win the league.

[plague]

i have some thoughts:

Thurgate continues to be good. just go back and see who caped up for him ages ago. the real ones know.

Miller and Fitzgeralds side was a problem esp first half. they werent good tonight.

For all Johnny K's positional 'faults', his football ability is fantastic. touch, vision, effort. better than most on that team. imagine the day he gets put back in his proper spot.

Jackson is still better than Boogaard. Big ups to Merrick for recognising the obvious but keeping the captain on the bench for a 'maligned' player like Jackson isnt exactly easy. (it should be, but theres way too much bullshit involved).

Dimis injury time effort was outstanding. carry on all you want but that dude is beating you, your athlete mate, your dad and the bloke that owns your barnyard up the sandhills every pre-season. a lot of people just hang back and let Thurgate take the 1 v 1 for the 2nd goal. he busted his ass and was rewarded.

Kanta, Ugabooga and Dimi must look ****ing fantastic with a few cones set up in training. their 30m central space work is awesome. few times tonight they played out with proper confidence.

i hate thinking positively but Wessi with these blokes would be fun to watch.

[Frodo]

Also, Johnny K had a great game. Kamau looked even more toothless than normal and Georgio did all of nothing as well.

Lachie Jackson with a textbook penalty giveaway was also great to see. Not even remotely close to the ball and somehow got away with it. You love to see it.

[Hunter403]

i have some thoughts:

Thurgate continues to be good. just go back and see who caped up for him ages ago. the real ones know.

Miller and Fitzgeralds side was a problem esp first half. they werent good tonight.

For all Johnny K's positional 'faults', his football ability is fantastic. touch, vision, effort. better than most on that team. imagine the day he gets put back in his proper spot.

Jackson is still better than Boogaard. Big ups to Merrick for recognising the obvious but keeping the captain on the bench for a 'maligned' player like Jackson isnt exactly easy. (it should be, but theres way too much bullshit involved).

Dimis injury time effort was outstanding. carry on all you want but that dude is beating you, your athlete mate, your dad and the bloke that owns your barnyard up the sandhills every pre-season. a lot of people just hang back and let Thurgate take the 1 v 1 for the 2nd goal. he busted his ass and was rewarded.

Kanta, Ugabooga and Dimi must look ****ing fantastic with a few cones set up in training. their 30m central space work is awesome. few times tonight they played out with proper confidence.

i hate thinking positively but Wessi with these blokes would be fun to watch.

Well said. Great passes to Thurgate. Arroyo must be cursing he can't get those.

[Frodo]

Well said. Great passes to Thurgate. Arroyo must be cursing he can't get those.

Babbel was terrified of Arroyo, they double teamed him as often as they could. Once he went off their backline had no clue what the gameplan was. Hence why Thurgate was either open when he dropped deep, or killing them on the shoulder. Amateur defending from McGowan all night was beautiful to watch.

[StannyCFCJET]

Babbel was terrified of Arroyo, they double teamed him as often as they could. Once he went off their backline had no clue what the gameplan was. Hence why Thurgate was either open when he dropped deep, or killing them on the shoulder. Amateur defending from McGowan all night was beautiful to watch.

Dont know why Bloke just stood around waiting for the ball. Arroyo that is, The runs Thurgate makes should mamek Arroyo embarrassed by his performances

[Frodo]

Dont know why Bloke just stood around waiting for the ball. Arroyo that is, The runs Thurgate makes should mamek Arroyo embarrassed by his performances

I mean, you didn't notice both the acres of space he created centrally for Dimi as well as how much he occupied the CBs so they somehow repeatedly ended up 1v1 with fullbacks trying to track them??

Or was I watching another Jets team consistently carve Babbel's defence apart?

[StannyCFCJET]

I mean, you didn't notice both the acres of space he created centrally for Dimi as well as how much he occupied the CBs so they somehow repeatedly ended up 1v1 with fullbacks trying to track them??

Or was I watching another Jets team consistently carve Babbel's defence apart?

