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Carefully boys they may have heard GVE on the podcast added one plus one and come up with 9.
Do we dare to dream
They had fresh video of Deans talking about how griff is the type of player who fits the bill for a quality striker that suits the system, but they would need to see if he wants to come back & the sort of wages he'd be after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grunta
NBN also said our marquee signings had been narrowed down to half a dozen possible players.
true test of the clubs ambition - do we sign griff & an international #10, or do we put bridges into our marquee spot to free up wages under the cap for another ais product?
By the sounds of it any further signings will be older and more experienced players
bridges for marquee for sure
imagine the applause he'll get thenQuote:
Originally Posted by q-money
further imagine it when he gets his 4-6 week injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
He would have to have a significant payrise suddenly to be marquee. :popcorn:
Jobe Wheelhouse up and running for place in midfield
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...px?storypage=2
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JOBE Wheelhouse has made a belated start to his second season as captain of the Newcastle Jets.
But after surgery in May to remove a troublesome bursa from his left foot, the whole-hearted midfielder is back in full training and could make his first appearance of the pre-season against the Northern NSW Select side at Darling St Oval tonight.
“He might get a little run towards the end to ease him back in,’’ Jets assistant coach Craig Deans said yesterday.
‘‘It would be about 20 minutes max, if anything.”
Exactly where Wheelhouse fits in to coach Gary van Egmond’s remodelled Jets outfit remains to be seen.
Van Egmond put a broom through the Jets roster in the off-season, releasing 11 players from the side that missed the A-League finals for a second straight year.
He has also tweaked his formation, changing from a 4-2-3-1 to 4-1-2-3.
Wheelhouse’s preferred position is as a holding midfielder.
Young Socceroos captain Ben Kantarovski has started in that role in trial wins over Broadmeadow Magic (3-1) and the Canberra Rockets (9-1) and appears to have the front running.
Ruben Zadkovich has been pushed forward from right full-back into an advanced role in midfield on the same side. Recruits James Brown and Craig Goodwin and young gun Jacob Pepper have been used on the other side of midfield.
‘‘Jobe can play anywhere,’’ Deans said. ‘‘He is a quality player. He is good on the ball, his passing range is good, his communication is good.
‘‘At times last year we played him as a bit of a false number nine or an attacking number 10.
‘‘He has the ability to play further forward, but he also has the passing range to play a little deeper.
‘‘As we get closer to the start of the season it is up to him to show us he has the ability to play in either of those areas.’’
The Jets still have at least two places to fill on the roster.
‘‘The priority is a number nine,’’ Deans said.
‘‘We have had hundreds of emails and DVDs sent in.‘‘We have narrowed it down to three or four who tick a majority of boxes
‘‘It is a matter of negotiating with the players. Them being overseas, it takes a little bit longer because you are not doing it face to face. We would like to get it done as quick as we can. Hopefully it is not too far away.’’
Northern Select have trained together just twice in preparation for tonight’s contest and co-coach Damien Smith is under no illusions about the task confronting his outfit.
‘‘You know playing the Jets they are going to have a lot of the ball,’’ he said. ‘‘We need to be well organised defensively. Dutchy [van Egmond] loves his possession-based game.
‘‘When Magic played them our boys felt like they were doing doggies for 90 minutes.
‘‘We will try and stay as compact as possible and put some pressure on them when we can.’’
The Jets thrashed the Canberra Rockets representative side 9-1 last week, but Smith was confident of a bold showing by his team.
‘‘It’s difficult when you are putting a side together quickly. We are representing Northern NSW so we obviously want to do as best we can.‘‘Plus, some of the young boys like Scott Pettit, Daniel Bird and a few others have a chance to play in front of Gary and against the Jets.’’
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...ng-Coach/48187
I was trying to think of some witty pun to go with a You Am I reference or maybe some re-written song lyrics but I am too tired and still at fecking work for the 10th hour today. FECK.Quote:
The Newcastle Jets have appointed Tim Rogers as the Club’s Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Rogers comes to the Club well experienced from working in the elite sporting environment both nationally and internationally.
His most recent position was with the Stade Francais Paris Rugby Club and he has also previously worked with the Australian Women’s Football team and at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Rogers’ role at the Jets is a return to Newcastle; he was the Head of Strength Performance at the Newcastle Knights between 2008-2011.
“Tim has been a real journeyman in the strength and conditioning role and comes to us with a lot of experience from the many codes he has worked in,” CEO Robbie Middleby said.
“This experience will be of great benefit to the Newcastle Jets and we look forward to welcoming Tim to the Club to work alongside Gary (van Egmond) and the team.”
Jets Football Operations Manger Lee Clark worked with Rogers at the Knights and looks forward to linking back up with his former colleague.
