Newcastle United Jets 2013/2014 Squad thread

[russjaybee]

Quick decisions for this type of thing are not ideal but I hope they have someone lined up by finals time

You're assuming they haven't been in communication with someone for several months as a replacement, this is what SHOULD have been happening. Obviously it hasn't happened as we would have announced the replacement straight away if that was the case.

Bit of a knee jerk firing by the club, obviously things had soured a fair bit. Typically unprofessional behaviour though, normal service etc etc.

[pv4]

Yes - but they are still paid out under the salary cap....no room to get new players.

If the club terminates it then yes. If it's a "mutual agreement" (aka technically there's no severance package, even though clubs give it to them on the sly), then the cap space is free. Ange Postecoglu was a genius at swindling the "mutual agreement" type deal. The FFA bend over for Victory & Sydney to allow them to keep the cap space, but other clubs find it harder to do so (what's that about)

[lil_masi]

Of the remaining players not re-signed, I'd only sign Kew and Goody. Why wait for these signings especially Kew

[Jeterpool]

Bit of a knee jerk firing by the club, obviously things had soured a fair bit. Typically unprofessional behaviour though, normal service etc etc.

Unless the new person is tied up until the close of season, and hence can't take the position now.

[russjaybee]

Unless the new person is tied up until the close of season, and hence can't take the position now.

In which case, was it really necessary to give GvE the boot now?

[MFKS]

In which case, was it really necessary to give GvE the boot now?

FFS Wash your mouth out

Umm Did you watch Friday nights game??

Sit in the corner and Say Hail Griffo Fifty times as Penance

[sammydog]

In which case, was it really necessary to give GvE the boot now?

Where is Captain Obvious when we need him?

Seriously though, yes. GVE was hurting football in this region in a big way. If we have someone lined up, or are lining someone up, based on performances something had to give NOW.

[russjaybee]

So happy to go with Zane for the rest of the season?

Don't get me wrong I wanted Gary to go, never rated him to be honest, you can find heaps of threads on here with me complaining about his terrible team selection and formation, misuse of Heskey etc.

I would have much rather had someone lined up ready to slot straight in prior to sacking GvE. Again things must have been even worse behind the scenes with players / management and GvE for him to get the flick with no-one ready to step in.

Edit: I'm playing devils advocate as much as anythign

[selassie]

They need to play with a quality player again. Theres none of that at West Brom and Galatasaray

lol, look at the gala line up. sneijder, muslera, melo. the got out of the champions league group stage ahead of juve.

[Jeterpool]

I would have much rather had someone lined up ready to slot straight in prior to sacking GvE. Again things must have been even worse behind the scenes with players / management and GvE for him to get the flick with no-one ready to step in.



Ideally, yes that would have been the preferred situation, but as you point out things must have been bad for it to come to this.

The club simply cannot afford to not reach another finals series. Realistically we have been the least successful team over the last 3 seasons in so much as every other team has made the finals at least once since we have. We don't want this to be the fourth.

The last time we made the Finals - Season 5, 2010.

[MFKS]

So happy to go with Zane for the rest of the season?

Don't get me wrong I wanted Gary to go, never rated him to be honest, you can find heaps of threads on here with me complaining about his terrible team selection and formation, misuse of Heskey etc.

I would have much rather had someone lined up ready to slot straight in prior to sacking GvE. Again things must have been even worse behind the scenes with players / management and GvE for him to get the flick with no-one ready to step in.

Edit: I'm playing devils advocate as much as anythign

I would be more concerned if HSG actually had someone lined up before the body was cold so to speak. Would say very little for the morals/integrity of those in charge.

Needless to say the morals ethics of someone in the know need to be called into question anyway. If two bit Herald Jounros who the club can't ****ing stand know about it on Saturday it says to me someone high up has spoken out

[northern_swan]

I would be more concerned if HSG actually had someone lined up before the body was cold so to speak. Would say very little for the morals/integrity of those in charge.

Needless to say the morals ethics of someone in the know need to be called into question anyway. If two bit Herald Jounros who the club can't ****ing stand know about it on Saturday it says to me someone high up has spoken out

'Sif Dillion and his mate Gardiner are good enough to be rated as "two bit journos"?

[De-Champ]

I would be more concerned if HSG actually had someone lined up before the body was cold so to speak. Would say very little for the morals/integrity of those in charge.

Needless to say the morals ethics of someone in the know need to be called into question anyway. If two bit Herald Jounros who the club can't ****ing stand know about it on Saturday it says to me someone high up has spoken out

May have been GVE himself

[GazFish35]

I would be more concerned if HSG actually had someone lined up before the body was cold so to speak. Would say very little for the morals/integrity of those in charge.


Like when con got boned?

[MFKS]

Like when con got boned?
Yep just like that. Something sneaky lined up on the side

[GazFish35]

" I done it "

And

" it was the way that they done it "

Are two of my top three most memorable con quotes.

[belchardo]

and the third?

[pv4]

Surely the third is the yellow grass quote?

[GazFish35]

and the third?

I forgotten.

[Slowpoke]

Where's slowpoke when you need him

???

[stopper2]

With Kale getting a hat-trick in Youth against Perth and another stuttering attempt in front of goal from the first team, surely Bradbery deserves a chance from the bench at least for 20 min or so? He has been a consistent finisher now for the past two State league and NYL seasons....he deserves a chance!

[The Dunster]

With Bridges involved with selections Kale has next to no chance of getting a run at A-league level.
To think that Clayton Zane is actually in charge is laughable

[MFKS]

With Kale getting a hat-trick in Youth against Perth and another stuttering attempt in front of goal from the first team, surely Bradbery deserves a chance from the bench at least for 20 min or so? He has been a consistent finisher now for the past two State league and NYL seasons....he deserves a chance!

Who is this bloke??

[380]

With Kale getting a hat-trick in Youth against Perth and another stuttering attempt in front of goal from the first team, surely Bradbery deserves a chance from the bench at least for 20 min or so? He has been a consistent finisher now for the past two State league and NYL seasons....he deserves a chance!


He has been worthy of a cameo appearence for the best part of two seasons now. %uc* knows what goes into the thinking at this club.

[stopper2]

He has been worthy of a cameo appearence for the best part of two seasons now. %uc* knows what goes into the thinking at this club.

Yeah you see other clubs blooding 18,17 even 16 year olds....Roar gave 18 year old Clut his HAL debut against Nix and he scored on Friday night....yet Kale is 20, been in the Youth set-up going on 3 years now and yet to even warm the bench! We keep using Bridges as an "impact" sub with no "impact" yet we have a young player who knows his way to goal and who is lightning quick over 10-15 metres....just the type of player you want to bring on and run at tired defences.

[GazFish35]

But but but but we develop youth

[plague]

Yeah you see other clubs blooding 18,17 even 16 year olds....Roar gave 18 year old Clut his HAL debut against Nix and he scored on Friday night....yet Kale is 20, been in the Youth set-up going on 3 years now and yet to even warm the bench! We keep using Bridges as an "impact" sub with no "impact" yet we have a young player who knows his way to goal and who is lightning quick over 10-15 metres....just the type of player you want to bring on and run at tired defences.

Stop it, you are making too much sense.
Well done sir, you've just cost yourself any chance of getting job within the Jets organization.

[MFKS]

Yeah you see other clubs blooding 18,17 even 16 year olds....Roar gave 18 year old Clut his HAL debut against Nix and he scored on Friday night....yet Kale is 20, been in the Youth set-up going on 3 years now and yet to even warm the bench! We keep using Bridges as an "impact" sub with no "impact" yet we have a young player who knows his way to goal and who is lightning quick over 10-15 metres....just the type of player you want to bring on and run at tired defences.'

FFS Cut out the praise of Kale

People will start to think I am posting as a ****ing Mutli FFS :sup:

PS Fully agree on your thoughts though

[380]

Reports on Fox Sports Kick Off show that the club is going to make an offer to Heskey to stick around next season.

[militiamon]

On a $100,000 contact?

Must say, in between all the injuries and lack of goals, he's been rubbish for us this season. If you ignored what he did in the previous season he'd be close to Jardel levels based on current performances.

[Premy]

Reports on Fox Sports Kick Off show that the club is going to make an offer to Heskey to stick around next season.

Hopefully not on Marquee wage. He can have Bridges salary.

[380]

On a $100,000 contact?

Must say, in between all the injuries and lack of goals, he's been rubbish for us this season. If you ignored what he did in the previous season he'd be close to Jardel levels based on current performances.