The Carving was more the width and Runs made by our wide players and fullbacks

[Frodo]

The Carving was more the width and Runs made by our wide players and fullbacks

Yep...............................

[plague]

The Carving was more the width and Runs made by our wide players and fullbacks

i mean what the hell are you even doing with this nonsense Stanny?

big man works hard. and is a smart player.

[StannyCFCJET]

i mean what the hell are you even doing with this nonsense Stanny?

big man works hard. and is a smart player.

Nah he hasnt done that for a few games. He needs to focus on getting into scoring positions. Hell once attacking move he ran out of the box just as we were about to cut it back

[plague]

Nah he hasnt done that for a few games. He needs to focus on getting into scoring positions. Hell once attacking move he ran out of the box just as we were about to cut it back

oh of course we should all talk about that one thing you didnt like in a 2-0 win against a team in the top 6 that we completely dominated.

totally agree, that one thing...whoo boy, it was costly. prob stopped us being 2.5 or 2.8 goals to the good.

[Jetkel]

How anyone can be overly critical of any player is beyond me. Should of been 3+ but that was more to do with the performance of Lopar rather than terrible finishing.

WSW are a Quality side & we gave it to them with a team of misfits & journeymen. Tremendous performance across the park.

Thought our wide men were terrific tonight. Hoffman effective, Fitzy tore their right side apart with Miller & JK was terrific on Kamau.

[StannyCFCJET]

oh of course we should all talk about that one thing you didnt like in a 2-0 win against a team in the top 6 that we completely dominated.

totally agree, that one thing...whoo boy, it was costly. prob stopped us being 2.5 or 2.8 goals to the good.

I was critical of his whole game, Hasnt impressed me since the Adelaide game

[Frodo]

I was critical of his whole game, Hasnt impressed me since the Adelaide game

None of these jerks impress me... Doesn't make them bad players. If anything, it's probably a sign they are a good players. I, and the rest of us here, don't know squat about quality football, hence why we go to Jerks games.

[MFKS]

How anyone can be overly critical of any player is beyond me. Should of been 3+ but that was more to do with the performance of Lopar rather than terrible finishing.

WSW are a Quality side & we gave it to them with a team of misfits & journeymen. Tremendous performance across the park.

Thought our wide men were terrific tonight. Hoffman effective, Fitzy tore their right side apart with Miller & JK was terrific on Kamau.

Disagree WSW are a quality side

I think they are just as useless as about 5 teams in the comp

Smurfs PissAnts and Heart

Perth playing like busted areas

6 teams fighting it out for 3 play off spots and the Gypos retaining their trophy


They were better than they were last season under Babbel but they still just as capable of finishing 8th or 9th in this comp as we are

[MFKS]

One thing I will say that Bert has got right at the moment is that we are playing forward at speed much more than we have in the last 18 months

We do look much more dangerous

Glad to also see that someone has spoken to Dimi about playing it forward quicker

He looks a much better player not having 400 touches a half


What though is sad is that the Chinese Lightsalesman needs to show us the fibre of his fabric as playing this way we need better options than Hoff and Fitzuseless in the front 3rd

The Gypo CEO also needs to be on the blower to LA and getting Jowic back here ASAP because he be killing it with us playing this way



PS Stanny As far as Arroyo goes **** Off

The bloke is doing everything we need except score goals

The chances will come his way sooner or later though

It ain't like he is missing them at the moment

[Jetkel]

They were running 2nd. Man for man with us WSW would likely have 9 or 10 out of 11. Terrific effort.

[plague]

the member makes some good points here. the link speed was way better tonight. and it wasnt hoof balls, it was good precise passing right through the guts.

one thing that cracked me up. fitzgerald got the ball in space 1 v 1 with his man square on. was just expecting a square ball or recycling but he took the bloke on and burned him. it was a long lost skill that i thought we didnt teach anymore. nothing came of it in the moment but man oh man i bet that defender second guessed him for the rest of the match.

def more of that please. everyone.