“I have worked with Tim before and I am excited to have him coming to the Jets,” Clark said.
“He is very professional, knowledgeable, comes with a lot of experience and he will just be a great asset for the Jets.”
Rogers returns to Australia on Thursday and commences his role with the Jets later this week.
He's from the knights so "who put the devil in you".
the thing i really can't comprehend is griff says he's been talked to by a few a-league clubs but heard nothing from the jets. what's the go? gve said in the recent podcast that he keeps in constant contact with griff. either the "hey, how's things in china?" text messages aren't seen as legitimate talks between player & club, and the jets are really under the impression it is, or we're being lied to.Quote:
Joel Griffiths happy to stay in China
JAMES GARDINER
19 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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PLAYING ON: Joel Griffiths
FORMER Jets golden boy Joel Griffiths has ended talk of a return to Newcastle and spoken of a ‘‘surreal’’ training session at Shanghai Shenhua with former English Premier League stars Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
Griffiths is off contract at the Chinese Super League club and had recently expressed an interest in a homecoming.
‘‘My manager received three offers from Chinese clubs and I’ve had some interest from some A-League teams but no contact from the Jets,’’ Griffiths told the Newcastle Herald yesterday.
‘‘I’m cool with that – they are busy preparing for the championship and what-not.’’
The Jets have been searching the globe for a proven goal scorer.
Jets assistant coach Craig Deans said on Tuesday that they ‘‘had narrowed it down to three or four who tick a majority of boxes’’.
Griffiths is the Jets’ all-time leading goal scorer with 28, was the league’s golden boot and Johnny Warren medal winner and was instrumental in the Jets’ 2007-08 championship success.
‘‘Returning to Australia at the end of my contract is definitely a strong possibility,’’ Griffiths said a fortnight ago.
‘‘If it happens, the Jets would be my first choice. Hopefully the fact I’m a proven scorer, somebody who can get maybe 10 a season, would work in my favour and make me attractive to teams.’’
The 32-year-old is expected to return from a knee injury against Guangzhou on Sunday.
He trained alongside Drogba and Anelka yesterday for the first time.
‘‘I will never forget training today,’’ Griffiths said. ‘‘Just me, Drogba and Anelka doing shooting. It was amazing.
‘‘I’m still on a high. It was so surreal.’’
Drogba has signed a 2-year contract worth a reported $409,000 a week to join former Chelsea teammate Anelka at the Chinese club.
Shanghai Shenhua, who are struggling in 13th spot in the 16-club league, are coached by former Argentina boss Sergio Batista.
stop making this complicated hsg - bring griff home!
match report, match report, cool cool cool.Quote:
Craig Goodwin scores hat-trick for Newcastle Jets
JAMES GARDINER
19 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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STAR: Craig Goodwin in action for the Jets last night.
CRAIG Goodwin has played a handful of A-League games, but the exciting left back looks set to become a crowd favourite at Hunter Stadium after scoring a spectacular hat-trick in the first 12 minutes in the Newcastle Jets’ 6-0 win over Northern NSW at Darling Street Oval last night.
Adam Taggart added a late brace and fellow sub Mitch Oxborrow hit the target as the Jets made it three wins from as many games in the pre-season.
But it was Goodwin who stole the show.
The Adelaide-born 20-year-old produced three stinging left-foot drives from virtually the same spot, 20metres from goal and at a 45-degree angle.
Northern keeper Brad Swancott did not lay a hand on any of them.
The first arrowed into the top-left corner, the second had the aid of a deflection and the third was a low drive inside the near post.
Last night’s haul followed a 25-metre bomb he scored in the 9-1 demolition of Canberra Rockets a week ago.
Job done, he was replaced at half-time by Swiss recruit Dominik Ritter.
Ritter did not get on the scoresheet but caused havoc with his bursts down the left touchline.
Jets coach Gary van Egmond was unavailable for comment last night but Northern co-coach Damien Smith predicted big things for Goodwin.
‘‘I haven’t seen Goodwin play much, but I tell you what, those three goals were pretty impressive,’’ Smith said.
‘‘He didn’t have a great deal of space, he just bombed them.
‘‘The crowd will love him if he can do that.
‘‘I thought Ritter also did well when he came on.
‘‘As a defensive player he was good.
‘‘You can’t give any of these guys space. Our boys tried to shut them down, but they are fit and sharp, so well organised.’’
As they did in the opening two trials, the Jets dominated possession and field position.
On the rare occasions that Northern had the ball in enemy territory Ben Kantarovski, Tiago and Josh Mitchell moved quickly to close them down.
Northern regrouped after the early barrage and were competitive.
They were unlucky not to pull a goal back on the stroke of half-time after Kantarovski turned the ball over deep inside his own half.