Yep was thinking the same, unless he is giving us a huge discount for his services then no thanks.

[hawk]

Reports on Fox Sports Kick Off show that the club is going to make an offer to Heskey to stick around next season.

hope not. hesky out

[Retro Jet]

Reports on Fox Sports Kick Off show that the club is going to make an offer to Heskey to stick around next season.


On a $100,000 contact?

Must say, in between all the injuries and lack of goals, he's been rubbish for us this season. If you ignored what he did in the previous season he'd be close to Jardel levels based on current performances.

And that's the crux of it, innit.
Peeps, I've been saying to a lot of interested folk lately that at the end of this 2nd season, we've forked out neigh on 1.4Mil for Heskey
and quite frankley, I don't reckon we've got our moneys worth....
Next

[belchardo]

And that's the crux of it, innit.
Peeps, I've been saying to a lot of interested folk lately that at the end of this 2nd season, we've forked out neigh on 1.4Mil for Heskey
and quite frankley, I don't reckon we've got our moneys worth....
Next

We got a lot of shirt sales. Well, tinks did.

[The Dunster]

I'm not writing Heskey off just yet but he needs to lift his form somewhat from what he's currently delivering.

Until that happens he's our third ranked striker.

[sammydog]

I think a Griff/Heskey combo would fire. I think Griff has the football brain to not only play heskey into the game, but to also read what he is going to do and run off him.

Only downside is Taggart does not deserve to be displaced to make it happen.

[Jeterpool]

Dear Jets,

Get Carrusca now.

Thanks,

Jeterpool

[joel31]

Dear Jets,

Get Carrusca now.

Thanks,

Jeterpool
I second

[militiamon]

Dear Jets,

Get Carrusca now.

Thanks,

Jeterpool

Yep.

[Tommyjet]

dear jets,

get carrusca now.

Thanks,


jeterpool
x10000

[Thomas477]

Middleby will cock it up somehow.

[Jeterpool]

Middleby will cock it up somehow.

:deadhorse: :dry:

[Jetmaster]

Why bother, Harps said last night after Ali Abbas took him out last night...

"Well, they could be team mates next season...."

[namwob99]

Why bother, Harps said last night after Ali Abbas took him out last night...

"Well, they could be team mates next season...."

They say that about every player in the league when Sydney are playing them!!

[Jeterpool]

Solari signed a 1 year extension

source: New FM news

[MFKS]

Newcastle Jets goalkeeper John Solari has signed a one-year contract extension with the Jets, keeping him at the Club until the end of the 2014/15 Hyundai A-League season.

The 19-year-old shot stopper has been instrumental in the success of Newcastle’s National Youth League team this season, helping the young Jets into second place on the competition ladder with three rounds remaining.


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Solari said he is pleased to have extended his stay in the Hunter.

“I’m really happy to have re-signed with the Jets for another season,” Solari said.

“My first season as a professional has been a big learning curve and I’m lucky to have a great coach in Bob Catlin and two great keepers in Mark Birighitti and Ben Kennedy to learn from.

“I think another year in this environment will really help me grow and improve as a goalkeeper and I’m looking forward to it.”

Solari joined the Jets during the offseason after progressing through the ranks of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) and spending time with Adelaide United’s National Youth League team.

Solari is once again eligible to compete for the Jets in both the 2014 NBN State League and 2014/15 National Youth League competition.

Jets CEO Robbie Middleby said the Club was pleased to have retained the services of Solari for another season.

"As a Club, we’ve been really pleased with the way John has progressed since he joined the Jets,” Middleby said,

“He’s had a very solid season with our National Youth League team, which is a testament to his attitude at training and with that kind of work ethic, we see him continuing to develop next season.”
.

[Jeterpool]

Dear Jets,

Carrusca's still available. Make it happen.

Patiently waiting,

Jeterpool.

[Jeterpool]

And sure we have to work on the hair but he has tatts so he'd fit right in with the squad

[Tommyjet]

How's the composure on that goal he just scored. Everyone in the jets squad (bar griff and taggs maybe) would of taken that first time and put in into orbit

[Jeterpool]

Goodwin signs on for 2 more years.

[BodyNovo]

giving 2 year contracts out to young players is a real risky one for me

yes it secures the club if a cashed up club comes in and pays a decent transfer for the player but

they can get complacent in there boots, goodwin after those first 5 games last season just switched off and didn't play well for the rest of the season, middle half of this season last year of contract pulls his finger out and starts playing outstandingly well.

personally would have given him another year than if kept his form than gave him a contract extension.

[Grimario]

you mean the 5 or 6 games last season where he was close to best on ground for us... and was then inexplicably left out of a trip to Wellington, given time in the youth then came back a shattered shell of himself after GVE blasted nameless players for not playing to his tactic and then said something about nameless players having too much width, clearly a jibe at Goodwin who was playing as a WINGER and crossing for Heskey, instead of the BS narrow cutting in tactic that GVE had us trying to use?

Yeah, I'd probably turn into a shit player if everything I was good at and doing well was lambasted by my manager who constantly gave me shit for playing the game as best fit my attributes.

[Thomas477]

**** me, if a player can't handle being dropped then they aren't cut out for being a professional footballer.

Also, sounds about right, person plays well for a few game and gets a new contract. It is good news though if he continues to perform.

[Grimario]

Being dropped wasn't the issue. Being dropped when playing well and then (namelessly) singled out as GVE's scapegoat... that's the problem.

[sammydog]

you mean the 5 or 6 games last season where he was close to best on ground for us... and was then inexplicably left out of a trip to Wellington, given time in the youth then came back a shattered shell of himself after GVE blasted nameless players for not playing to his tactic and then said something about nameless players having too much width, clearly a jibe at Goodwin who was playing as a WINGER and crossing for Heskey, instead of the BS narrow cutting in tactic that GVE had us trying to use?

Yeah, I'd probably turn into a shit player if everything I was good at and doing well was lambasted by my manager who constantly gave me shit for playing the game as best fit my attributes.

Couldn't agree more with you. Goodwin wasn't the only player to be stripped of confidence and dignity by GVE. It was a common theme of his managerial style, and we wonder why the team was shite. Players will take a while to get the confidence back. I'm happy to see Goodwin signed up again.

[longshot]

I think Grimario has nailed it. If we all knew the truth of what GVE did to him I think we would understand the situation better. It didn't make sense that when he was playing well he got dropped and singled out as a scapegoat. I guess we will never know. But since GvE has gone Goodwin it getting back to the classy player that we want to see.

[BodyNovo]

all i think about is

marko jesic, sean rooney, etc.

blokes have been given 2 year extensions after a couple of good games and have had the same level of potential as goodwin and they are playing either in lower asian competitions like india/malaysia or playing in the NPL.

i just think it would have been safe to give him a year deal to prove himself.

[Jeterpool]

I think Grimario has nailed it. If we all knew the truth of what GVE did to him I think we would understand the situation better. It didn't make sense that when he was playing well he got dropped and singled out as a scapegoat. I guess we will never know. But since GvE has gone Goodwin it getting back to the classy player that we want to see.

I've heard a bit of what apparently went on and it's no surprise Goodwin looked timid under GvE. He's been unleashed and can play his natural game under Clayton.

[russjaybee]

BodyNovo, you give him a year to prove himself and he leaves for another club on a free.

[BodyNovo]

Part and parcel of the league, while some people wouldn't want to take the risk, I would

In saying that don't clubs have to wait until 3 months (I think it is this amount) before there contract ends to approach a player

The club surely by than would have made there mind up as to whether he is worthy of a contract extension.

[russjaybee]

BodyNovo it's not so much of whether he is worthy but of whether the player wants to stay.

This is the club attempting to protect their investment. Youth is an investment and if it pays off you -

A) Have a quality player
B) Have a quality commodity other clubs will have to pay for if he wants to leave

If we signed him for 1 year and he had a stand-out season next year then bigger clubs may come knocking, in that case he can refuse a new contract with us and walk on a free. This means the jets are missing out on a potential pay day.

It's part and parcel of the whole game and is no different for a big club as it is for the Jets, it's just the Jets have a little less cash to splash around and thus need to be even smarter with their investments.

Edit: Although Goodwin has had time to prove his worth it was under the tutelage of one Gary van Egmond. Whether you think that may have affected his development or not is a personal opinion. He's definitely got technical and physical ability, his attitude and mental strength is what might let him down.