[Jetkel]

One thing I will say that Bert has got right at the moment is that we are playing forward at speed much more than we have in the last 18 months

We do look much more dangerous

Glad to also see that someone has spoken to Dimi about playing it forward quicker

He looks a much better player not having 400 touches a half


What though is sad is that the Chinese Lightsalesman needs to show us the fibre of his fabric as playing this way we need better options than Hoff and Fitzuseless in the front 3rd

The Gypo CEO also needs to be on the blower to LA and getting Jowic back here ASAP because he be killing it with us playing this way



PS Stanny As far as Arroyo goes **** Off

The bloke is doing everything we need except score goals

The chances will come his way sooner or later though

It ain't like he is missing them at the moment

The chances seem to appear for others though? I don’t think Arroyo is playing badly but i don’t understand how you can be critical of Hoff & Fitz who are working their arse off, making smart runs, creating opportunity & then defend Arroyo by saying he’s doing everything...

[StannyCFCJET]

The chances seem to appear for others though? I don’t think Arroyo is playing badly but i don’t understand how you can be critical of Hoff & Fitz who are working their arse off, making smart runs, creating opportunity & then defend Arroyo by saying he’s doing everything...

He isnt making enough or proper runs, Thats the issue. Hoff is making better runs then him and that says it all

[Grimario]

He isnt making enough or proper runs, Thats the issue. Hoff is making better runs then him and that says it all

Or like Darth plagueis said, he is making runs that are drawing defenders away from the space that Hoff and Fitz are making "better" runs into. Watch the replay and see where he has pulled defenders to create the opportunities that Hoff and Fitz squandered.

[MFKS]

The chances seem to appear for others though? I don’t think Arroyo is playing badly but i don’t understand how you can be critical of Hoff & Fitz who are working their arse off, making smart runs, creating opportunity & then defend Arroyo by saying he’s doing everything...

Because Arroyo is working his arse off for the team and playing very unselfishly

Soon the guy will realise he needs to be a bit more about him at this level than he is

I also think his fitness level is an issue. The bloke needs to be playing 90mins every week for us and for whatever reason he has only played 90 once for us

Don't know what we are doing fitness wise with him but we need him on the park during the latter stages of games when there is more space and opportunity for him to capitalise on less defenders back

[Grimario]

Like this for the Hoff chance... they are both central when we get possession, he pulls off to the right and takes a defender with him. McGowan turns and chases with the agility and acceleration of a cruise ship and that leaves Hoff clear through on goal.

https://i.imgur.com/ipCG7nz.jpg

Or the Fitz chance. You can see that the front 3 are shifting across the field with the ball. Fitz staying on the far centre back and Hoff following Georgie. Arroyo pressing McGowan who ****s his pass up, Topor clears straight to Hoff and they break. Arroyo is already on the left so stays left whilst Fitz is central so moves further right to allow Dimi down the middle.

https://i.imgur.com/KgAqfut.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MeS80Rs.jpg


I reckon this is why you suck at Football Manager, Stanny.

[380]

Fitzuseless tearing people apart, hardly. Bloke is the Liam Reddy of outfield players but at least Reddy has a legit excuse for having so many clubs due to enjoying a brew or three. Fitzuseless's is just through a sheer lack of ability.

As for Miller he is not producing half the sort of form he was at the Gypo's last season. I know he played a part in one of the goals tonight but he ain't showing nothing on last season and the sort of form that brought him so much attention.

And those who say Arroyo not performing, You must be listening to the games on the radio and not watching them FFS.

[StannyCFCJET]

Like this for the Hoff chance... they are both central when we get possession, he pulls off to the right and takes a defender with him. McGowan turns and chases with the agility and acceleration of a cruise ship and that leaves Hoff clear through on goal.

https://i.imgur.com/ipCG7nz.jpg

Or the Fitz chance. You can see that the front 3 are shifting across the field with the ball. Fitz staying on the far centre back and Hoff following Georgie. Arroyo pressing McGowan who ****s his pass up, Topor clears straight to Hoff and they break. Arroyo is already on the left so stays left whilst Fitz is central so moves further right to allow Dimi down the middle.

https://i.imgur.com/KgAqfut.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MeS80Rs.jpg


I reckon this is why you suck at Football Manager, Stanny.