Peter Haynes struck a powerful shot, which was dipping under the bar until Ben Kennedy rose high and got a fingertip to it.
As well as Ritter, Michael Bridges and Mark Birighitti were introduced for the second half.
Bridges was denied by a brilliant double save from Brad Swancott.
The Englishman then produced a neat bit of trickery to set up Oxborrow for a tap-in to make it 4-0 on the hour.
The Jets continued to make inroads down both flanks, but to their credit, Northern held on until the final five minutes.
The Jets have scored 18 goals in three matches.
Van Egmond is looking to add two more players to the final third and the Herald understands a Scottish attacker arrived yesterday for a trial.
The Jets play Northern again on August 8 at Jack McLaughlan Oval and Smith is confident of an improved performance.
‘‘I was proud of our boys,’’ he said.
‘‘We conked out at the end, but I thought second half we did OK.
‘‘We changed our shape at half-time to clog the midfield up. We put some young legs out there to combat their mobility.
‘‘Next time the players will know what to expect and will be better prepared.’’
Jets (4-1-2-3): Ben Kennedy; Scot Neville, Tiago, Josh Mitchell, Craig Goodwin; Ben Kantarovski; Jacob Pepper, Ruben Zadkovich; James Virgili, Ryan Griffiths, James Brown.
● The Jets have appointed Tim Rogers as the club’s strength and conditioning coach.
Rogers joins the Jets from the Stade Francais Paris rugby club. He has worked with the Matildas, the Australian Institute of Sport, and the Newcastle Knights.
scottish attacker on trial - any goss on this guy? my instant thought was "former rangers player" - can't wait to see scozzy get the rangers flag out if true tbh.
Cue mass hysteriaQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
**** Griff.
Going by pre-season we won't need him.
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Originally Posted by Skirt Boy
Perhaps there is just respect between GVE and Griff. Whilst other A-League clubs would need to hound and enquire it could just be that Griff may ring GVE one day and say - "I'm ready, what can you do ?". If the Jets don't do something then, that is when there is a problem.
As people seem to keep forgetting he is under contract.
Griff and his boys just hanging out after training.Quote:
Shanghai shootout tests Socceroo Joel Griffiths' knee as he gets used to training with Anelka and Drogba
Tom Smithies
The Daily Telegraph
July 19, 2012 12:00AM
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Joel Griffiths, right, with Shanghai Shenhua teammates Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka. Source: AP
THERE'S nothing like pressure to perform, and a shooting session with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka could test the self-confidence of anyone.
But even as Joel Griffiths was "rubbing his eyes" at lining up with two of the EPL's most celebrated strikers for the Tuesday morning drill, the former Socceroo was more concerned about the knee injury that has bedevilled him for almost three months at the cashed-up aspirants of Shanghai Shenhua.
Griffiths chose a good week to return to training with new coach Sergio Batista overseeing the introduction of former Chelsea hitman Drogba on an eye-watering $300,000 a week.
"It was a bit surreal, just the three of us having shooting practice, but they're good guys - and to be honest I was more worried about my knee, as it's been a while since I've played with only minimal pain," Griffiths said yesterday.
"So far so good, and straight away you can see what there is to learn from these guys.
"I was happy to watch, and I can't wait to play with them. Everything from the way they prepare, the way they train, what they eat - it's all an education.
"Obviously as former teammates Nicolas and Didier get on well together, and hopefully I can pick Didier's brain about a few things. Maybe I can help him out a bit in terms of living in China, I've been here for four years now."
Amused by the hysteria around Drogba's arrival, Griffiths had previously been left bitterly frustrated by the persistence of his knee complaint - watching as his club have struggled badly enough to make Batista the third coach of the season.
It means that for now he has no thoughts beyond his one-year deal, despite interest from elsewhere in China and in the A-League.
"I want to get fit first and enjoying my football before I start to think about next year," Griffiths said.
Meanwhile, in A-League news the competition's baby will take its first uncertain steps onto the playing field next week - even if the bulk of those in red and black may have no long term future with the club.
West Sydney Wanderers will face NSW Premier League side Nepean at St Marys next Wednesday despite having only nine contracted players.
The bulk of the side Tony Popovic puts out will be triallists who have impressed sufficiently to earn a competitive audition.
Well that clears it up seems the FFA is betting everything on getting the TV deal brought forward for this season and hoping to get an increase. If the rumours of a FTA component of the next TV deal are true, we might just see some FTA coverage this year.Quote:
And if the FFA come good with their pledge to have a new TV deal in place before the start of the season which will pay the salary cap, then the Mariners will have turned the corner. Big time. Then it's about what to do next.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league...#ixzz211BP0GIu