[Thomas477]

Part and parcel of the league, while some people wouldn't want to take the risk, I would

In saying that don't clubs have to wait until 3 months (I think it is this amount) before there contract ends to approach a player

According to my experiences in FM and FIFA, it's 6 months.

[GazFish35]

so long as hes not on massive coin like jesic was reoprted tio be on this move is a good one.

[Premy]

Part and parcel of the league, while some people wouldn't want to take the risk, I would

In saying that don't clubs have to wait until 3 months (I think it is this amount) before there contract ends to approach a player

The club surely by than would have made there mind up as to whether he is worthy of a contract extension.

6 months hence why Victory have signed Berisha for next Season.

[hawk]

BodyNovo it's not so much of whether he is worthy but of whether the player wants to stay.

This is the club attempting to protect their investment. Youth is an investment and if it pays off you -

A) Have a quality left foot player
B) Have a quality left foot commodity other clubs will have to pay for if he wants to leave

.

adds an extra 20 nikka

[plague]

If we signed him for 1 year and he had a stand-out season next year then bigger clubs may come knocking, in that case he can refuse a new contract with us and walk on a free. This means the jets are missing out on a potential pay day.

It's part and parcel of the whole game and is no different for a big club as it is for the Jets, it's just the Jets have a little less cash to splash around and thus need to be even smarter with their investments.



You are correct except for the fact that we were in this situation not that long ago and we had the leading goalscorer (and one of the 3 best players on our team) locked into a long term deal yet didnt get a cent for him when he left.

Middleby'd

[pv4]

Jaliens is signing a 2 year contract with us to see his career out

[Premy]

Jaliens is signing a 2 year contract with us to see his career outIs this confirmed or hearsay? ?

[joel31]

Is this confirmed or hearsay? ?
it was on 442. not confirmed yet

[joel31]

I'm happy. Jaliens has had a couple of bad games but has overall been good for us

[parksey]

Please sign brillante

[Premy]

Please sign brillante
His contracted to the end of next season.

[MFKS]

SIGN GRIFFO

If anyone needs signing its him.

Bloke is a ****ing legend

[joel31]

SIGN GRIFFO

If anyone needs signing its him.

Bloke is a ****ing legend
as much as I want him to be I have this feeling it wont happen and he'll be back off to Asia at the end of the season

[q-money]

moving on, jimmy gardiner has mentioned we might be in the game for gui finkler if heskey finishes up this year and heads back to the UK

i will spit my cornflakes out if we actually buy what would previously have been seen as a luxury player

[smoo]

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2139237/mark-birighitti-and-taylor-regan-come-to-blows-at-jets-training/?cs=306

Birraz and Reegz alleged dust up at training this morn.

[MFKS]

**** Yeah

Shit just got Real

[BodyNovo]

good to see they actually do care.

[leftrightout]

moving on, jimmy gardiner has mentioned we might be in the game for gui finkler if heskey finishes up this year and heads back to the UK

i will spit my cornflakes out if we actually buy what would previously have been seen as a luxury player

Im with you, i have liked the bloke from the moment he got here last year!
would be a brilliant signing, finally a number 10!

[plague]

Reegz, what a ledge.

[Pico]

I do find it a bit concerning that we need Heskey a marquee to leave to be in the running to get Finkler a player under the cap at victory to sign for us, sounds like we are either really cutting it fine with the salary cap or are going to pay overs for a salary cap player who’s not looking like he’ll be kept on at his current club.

Can see us offering him marquee wages and then him going to perth instead.

[Premy]

Calling it now if we sign Finkler he will be Brown 2.0

[Tommyjet]

Calling it now if we sign Finkler he will be Brown 2.0

Not a chance, he is exactly what we need

[380]

No doubting his ability with the ball at his feet but like Flores i question his work rate when the opp have the ball.

[q-money]

work rate is such a subjective thing, are you trying to say he's no good in the tackle?

by not running around like a chook with his head cut off he is more useful than the next goon chucking himself into tackle after tackle. watch finkler, broich, and hernandez's positioning when the ball is turned over. they are more often than not in the right position, with enough time to recieve it and knock it on to the next bloke without putting undue pressure on them.

we have the ultimate goon squad here in zads, brillante and kanta as well

[hawk]

work rate is such a subjective thing, are you trying to say he's no good in the tackle?

by not running around like a chook with his head cut off he is more useful than the next goon chucking himself into tackle after tackle. watch finkler, broich, and hernandez's positioning when the ball is turned over. they are more often than not in the right position, with enough time to recieve it and knock it on to the next bloke without putting undue pressure on them.

we have the ultimate goon squad here in zads, brillante and kanta as well

every side needs a goon squad. the only other option is to track back to the defensive 18 box and hope for sh1t crosses, wait that'll work here.

[militiamon]

.....sign him the fxxx-up!

[pv4]

Finkler is too good for us.

He won't put bums on seats but he'll win us games

[leftrightout]

work rate is such a subjective thing, are you trying to say he's no good in the tackle?

by not running around like a chook with his head cut off he is more useful than the next goon chucking himself into tackle after tackle. watch finkler, broich, and hernandez's positioning when the ball is turned over. they are more often than not in the right position, with enough time to recieve it and knock it on to the next bloke without putting undue pressure on them.

we have the ultimate goon squad here in zads, brillante and kanta as well

This is exactly what I was trying to say about this topic not long ago, I just couldn't word it this good.
I could not agree more!

We should do everything to sign him, unfortunately we will do everything wrong though.

[russjaybee]

Is a smart player with good touch, we'll never sign him.

[pv4]

Stein Husygems (sp) is leaving Phoenix at the end of the year. They can't offer him a 2yr deal and can't increase his wages at all as they've hit their budget.

Is 32 in June.

Clinical (ala Surgeon, sup q).

Haircut fits in well with the team.

Would take.

[GazFish35]

He'd be silly to come here though.

He'd be far better off at Sydney where they can pay him marquee wages but fit him under the cap.

[leftrightout]

Stein Husygems (sp) is leaving Phoenix at the end of the year. They can't offer him a 2yr deal and can't increase his wages at all as they've hit their budget.

Is 32 in June.

Clinical (ala Surgeon, sup q).

Haircut fits in well with the team.

Would take.

Im not sure on this guy. He has been good this year, but did you see him last season? He was pretty hopeless!
I don't think id take him.

[Bon]

Im not sure on this guy. He has been good this year, but did you see him last season? He was pretty hopeless!
I don't think id take him.

Yeah, I'm with you mate..

[pv4]

To me, it just shows that he is good in a team with a good coach (Merrick) and good players behind him (Carlos).

If we can supply neither for our squad, we've got no chance anyway.

If we lose Heskey but sign Finkler, and sign Stein - that is a pretty decent attacking lineup. Having the likes of Hoole, Goodwin, etc around those guys could be pretty good IMO.

[Premy]

Im not sure on this guy. He has been good this year, but did you see him last season? He was pretty hopeless!
I don't think id take him.
Wellington in general last year were hopeless

[joel31]

To me, it just shows that he is good in a team with a good coach (Merrick) and good players behind him (Carlos).

we fail the first

[Jeterpool]

Im not sure on this guy. He has been good this year, but did you see him last season? He was pretty hopeless!
I don't think id take him.


Yeah, I'm with you mate..

+3

[380]

+3

+4

[pv4]

Kew officially re-signed until end of 14/15 season

[Bon]

Kew officially re-signed until end of 14/15 season

Awesome news..

[joel31]

good news. hes been very good for the most part for us

[Jeterpool]

Kewl

[GazFish35]

About time we got a decent import worth keeping, who wants to stay!

Stoked he's re-signed.

[joel31]

Lets say in a theoretical situation. What's the minimum amount of points u reckon we need to make the six from the last 4 games?
I'd say 8

[Thomas477]

12

[halo se7en]

We have a pretty decent run. 8 would do it considering none of the other teams are overly consistent.

[pv4]

Nigel boogard is leaving adelaide on a free at the end of the season to join a russian club.

Another local we're missing out on

[Jeterpool]

Nigel boogard is leaving adelaide on a free at the end of the season to join a russian club.

Another local we're missing out on

Who will get sent off against us now!?

[MFKS]

Nigel boogard is leaving adelaide on a free at the end of the season to join a russian club.

Another local we're missing out on
local for who?????

blokes a ****ing gypo

stop trying to get all your gypo mates here

[Thomas477]

local for who?????

blokes a ****ing gypo

stop trying to get all your gypo mates here

+1

[GazFish35]

local for who?????

blokes a ****ing gypo

stop trying to get all your gypo mates here

Played for Weston,
School at hunter sports,
Played for breakers/united.