Most likely is haha

[Jetkel]

Meh this ‘he’s a gypo’ shit just gets boring. Nearly as funny as classic nicknames like Fitzuseless - what a killer that one is, some sensational comedic thinking behind that. Just ruining the forum.

It’s a salary capped league, players go where they can make a living - crazy huh?

Great post Grimario, made some good points re: Arroyo which I probably didn’t see myself. Also shows our front 4 are working together very nicely & Thurgate had a tremendous cameo.

[StannyCFCJET]

Fitzuseless tearing people apart, hardly. Bloke is the Liam Reddy of outfield players but at least Reddy has a legit excuse for having so many clubs due to enjoying a brew or three. Fitzuseless's is just through a sheer lack of ability.

As for Miller he is not producing half the sort of form he was at the Gypo's last season. I know he played a part in one of the goals tonight but he ain't showing nothing on last season and the sort of form that brought him so much attention.

And those who say Arroyo not performing, You must be listening to the games on the radio and not watching them FFS.

Fitzy's work rate on and off the ball are helping the team alot, Reckon people not seeing this are listening to games on the radio and not watching them

[380]

Fitzuseless's record speaks for itself. Bagging gypo's never gets boring and even the slightest suggestion of such should result in a immediate and very lengthy ban.

[Frodo]

Wait, I have a very important question.... Do people actually listen to football on the Radio? Is that a real thing that happens??

[Jeterpool]

Player of the Match voting

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PFYGQDB

[plague]

just while all y'all out here sooking about Aroyo, go have a look where he was when Fitzgerald was put through 1 on 1 with the keeper.
perfectly positioned for the easy square up tap in (otherwise known as 'Thurgating'). but Fitzgerald took the shot (which wasnt the worst idea if hes confident).
Aroyo gets nothing out of it but did everything he should have done.


bloke is quickly becoming another Trifunovic to some of you lot.

[The Dunster]

Is Kanta injured again? He seemed very slow responding bith on and off the ball last night.

[plague]

Is Kanta injured again? He seemed very slow responding bith on and off the ball last night.

I thought he did well. Couple of honking passes but thought he got around the park ok.

[plague]

also on the penalty incident. geez that babbled on about it last night and across the highlights package too.
i thought it was not a pen and thank **** VAR got told to shove it too.
just because theres contact doesnt mean its a foul. commentators were ****ing stupid last night they way they banged on.


also, **** VAR, ref made the right call, as did the touchy for the 2nd goal.
we dont need the extra bullshit.

[Jetmaster]

I thought he did well. Couple of honking passes but thought he got around the park ok.

Kanta just needs game time...looked assured but lacked a bit of timing. Arroyo was MOM last game v Perth and also has suffered from the stop start season. Peeps of little patience.

And SFCTV with their absolute hatred of us....didnt think it was a clear pen either.

[The Dunster]

Is NTS australia's best athlete ? I can't remember anyone with his level of strength, speed and endurance in any sport.
I wonder how far he could have gone if GVE didn't try and destroy him when he was young forcing him to play in a way that didn't allow him to show his best attributes.

[MFKS]

just while all y'all out here sooking about Aroyo, go have a look where he was when Fitzgerald was put through 1 on 1 with the keeper.
perfectly positioned for the easy square up tap in (otherwise known as 'Thurgating'). but Fitzgerald took the shot (which wasnt the worst idea if hes confident).
Aroyo gets nothing out of it but did everything he should have done.


bloke is quickly becoming another Trifunovic to some of you lot.

No way

Trif was a lazy **** who didn't move

Arroyo on the other hand moves like Jagger

[Couscous]

I wonder how far he could have gone if GVE didn't try and destroy him when he was young forcing him to play in a way that didn't allow him to show his best attributes.