[MFKS]

played for gypo. peasants.

bloke will be tarred for life now

enough said gypo he is

[GazFish35]

His old man played for KB.

KB links negate time spent in Gosford.

[Blackmac79]

His old man played for KB.

KB links negate time spent in Gosford.

Don't agree.

Mcbreens old man played for newy in the old days. Poor hero turning in his grave to see how his son turned out. ****ing khunt of a gypo.

[pv4]

You are all way too harsh on both boogs and mcbreen

Boogs wanted to play for us at the atart of the HAL but for a reason not know to him or his old man, Con told them both to fxxx off.

And gve is to blame for not signing macca - on multiple occasions. Disc race

[parksey]

i'm fine with it tbh

[pv4]

TBH it's a disgusting way to view/treat locals (with such newy history) who actively went out of their way and attempted to sign with us, only to be rejected. It's not their faults ffs!

Plus inb4 "mcbreen celebrated against us". We wound him up before he did to us. The dude celebrated one of the biggest goals in his career with a tribute to his nnsw club ffs.

I have no respect for anyone who hates on macca and/or boogs for playing with the gypos - blame gve ffs

[MFKS]

TBH it's a disgusting way to view/treat locals (with such newy history) who actively went out of their way and attempted to sign with us, only to be rejected. It's not their faults ffs!

Plus inb4 "mcbreen celebrated against us". We wound him up before he did to us. The dude celebrated one of the biggest goals in his career with a tribute to his nnsw club ffs.

I have no respect for anyone who hates on macca and/or boogs for playing with the gypos - blame gve ffs

Your doing a fine job there of sticking up for your fellow Gypo mates :whistling:



Anyways don't blame GVE for it. Middleby is the starting point for all our problems

[BodyNovo]

i don't rate either anyway tbh.

Mcbreen had 1 good season.

[GazFish35]

i don't rate either anyway tbh.

Mcbreen had 1 good season.

this may be so, but id reather have 9 locals and griff + kew than the mob of underperforming blokes from all around who dont give to fifths of **** all.

[plague]

Boogaard is rubbish.
and a gypo.
and a pissant.
and rubbish.

Should have signed Mcbreen one of the 6 times we had a chance to.

GVE out.

[leftrightout]

i don't rate either anyway tbh.

Mcbreen had 1 good season.

Yep agree, had a good season in a successful team... He isn't that great and we are not a good team so he would have been as shit for us as he was for Perth and Fury!

[russjaybee]

TBH it's a disgusting way to view/treat locals (with such newy history) who actively went out of their way and attempted to sign with us, only to be rejected. It's not their faults ffs!


Any source of evidence on this?

Regardless of this I would probably take him, we could use some more experience back there. Boogs + Kew would be decent, with Kews age we are always going to need a backup in Reegz.

Excuse my ignorance but what's happened to Chapman?

[MFKS]

Any source of evidence on this?

Regardless of this I would probably take him, we could use some more experience back there. Boogs + Kew would be decent, with Kews age we are always going to need a backup in Reegz.

Excuse my ignorance but what's happened to Chapman?


Out of curiosity isn't Chapman off contract this season??

May have signed for someone else and told the club and is now banished to not play again.


Surprising with our issues he hasn't been given a go.

[Premy]

On the 1st page of this thread all players expiry dates are there.

Chapman is contracted to June 2015.

[plague]

i don't rate either anyway tbh.

Mcbreen had 1 good season.

Attn stat nerdz:
Can someone give us Mcbreens goal tallys for last 5 years (is that how long he's been back?) vs our top scorer each year over the same period. We might then compare contracts to see how much each goal 'cost'.
You might find he's been amazing value for money.
Plus single handedly caused the Miracle of Brisbane.


Pffffft, one good season.

[MFKS]

Attn stat nerdz:
Can someone give us Mcbreens goal tallys for last 5 years (is that how long he's been back?) vs our top scorer each year over the same period. We might then compare contracts to see how much each goal 'cost'.
You might find he's been amazing value for money.
Plus single handedly caused the Miracle of Brisbane.


Pffffft, one good season.

So you disregard the fact we have been shit for the last 5 years in this equation??

Anyways out of fairness to balance this elaborate equation you are constructing the years where Middleby has been involved at the Jets need removing as we are in agreement he has been a negative for us

[Jeterpool]

Attn stat nerdz:
Can someone give us Mcbreens goal tallys for last 5 years (is that how long he's been back?) vs our top scorer each year over the same period. We might then compare contracts to see how much each goal 'cost'.
You might find he's been amazing value for money.
Plus single handedly caused the Miracle of Brisbane.


Pffffft, one good season.


http://aus.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-mcbreen/2/

and I resent the nerdz call....ah who am I kidding..

[The Dunster]

Stats at NSL http://aus.worldfootball.net/player_...iel-mcbreen/2/ appear to count NSL goals as A-league.

A-League Goals.

McBreen
123 Games. 37 Goals.

Weak Ankles
177 Games. 45 goals

God.
72 Games. 32 Goals

Ryu
60 Games. 20 Goals

[Premy]

Just saying if they include nsl
God would be 196 games 79 goals

[plague]

So you disregard the fact we have been shit for the last 5 years in this equation??


We're shit because we keep passing over blokes who could maybe make us not so shit.

On phone at moment so will digest stats later, ta for posting lads.

and Jeterpool, nerdz isn't an insult at all, trust me.

[MFKS]

We're shit because we keep passing over blokes who could maybe make us not so shit.

On phone at moment so will digest stats later, ta for posting lads.

and Jeterpool, nerdz isn't an insult at all, trust me.

Wrong Its all Middleby's Fault

Can't believe you would pass up the opportunity to blame him
DIS GRACE

Our problems lie with the poor decisions of our administration and the people they are selecting as coaches who are also poor at what they do. Not our player signings.

Seriously how can anyone justify the appointment of GVE to the Emerging Jets position when he has cluster****ed everything he has touched in recent years. Yet our CEO was an outspoken advocate of giving the bloke the job. This bloke is one of the main reasons why we have such a shit kulcha at our club yet now we are inflicting it on the kids of the Hunter for years to come

[plague]

because I'm not one of those blokes on here that single out Middleby for constant criticism.
I give him a fair and balanced look but if something stands out as being wrong (in my opinion) I like to think any critique is eloquent and backed by facts.

[leftrightout]

Wrong Its all Middleby's Fault

Can't believe you would pass up the opportunity to blame him
DIS GRACE

Our problems lie with the poor decisions of our administration and the people they are selecting as coaches who are also poor at what they do. Not our player signings.

Seriously how can anyone justify the appointment of GVE to the Emerging Jets position when he has cluster****ed everything he has touched in recent years. Yet our CEO was an outspoken advocate of giving the bloke the job. This bloke is one of the main reasons why we have such a shit kulcha at our club yet now we are inflicting it on the kids of the Hunter for years to come

GVE thinks a 20 year old playing once a week and training 2 hours a day for 4 days needs rest because they will burn out. Him being head of emerging jets will mean the poor bastards only get to have a one hour run every fortnight!

[Jeterpool]

and Jeterpool, nerdz isn't an insult at all, trust me.

:grin:

[joel31]

On the 1st page of this thread all players expiry dates are there.

Chapman is contracted to June 2015.
I think he signed a new deal near the end of last season or in the off season

[Hunter403]

Flores free to sign
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1185347/Flores-shown-the-door-by-Mariners

[lquiquer]

Looks like Zenon is out for the rest of the season according to Kat on twitter

[Thomas477]

Looks like Zenon is out for the rest of the season according to Kat on twitter

Good news for Kanta then.

[Grimario]

Looks like Zenon is out for the rest of the season according to Kat on twitter

A big fat BOO to hubby being out for the season. He's very disappointed (and wifey sad) But still a Jet and we have two games to win #GoJets

Medial ligament, 4-6 weeks. He's disappointed he couldn't end the season with the boys

Yeah no surgery thankfully. Was just bad timing. And yes, not bad enough where he can't still help out

[halo se7en]

Just like Neville, the poor bastard finds his best form of the season and this happens.

[furns]

can someone check listing on OP and let me know of any changes please?
Like to update it but I havent the time to f*ck around looking for articles and shit

[MFKS]

Judging by my untrained eye Furns

Jaliens has resigned for another season
Goodwin has resigned for another 2 seasons
They have been resigned you may just want confirmation from 3rd party on time frame

Nathan Burns no longer has any association with Jets

[MFKS]

www.theherald.com.au/story/.../kew-jaliens-to-remain-with-newcastle-jets/



www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-17/jets-re...craig-goodwin.../5264582‎


There you go research done

[joel31]

How could you be so blind member

Griff (no. 29) was signed til end of 2014 season
Carney (no. 23) was signed til end of 2014 season

[joel31]

also berisha is no longer rumoured to join the club

[Thomas477]

How could you be so blind member

Griff (no. 29) was signed til end of 2014 season
Carney (no. 22) was signed til end of 2014 season

Carney is 23, 22 is son of Griff.

[lquiquer]

also berisha is no longer rumoured to join the club

He joined the red card club... He is their Marque

[pv4]

can someone check listing on OP and let me know of any changes please?
Like to update it but I havent the time to f*ck around looking for articles and shit

Do sfcu still have a bossy thread on it? Just steal their deetz lol

[pv4]

Best I could find on every player, Furns! P.S. wasn't a fan of the colour-coding. Also it is insanely hard to tell who is and isn't apart of that youth/apprentice contract so I dropped that out. Rumoured players may or may not be legit, but my best bet.

Current Newcastle Jets Squad
#1) Mark Birighitti (gk) - 14/15
#2) Scott Neville - 15/16
#3) Taylor Regan - 15/16
#4) Kew Jaliens (fgn) - 14/15
#5) Ben Kantarovski - 15/16
#6) Zenon Caravella - 14/15
#7) Andrew Hoole - 15/16
#8) Ruben Zadkovich - 14/15
#9) Emile Heskey (fgn)(int marquee) - 13/14
#11) Craig Goodwin - 15/16
#12) Connor Chapman - 14/15
#13) Joey Gibbs - 13/14
#14) Josh Mitchell - 13/14
#15) Josh Brillante - 14/15
#16) Jacob Pepper - 15/16
#17) James Virgili - 14/15
#18) James Brown - 13/14
#19) Michael Bridges (fgn) - 13/14
#20) Ben Kennedy (gk) - 14/15
#21) Sam Gallaway - 14/15
#22) Adam Taggart - 14/15
#23) David Carney - 13/14
#24) Mitchell Oxborrow - 14/15
#25) Mitch Cooper - 14/15
#27) Nick Ward (inj replacement) - 13/14
#29) Joel Griffiths - 13/14
#30) John Solari (gk) - 14/15

Players Released
Nathan Burns - loan deal expired

Players Rumoured In
Archie Thompson - Melbourne Victory
Gui Finkler - Melbourne Victory
Marcos Flores - Central Coast Mariners
Nathan Burns - Incheon United

Players Rumoured Out
Mark Birighitti - Bayer Leverkusen
Josh Brillante - Bundesliga
Adam Taggart - Bundesliga
Emile Heskey - England/Retirement
Michael Bridges - Retirement/Coaching

Manager
Clayton Zane - 13/14

[front2]

Full steam ahead.

[furns]

right from that list am happy to give another year to Mitchell, Carney, Griff
Rest can gtfo

[Superdylan]

Must throw as much money at taggart as possible to keep him here at the Newcastle jets at least for next season.

[furns]

Taggz is already signed for next season.
I would probably be signing him to a longer better deal, so that we can maximise any transfer fee that may eventuate.

[MFKS]

right from that list am happy to give another year to Mitchell, Carney, Griff
Rest can gtfo

The other 2 blokes I agree with particularly that Griffo bloke.


As for Mitchell. We really need to be signing better quality than him.

Yes we could re sign him but we have too many players already on the books of his ilk ie Average who will eventually **** up

The signing of Kew Jaliens shows someone has a clue so there is room to believe we could sign a very good player to partner Kew.

Its high time we actually assembled a squad capable of making the top 6 in a 10 team comp. Mitchell to me is the signing of a club who wishes to try and make the 6 not the signing of a club who expects to make the 6

[pv4]

right from that list am happy to give another year to Mitchell, Carney, Griff
Rest can gtfo

Update the OP yo

[WolfMan]

The other 2 blokes I agree with particularly that Griffo bloke.


As for Mitchell. We really need to be signing better quality than him.

Yes we could re sign him but we have too many players already on the books of his ilk ie Average who will eventually **** up

The signing of Kew Jaliens shows someone has a clue so there is room to believe we could sign a very good player to partner Kew.

Its high time we actually assembled a squad capable of making the top 6 in a 10 team comp. Mitchell to me is the signing of a club who wishes to try and make the 6 not the signing of a club who expects to make the 6

Surely you can admit that Mitchell has been very good since he has come back into the fold? Why not reward that with another year?

[Hunter403]

Surely you can admit that Mitchell has been very good since he has come back into the fold? Why not reward that with another year?

He has been "better" but still not good enough. MFKS is spot on.

[pv4]

Particularly the last 3-4 games, I think Mitchell has been absolutely excellent. He's a local, he plays for the shirt, he gets stuck in, he wins headers, he makes the challenges he needs to (even if some are a bit rough) and he is keeping possession way more than last season (and I still blame GVE and his sytem for that, and not Mitchell). I don't see what else people want. He perfectly compliments Kew, and they are forming quite a formidable partnership. And he's keeping Regan & Chapman out of a job, he's doing so well!

I quite like every player in our squad who is coming off contract (bar Bridges, for well-documented reasons). I'd love to see them all re-signed (particularly Mitchell & Griff), assuming we don't have the drawing power plus audacity and ability to attract better players (and, assuming we're typical jerks, this will be the case).

[Disinterested Bystander]

Surely you can admit that Mitchell has been very good since he has come back into the fold? Why not reward that with another year?

I'm sure we will do as that's our style - rather than signing good quality skilled players, sign players who are demonstrably poorly skilled, have a long term trend of being crap, but are currently performing somewhat better than said long term trend.

Aiming to sneak into the top 6 in the last round by goal difference FTW!

[Premy]

Gibbs- Release
Brown- Release
Bridges- Release
Ward- Release

Griffiths- Re-sign
Carney- Re-sign
Heskey- Re-sign (only if he will take a massive pay cut and come under the cap)

Mitchell-???

Birighitti- Sell
Taggart- Sell
Brillante- Sell

Burns- Sign
Kennedy- Sign (Josh)
Holland- Sign

[MFKS]

Particularly the last 3-4 games, I think Mitchell has been absolutely excellent. He's a local, he plays for the shirt, he gets stuck in, he wins headers, he makes the challenges he needs to (even if some are a bit rough) and he is keeping possession way more than last season (and I still blame GVE and his sytem for that, and not Mitchell). I don't see what else people want. He perfectly compliments Kew, and they are forming quite a formidable partnership. And he's keeping Regan & Chapman out of a job, he's doing so well!

I quite like every player in our squad who is coming off contract (bar Bridges, for well-documented reasons). I'd love to see them all re-signed (particularly Mitchell & Griff), assuming we don't have the drawing power plus audacity and ability to attract better players (and, assuming we're typical jerks, this will be the case).

Same bloke dogged it for Harolds goal at the weekend/

Have a look at the replay and explain to me what he was doing???


As for him keeping possession Have a look at where he keeps possession. Most of his passes are back to the keeper and the bloke many a time has the first instinct to go back rather than play forward at all

[pv4]

Same bloke dogged it for Harolds goal at the weekend/

Have a look at the replay and explain to me what he was doing???


As for him keeping possession Have a look at where he keeps possession. Most of his passes are back to the keeper and the bloke many a time has the first instinct to go back rather than play forward at all

I never said he wasn't at fault for things nor didn't make mistakes. Every player does. That's usually how goals are scored. I still think he's incredibly solid, and very suited to our club.

I have honestly barely seen him play a backpass this season. I think your views are from GVE days still - which I have said many times should not be used to assess him as that system proper set up the centre backs to look bad. Show me evidence of him "mostly" passing back to the keeper this season (and moreso these last 3-4 games) and I'll probably be more open to your opinion - until then I will be of the belief you're holding a grudge from last season still.

[MFKS]

Very suited to our clubs continued desire to seek and achieve mediocrity.

Watch him on the weekend instead of Bridges:whistling: and see how often he needlessly passes back to BK when he could pass forward. Ball comes back to him and he will choose the easy option and play it back and negates the option to keep possession and look forward for a suitable pass

[joel31]

Gibbs- Release
Brown- Release
Bridges- Release
Ward- Release

Griffiths- Re-sign
Carney- Re-sign
Heskey- Re-sign (only if he will take a massive pay cut and come under the cap)

Mitchell-???