What utter bullsh|t. Hyphen blossomed under GVE. There's no way Hyphen would have been the player that captained Wanderers to an ACL title if he hadn't had the benefit of the GVE years.

[StannyCFCJET]

What utter bullsh|t. Hyphen blossomed under GVE. There's no way Hyphen would have been the player that captained Wanderers to an ACL title if he hadn't had the benefit of the GVE years.

Bullshit, GVE came in and pretty much showed him the door straight away

[belchardo]

Kanta just needs game time...looked assured but lacked a bit of timing. Arroyo was MOM last game v Perth and also has suffered from the stop start season. Peeps of little patience.

And SFCTV with their absolute hatred of us....didnt think it was a clear pen either.

i did enjoy slaters commentary - "newcastle will be thinking about last week when they gave up the late goal to castro" or something like that. Of course, wanderers wouldn't be thinking about their last game where they gave up 3 goals in the last 35 minutes.

[belchardo]

thought generally that the team played well except for the first 15 minutes or so of the second half. The team appears to be improving their understanding of each other and we are looking much better as a unit.

[belchardo]

think the jackson and topor combo is really working well. i don't see boogs getting back into the team anytime soon.

[Mark325]

Personally think we played fantastic

Arroyo is on point and will improve especially with wessi behind, dimi is looking more like our grand final making season and less like last season, the cb pairing of jackson and topor is working great and ugarkovic is still a class player

I'd love for one game to give bobby burns a shot at left back and have johnny k and ugar in the middle and see what happens even if it's only for a half

[MFKS]

Bullshit, GVE came in and pretty much showed him the door straight away

Which is ironic as GVE signed Topor for the Jets after the wooden spoon season after the GF win as part of the rebuild that saw Topor Ljubo Donny De Groot etc come in to try and save face for the club

Fast forward a couple of years when Tinkler come in and Middleby brings GVE back from the AIS one of the first things he does is give Topor the flick and not only that has the Jets paying his salary for a large part of that time at the WSW

Meanwhile the Jets could have done with a decent centre back in the next few years of struggles

[StannyCFCJET]

Which is ironic as GVE signed Topor for the Jets after the wooden spoon season after the GF win as part of the rebuild that saw Topor Ljubo Donny De Groot etc come in to try and save face for the club

Fast forward a couple of years when Tinkler come in and Middleby brings GVE back from the AIS one of the first things he does is give Topor the flick and not only that has the Jets paying his salary for a large part of that time at the WSW

Meanwhile the Jets could have done with a decent centre back in the next few years of struggles

Yep got rid because he apparently couldnt pass but forgets defenders need to be able to defend first, Plus his passing has been really good this year

[StannyCFCJET]

Also Major props to Jackson. Bloke is playing out of his skin atm. Great to see

[Jetkel]

Also Major props to Jackson. Bloke is playing out of his skin atm. Great to see

Jackson has been unreal. Above most/all expectations.

The whole team really worked as a unit last night & have for a lot of the season, that’s why I don’t get the need to shit on players for the sake of it.

[plague]

the "Johnny K is bad, Jackson is having a stormer" talk is the best part of the internet and its not even close.

[turbojetfireV8]

Think the fact I had trouble narrowing down who should get my MOM vote because there was more than one really good performance is my highlight this week, if we can keep up the effort consistently we might make the six despite the budget buy team Martin has given us this season (I'll try not to get my hopes up just yet though as it does need us to be 'consistent' which isn't a strong Jets trait...)

[MFKS]

the "Johnny K is bad, Jackson is having a stormer" talk is the best part of the internet and its not even close.

You say that like the the BK v Birraz Thread doesn't exist

[plague]

You say that like the the BK v Birraz Thread doesn't exist

you dont get my point.

its ok.

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I was critical of his whole game, Hasnt impressed me since the Adelaide game


What tripe Stanny, He was the player of the match v Perth and you concurred by and i quote " Can't argue with that ".