Birighitti- Sell
Taggart- Sell
Brillante- Sell

Burns- Sign
Kennedy- Sign (Josh)
Holland- Sign
why would james Holland want to return. hes playing regularly in Austria and in europe

[Premy]

why would james Holland want to return. hes playing regularly in Austria and in europe

He Loves Newy.
One can Dream.

[The Dunster]

Mitchell deserves another contract. He's been one of our best since GVE was boned.

[WolfMan]

Obviously not a popular opinion (that Mitchell is good enough for us/the league), but myself, pv4 and Dunster will just make our own little Mitchell Appreciation Society lol

[joel31]

PLAYER APPEARANCE | Newcastle Jets players James Brown and Connor Chapman will be at Telstra Kotara between 6pm and 7pm tonight! The players will be giving away Jets and Telstra merch, signing autographs and will be handing over a signed 2013/14 Newcastle Jets home strip to the winner of last month's Telstra Broadband competition. Make sure you pop down to Westfield Kotara to say hi! ‪#‎NTUA

Someone go and quiz Chapman about his future at the club

[belchardo]

Ward - don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[Jeterpool]

Spotted Marcos Flores in the Jets box with the other players and Tarek. Sorry about the picture quality

Interesting...679

[GazFish35]

He'd be a great addition.... So long as we don't expect home to win us everything.


High expectations seem to kill off any hope.

If he's not wanting massive coin I'd be happy with him dictating play next season.
New pitch needed though.

[Grimario]

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/newcastlejets/news-display/Brillante-named-Jets-Player-of-the-Year/89766


Hunter Ports Newcastle Jets utility Josh Brillante has capped off a stellar season by being named the Club’s Player of the Year for 2013/14.

Brillante, who was one of three finalists along with striker Adam Taggart and defender Kew Jaliens, accepted his award at Hunter Stadium on Saturday night.

The versatile Brillante made 24 appearances for the Jets this season, featuring prominently in both central midfield and at the right fullback position.

Brillante contributed three goal assists during the 2013/14 campaign and his consistent performances on a weekly basis earned the praise of many pundits.

Being named Jets Player of the Year for 2013/14 completes an outstanding 12 months for the 20-year-old, which saw him make his Socceroos debut, represent the Young Socceroos at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and be named Australian Young Footballer of the Year for 2013.

Jets interim head coach Clayton Zane said Brillante was a thoroughly deserving recipient of the A-League Player of the Year accolade.

“Josh has had a standout year and was excellent for us all season, which is a testament to his attitude and work ethic,” Zane said.

“He has continued to grow and develop as the season went on, doing his job week-in, week-out no matter what position he played in.

“The manner in which Josh has carried himself throughout the season and the character he’s shown on and off the football pitch indicates he has a bright future in the game ahead of him.”

Despite narrowly missing out on the top prize, Taggart did not leave the awards night empty handed, picking up the Members Player of the Year Award and winning the Club’s Top Goal Scorer accolade after bagging 16 goals this season.

Radovan Pavicevic was named National Youth League (NYL) player of the year, while Kale Bradbery received the NYL Top Goal Scorer award.

The Jets’ W-League Player of the Year award was presented to Gema Simon.

The 23-year-old performed at a consistently high level for the Jets women throughout the season and was a worthy recipient of the prize.

Newcastle Jets 2013/14 Award winners:
A-League Player of the Year: Josh Brillante
A-League Members Player of the Year: Adam Taggart
A-League Top Goal Scorer: Adam Taggart
W-League Player of the Year: Gema Simon
National Youth League Player of the Year: Radovan Pavicevic
National Youth League Top Goal Scorer:Kale Bradbery
Club Person of the Year: Brent Anderson

Surprised it was Brillante. Not surprised that the finalists were him, Kew and Taggart.

[MFKS]

Seriously who are the flogs who voted for this??

As if Griffo wouldn't win the fans player award??


How the **** did Taggz win it?? No offence but the Griff has him well covered in the popularity stakes

Who was consulted on this shit?? I never voted

Farking Dis Grace

[redwah]

Seriously who are the flogs who voted for this??

As if Griffo wouldn't win the fans player award??


How the **** did Taggz win it?? No offence but the Griff has him well covered in the popularity stakes

Who was consulted on this shit?? I never voted

Farking Dis Grace

Please...

You're a goose! Give it a rest some days.

[steve136]

I have no doubt that Taggz will prove himself to be the best striker we've ever had at the club. He'll be showing us his talent in a better league within a year or two for sure.
I like Griff but he's no competition for Taggz these days.
2013-14:
Griffo - 3 goals
Taggz - 16 goals
It is really that surprising Taggz is our most popular player?

[pv4]

Spotted Marcos Flores in the Jets box with the other players and Tarek. Sorry about the picture quality

Interesting...679

Awesome scoop!

[joel31]

I have no doubt that Taggz will prove himself to be the best striker we've ever had at the club. He'll be showing us his talent in a better league within a year or two for sure.
I like Griff but he's no competition for Taggz these days.
2013-14:
Griffo - 3 goals
Taggz - 16 goals
It is really that surprising Taggz is our most popular player?
difference is taggart has played every game and is the central striker. If he'd taken all his clear cut chances he'd have 50 goals this season

[GazFish35]

I have no doubt that Taggz will prove himself to be the best striker we've ever had at the club. He'll be showing us his talent in a better league within a year or two for sure.
I like Griff but he's no competition for Taggz these days.
2013-14:
Griffo - 3 goals
Taggz - 16 goals
It is really that surprising Taggz is our most popular player?

Might be a more valid comparison if you take into account games played, and position.
A straight comparison on goals scored can be shot down in flames so quickly it's not doing your argument any favours.


I agree taggz has been better this year, but that's to be expected given his age, position, tactical use by coach, games played etc.

[militiamon]

Some of his finishing was deadset honking hey, and you could argue that it made a big difference to some of our results (e.g those 2 clear-cut chances against Perth, one when Duncan ****ed up and he had an open goal, the second when he was one-on-one).

Come to think of it, how many one-on-one opportunities did Taggart actually bury? It seemed like he would always run super close to the keeper and have his shots blocked.


NB Obvs the kid is a freak and has the potential to do great things. Comparing him to Griff though, lol.

[BodyNovo]

i think your comparing griff to the wrong guy compare griff to everyone who played on the wing this season

griff 3 goals

hoole 0
virgilli 0
goodwin 0
burns 2 (in one game)

all 4 of them played more game time as well.

SIGN GRIFF

[joel31]

Goodwin scored 2 goals though

[BodyNovo]

Ahh forgot about his double against Wellington

Good pickup

[Jetmaster]

Awesome scoop!

Don't get your hopes up - heard I guy ask him, " so are you playing for us next year?" He responded - "no just here to watch the game and see some friends".

[q-money]

rof at blokes saying tagz missed some sitters, bloke has created so many chances for himself that it's irrelevant. lets maybe look at the other goons we had playing up front all year for someone to blame.

imagine if he played at a decent club ffs.

[pv4]

rof at blokes saying tagz missed some sitters, bloke has created so many chances for himself that it's irrelevant. lets maybe look at the other goons we had playing up front all year for someone to blame.

imagine if he played at a decent club ffs.

Exactly. Some of the goals he has scored this year, he had no right to score. And some of them, barely anyone helped him with. Pretty much all of his three goals v Heart were outrageous. He has single-handedly won us many games this year.

[BodyNovo]

not that this will happen.

but what if the players decided to stay and achieve something at the club.

brillante, taagz, & co should be grateful the club brought them here as they were unproven (i'm aware they had massive potential). It would be awesome if they were to repay the faith and hanged around for one more season.

i'm sure the club is taking a risk on losing out on big money for the transfers they may receive but the risk they take in losing these players and not replacing them with equivalent valued players is much more worse.

hate to mention the gypos, but all there young guns hanged round to win the premiership (bar rogic) sainsbury, ryan & bozanic all left after achieving something.

[GazFish35]

They need a coach who they believe can help them achieve that. Otherwise they are just treading water.

[Mark325]

Assuming I can re-sign certain people, this is what my ideal starting 11 would look like come the start of next season. Also, I'd start running a 4-2-3-1, similar to what we were running near the end of the season
GK - Kennedy (Did pretty well near the end of the season, may as well keep him till he hugely costs us a game)
LB - Carney (Move him here, which is his normal position I believe anyway. He can play wing-back and do about the same stuff he was doing for us at the end of the season)
CB - Jaliens (One of the better internationals we've had, did amazing last season
CB - Mitchell/Regan/Chapman (All 3 were very good in the runs they had this season, Chapman at the start, Regan in the middle and Mitchell in the end. Don't really care which one of the three starts)
RB - Neville (Was doing really well before the injury, hopefully that doesn't go away after the injury.)
CM - Zads (Dude is a beast)
CM - Brilliante (Player of the season, probably will get signed up but hopefully we can keep him. I like him better in a more midfield role)
CAM/FW - Heskey (Did so much better in this role then as a striker, now his aerial skills and quality footwork and passing can be used much more effectively)
RW - Griffiths (3 goals in 8 games, set up plenty of chances and was overally just quality on the pitch. No reason not to sign him back up)
LW - Burns (Was amazing near the end of his run and apparently gets no game time over in Korea, I would personally love him back)
ST - Taggart (16 goals, could have been a whole lot more. No reason not to put him here)

Thoughts on this squad? I genuinely believe with a good coach backing it, this could easily get us into the finals, and win us the league

[GazFish35]

Pretty good.

But I fear others will move further forward than us.

[MFKS]

Assuming I can re-sign certain people, this is what my ideal starting 11 would look like come the start of next season. Also, I'd start running a 4-2-3-1, similar to what we were running near the end of the season
GK - Kennedy (Did pretty well near the end of the season, may as well keep him till he hugely costs us a game)
LB - Carney (Move him here, which is his normal position I believe anyway. He can play wing-back and do about the same stuff he was doing for us at the end of the season)
CB - Jaliens (One of the better internationals we've had, did amazing last season
CB - Mitchell/Regan/Chapman (All 3 were very good in the runs they had this season, Chapman at the start, Regan in the middle and Mitchell in the end. Don't really care which one of the three starts)
RB - Neville (Was doing really well before the injury, hopefully that doesn't go away after the injury.)
CB - Zads (Dude is a beast)
CB - Brilliante (Player of the season, probably will get signed up but hopefully we can keep him. I like him better in a more midfield role)
CAM/FW - Heskey (Did so much better in this role then as a striker, now his aerial skills and quality footwork and passing can be used much more effectively)
RW - Griffiths (3 goals in 8 games, set up plenty of chances and was overally just quality on the pitch. No reason not to sign him back up)
LW - Burns (Was amazing near the end of his run and apparently gets no game time over in Korea, I would personally love him back)
ST - Taggart (16 goals, could have been a whole lot more. No reason not to put him here)

Thoughts on this squad? I genuinely believe with a good coach backing it, this could easily get us into the finals, and win us the league

I ain't that impressed with the side as it isn't much better than what we currently have


Though what does concern me is the 6 man defence 4 attackers and no recognised midfield you wish to deploy.

[Mark325]

Complete mistake on my part, Zads and Brilliante are meant to be CM, not CB. Sorry for the typo, I'll fix it now

[Thomas477]

I ain't that impressed with the side as it isn't much better than what we currently have

But it's not the players! Its the coach! That was the whole excuse behind sacking GvE, yeah?

Fact of the matter is, you can have the best players possible, but under the wrong coach they won't win games. We need to go down the Roar, CCM and ADL route and splash money on a good coach, i.e. not Zane.

[Premy]

GK- Kennedy
LB- Carney
CB- Kew
CB- New Signing (maybe Neill just to stir up the member)
RB- Zads
CM- Kanta
CM- New Signing (Marquee)
RM- Hoole
CAM- Heskey (if he will take a pay cut I'm assuming you could fit 250k-300k in the salary cap)
LM- Burns
ST- Griffo

Assuming Bread and Tagz will be gone next Season

[furns]

Carney went to shit once people started thinking he was a LB. Play him forward ffs
Goodwin can play LB.

[Thomas477]

Carney went to shit once people started thinking he was a LB. Play him forward ffs
Goodwin can play LB.

This.

Remember the final of the Asian cup in 2011?

[MFKS]

GK- Kennedy
LB- Carney
CB- Kew
CB- New Signing (maybe Neill just to stir up the member)RB- Zads
CM- Kanta
CM- New Signing (Marquee)
RM- Hoole
CAM- Heskey (if he will take a pay cut I'm assuming you could fit 250k-300k in the salary cap)
LM- Burns
ST- Griffo

Assuming Bread and Tagz will be gone next Season

We currently have an old shit slow hack who likes giving away costly penalties in Mitchell. I am sure he could be signed again cheaper than Luca$h and his exorbitant wages

[Jeterpool]

I can appreciate what people are seeing with Heskey but in my opinion he isn't our #10 option. If he can recover from his knee injury I would like to see Mitch Cooper get a run in there. But that's a big if.

Burns, Griff and Carney are MUST re-signs because we need some experience in the team around the yong kids but ALSO some mid-age prime of their career players like Burns.

[Mark325]

Goodwin can play LB.

This was who I was originally gonna put there but Goodwin is so inconsistent. I understand he doesn't get consistent game time so you could chalk it up to that, but he had the same problem the season before when he was getting somewhat consistent game time. You're also right about Carney not being the best, I personally prefered him over Gallaway and Goodwin. I'd say of all positions we need a new player in, LB is the one I would focus on the most.

[Jeterpool]

This was who I was originally gonna put there but Goodwin is so inconsistent. I understand he doesn't get consistent game time so you could chalk it up to that, but he had the same problem the season before when he was getting somewhat consistent game time. You're also right about Carney not being the best, I personally prefered him over Gallaway and Goodwin. I'd say of all positions we need a new player in, LB is the one I would focus on the most.

I agree this is the position we need to focus on.

Goodwin is still learning the game like much of our squad. Given some decent coaching I think we will see him have a better season. I think next year will be his year much like Scotty Nev (minus the injury).

[leftrightout]

What are the thoughts on Engelaar? I have heard that Heart wont re sign him as marquee.
He is all class, with a good pre season to get his fitness back up, he can completely dominate this league
Surely there would be clubs after him?

[Jeterpool]

What are the thoughts on Engelaar? I have heard that Heart wont re sign him as marquee.
He is all class, with a good pre season to get his fitness back up, he can completely dominate this league
Surely there would be clubs after him?

Were you thinking as a marquee? I'd be less likely to sign him as a marquee but under the cap I think he would be good. However, are we too well stocked in the centre with Zads, Caravella, Brillante, Kantarovski and Pepper? Would his signing limit the potential to bring through Oxborrow? But in saying that, if he's better than the options we already have then it would be good -it would then be a matter of off loading someone from the list.

[MFKS]

Were you thinking as a marquee? I'd be less likely to sign him as a marquee but under the cap I think he would be good. However, are we too well stocked in the centre with Zads, Caravella, Brillante, Kantarovski and Pepper? Would his signing limit the potential to bring through Oxborrow? But in saying that, if he's better than the options we already have then it would be good -it would then be a matter of off loading someone from the list.

The bloke is better than all those blokes we have you listed.

If he can be signed under the cap at a reasonable price then bring him in.

[Beeen]

The bloke is better than all those blokes we have you listed.

If he can be signed under the cap at a reasonable price then bring him in.

Agreed!

[parksey]

he's going back home for the birth of his second child

[lquiquer]

Ray GATT tweet an hour ago: Marcos Flores to Newcastle Jets... That's the mail

[hawk]

Ray GATT tweet an hour ago: Marcos Flores to Newcastle Jets... That's the mail

who is this gay Ratt. Also said Arnold is virtually assured of coming here

[joel31]

who is this gay Ratt. Also said Arnold is virtually assured of coming here
"Chief soccer writer national newspaper The Australian"

[parksey]

do not want

[joel31]

who is this gay Ratt. Also said Arnold is virtually assured of coming here
"Chief soccer writer national newspaper The Australian"

[furns]

we need a proper no 10, which he is.
we need one who will play most or all of the season, which he wont.

Nicky Carle anyone?

[sammydog]

If Arnold brings Clarke, maybe the players will finally have the sort of preseason which won't see us break down in injuries.

If Flores comes to town, I am not disappointed.

Given Farina has been sacked, Carle won't be leaving sydney, he will play/train to get his spot back.

[Jeterpool]

If Arnold brings Clarke, maybe the players will finally have the sort of preseason which won't see us break down in injuries.

If Flores comes to town, I am not disappointed.

Given Farina has been sacked, Carle won't be leaving sydney, he will play/train to get his spot back.

I agree with you, but you never know about Carle. He might push because he would get in the team. I'm willing to give Flores a go. I posted the photos of him the other week so it's no surprise.

Good news about Arnold. Thanks fro the info gents

[pv4]

Would love Flores to come to us. Excluding his time as a false 9 (aka out of position) at MV, he has raped this league.

[Tommyjet]

I'm gonna sit on the fence with this one until about round 10 next season.
On his day is one of the best am's in a league history but then there is the injury he is still recovering from and some of the onfield theatrics (but they go hand in hand with most South Americans).
He is a player I think Arnold has unfinished business with plus we would be one of few options for Flores.

[RedMexican]

just not keen on flores, he is the biggest injury risk in the aleague.

[Mark325]

If he can avoid getting injured I would love having him, but that is a big if

[GazFish35]

If Arnold brings Clarke, maybe the players will finally have the sort of preseason which won't see us break down in injuries.

If Flores comes to town, I am not disappointed.

Given Farina has been sacked, Carle won't be leaving sydney, he will play/train to get his spot back.

To be fair, we've had very very few soft tissue injuries this season.
Lowest in the league I think.

Not sure it was Dodd though. I went to a training session for work and one of their staff (not Karl) presented some of the soft tissue injury prevention stuff they are doing.

[Thomas477]

Just a pity we had 5 blokes out injured, all with knee injuries.

[belchardo]

Just a pity we had 5 blokes out injured, all with knee injuries.

You didn't happen to notice the pitch we played on every second week? Knee injuries to me (admittedly completely uneducated in anything medical) seem to have more to do with bad fields and bad luck than strength and conditioning training.

[GazFish35]

You didn't happen to notice the pitch we played on every second week? Knee injuries to me (admittedly completely uneducated in anything medical) seem to have more to do with bad fields and bad luck than strength and conditioning training.

exactly.
Neville twisted in the pitch at AAMI,
Heskey collected in tackle from Victory thug.

lowest soft tissue injury rate in the league says someone somewhere was getting something right.

[hawk]

wish we picked up Berisha. we need some hard nuts to compete with sydney and gypos, we lose the physical battle to them

[Tommyjet]

wish we picked up Berisha. we need some hard nuts to compete with sydney and gypos, we lose the physical battle to them

Apparently getting 750k a season at victory

[militiamon]

^ Bargain if he plays like he has been for the past few years. Best player in the league.

[q-money]

could you imagine the f*cking meltdown that would occur if we signed berisha, your billys, your goodwinfans etc would top themselves :rof:

[Retro Jet]

Ray GATT tweet an hour ago: Marcos Flores to Newcastle Jets... That's the mail

Can confirm that on the night we played Adelaide, Retro and family parked in front of Cafe de Beaumont at around 6pm to grab quick pre game pizza at Crust over the road.
As I parked, a face grabbed my attention which given the nights opposition, didn't surprise me: Tarek Elric...then I saw Flores, Stuey + some other bloke I couldn't identify.
A 4 of them together having a coffee? before the game. Anyway, there it is. The bloke has been sighted being cosy in Newie fairly recently.
(Front2 can confirm from a text I sent him on the night)

EDIT:- Backing up where they were before Jeterpool's photo (http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?798-Newcastle-United-Jets-2013-2014-Squad-thread&p=75058&viewfull=1#post75058).
The unknown bloke I saw could have been that bloke to Tarek's left...but going by that photo he could also be mistaken for Jimmy Catlin, but I haven't bumped into Jimmy for quite a while now.

PS 10:20pm & Jeterpool getting real anxious about now. See you in the Liverpool thread mate :wink:

[GazFish35]

"Chief soccer writer national newspaper The Australian"

Can you find out who mike cockerill is too?

[Jeterpool]

Can confirm that on the night we played Adelaide, Retro and family parked in front of Cafe de Beaumont at around 6pm to grab quick pre game pizza at Crust over the road.
As I parked, a face grabbed my attention which given the nights opposition, didn't surprise me: Tarek Elric...then I saw Flores, Stuey + some other bloke I couldn't identify.
A 4 of them together having a coffee? before the game. Anyway, there it is. The bloke has been sighted being cosy in Newie fairly recently.
(Front2 can confirm from a text I sent him on the night)

EDIT:- Backing up where they were before Jeterpool's photo (http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?798-Newcastle-United-Jets-2013-2014-Squad-thread&p=75058&viewfull=1#post75058).
The unknown bloke I saw could have been that bloke to Tarek's left...but going by that photo he could also be mistaken for Jimmy Catlin, but I haven't bumped into Jimmy for quite a while now.

PS 10:20pm & Jeterpool getting real anxious about now. See you in the Liverpool thread mate :wink:

I think that's David Lowe RJ

[GazFish35]

I've not seen Jim since I was at uni! but I'd eat a horse's dick if that's him.

[front2]

Can confirm that on the night we played Adelaide, Retro and family parked in front of Cafe de Beaumont at around 6pm to grab quick pre game pizza at Crust over the road.
As I parked, a face grabbed my attention which given the nights opposition, didn't surprise me: Tarek Elric...then I saw Flores, Stuey + some other bloke I couldn't identify.
A 4 of them together having a coffee? before the game. Anyway, there it is. The bloke has been sighted being cosy in Newie fairly recently.
(Front2 can confirm from a text I sent him on the night)

EDIT:- Backing up where they were before Jeterpool's photo (http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?798-Newcastle-United-Jets-2013-2014-Squad-thread&p=75058&viewfull=1#post75058).
The unknown bloke I saw could have been that bloke to Tarek's left...but going by that photo he could also be mistaken for Jimmy Catlin, but I haven't bumped into Jimmy for quite a while now.

PS 10:20pm & Jeterpool getting real anxious about now. See you in the Liverpool thread mate :wink:

Aye. Retro stalker on the job once more.

[parksey]

i'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet but james brown will not be re-signed.

[Thomas477]

i'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet but james brown will not be re-signed.

Good. He significantly needs to get back to his best, but we shouldn't be paying him to do so.

[furns]

and there was much rejoicing

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/wp-content/blogs.dir/445/files/2012/04/i-7f2e0ee1c8912e7e29e201c193d9199a-much_rejoicing.jpg

[pv4]

Updated squad listing

2013/14
James Brown
David Carney
Joey Gibbs
Joel Griffiths
Emile Heskey (fgn)(int marquee)
Josh Mitchell
Nick Ward

2014/15
Mark Birighitti
Josh Brillante
Zenon Caravella
Connor Chapman
Mitch Cooper
Sam Gallaway
Kew Jaliens (fgn)
Ben Kennedy
Mitchell Oxborrow
John Solari
Adam Taggart
James Virgili
Ruben Zadkovich

2015/16
Craig Goodwin
Andrew Hoole
Ben Kantarovski
Brandon Lundy
Scott Neville
Jacob Pepper
Taylor Regan

Manager
Phil Stubbins (15/16)

[lil_masi]

Has Nathan Burns played a game since he left us? He worked with Stubbins at Adelaide, hopefully he'll be back. Stubbins was also there when Flores was ripping the league

[Mark325]

Updated squad listing

2013/14
James Brown
David Carney
Joey Gibbs
Joel Griffiths
Emile Heskey (fgn)(int marquee)
Josh Mitchell
Nick Ward (15/16)

Out of all those guys, Griff and Carney are the only ones I really want us to re-sign. I wouldn't be bothered if we got Heskey again, but wouldn't be mad if he left

[furns]

Heskey has already left, and I dont believe he will be back.

[furns]

according to SST and SBS on twitter we have signed Matt Jurman for 3 years

[Grimario]

That's less than inspiring.

[Grimario]

That basically says "we are happy to trade a local for a guy who has struggled to hold down a starting spot at any club for a few years AND we don't mind ousting a youth rep".

Better be the usual SST waffle.

[Blackmac79]

Who the **** is jurman?

[Beeen]

Do not rate :angry:

[Premy]

:banghead:

[Grimario]

Middleyb'd.

[MFKS]

This better be rumour

[MFKS]

Than again if it is to play left back so Gallaway don't it may well be a genius move:pissup:

[Grimario]

Than again if it is to play left back so Gallaway don't it may well be a genius move:pissup:

Hardly. Guy is a plonker. His ability going forward would make Gallaway look like Roberto Carlos.

[Premy]

Has the club not learnt anything from signing A-League journeymen. FFS