Or handballs either.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojetfireV8
Or handballs either.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojetfireV8
Gypos just went 1-0 up in injury time to make the night even better.
nuh, fact that Melb Shitty have won one of these things just proves how meaningless the cup is (till 2035 when we actually win one...)
Choosing between Moss and Italiano is like choosing between HIV and Ebola.
every year we've been in the FFA cup we've not won the title.
reason enough to refuse entry next year.
waste of time and money etc etc etc
We had a game on tonight??
Who ****ing knew
Shows how shit this club is
The ****s are even keeping shit secret from us all
But...but...in 1984, Derek Todd.........Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojetfireV8
pretty sure Melb Shitty never won *that* cup, so my point still stands (at least in my mind :whistling:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Jet
As if it wouldn't be the most Jets thing ever for Wessi to be out for about 12 weeks or something with some ankle damage..
All these adverts about the Man Shake diet, and Dimi P and Topor-Stanley go for the milkshake diet instead. Hopefully Ernie gets them on the treadmill over the next few weeks or their herding around the grass will likely damage the McDonald Jones turf.
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Am I the only one who thought it wasn't a totally terrible performance from us?
Ok, the Italiano sendoff after 10 mins, Wessi's injury and Moss's open legs aren't ideal..
BUT, We were missing a few players, we held them to only 1-0 (it was a sh!t goal too), we never gave up, the boys fitness levels looked quite good for a team that played 80 mins a man down..
It could be worse, we could be like the gypos and ONLY JUST scrape through against a low level side in injury time..
I only watched the second half. When we came out it looked like were still in the sheds but settled as the half wore on. I can't comment on how we looked 1st half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Boys looked knackered at the end.
I look at this in a way that we've had competitive football matches to play up until a final month before kickoff for the league.
Adelaide looked good, we can work on our defensive structure some more, but otherwise yeah there are positives to take away.
That's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I'd like to think there are some positives there and that it's not all doom and gloom..
Or maybe I'm just a fool for trying to be positive and have hope..
Arroyo, Wessi and Miller improve the first 11 dramatically. In particular I am pleasantly surprised with Arroyo. I had no idea what to expect, but his pace, strength and work rate are all impressive. He obviously tired towards the end (as did everyone) but he worked his socks off and will cause A-league defences problems. No idea what his finishing is going to be like, but if Dimi and others can support him quickly - and he learns to lay the ball off - he could be a real handle this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
I too am pretty optimistic for the season.
Young bloke just told me 12 is the guesstimate at this point in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
4 of which before out first game, but if that's correct it's a miss until about Round 10Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
We never looked like scoring which is a big worryQuote:
Originally Posted by Bon
How the wind changes in less than 24hrs
nostradamus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...njury/?cs=7580
Up to 3 months are you f&(*ing shitting me. What an absolutely trash game, peak vintage Jets ffs; and yes to top it all off the gypos limp over the line with a crappy goal right at the death.
Hume had James Brown and Mitch Cooper running about, how bout that.
Arroyo looks like he'll be a real handful, but also looks like he couldn't hit the side of a barn.
He is strong, had some good touches and worked his arse off which I like.
Wessi looked exceptional, he has so much quality.
Of course we will now miss him for a large portion of the season and he'll likely not come back the same player, ffs why does this sound so familiar.
Overall though a pretty decent performance and Adelaide were lucky we were a man down and our best player broke, because they would have had a real match on their hands.
They barely scraped by thanks to poor Mossys howler, just to rub salt right in to that gaping wound.
FFS.
Throw in incompetent unaccountable refereeing and nothing has changed.
Welcome to another season of officials through there inability to do there jobs properly eventually determining too many outcomes.
This competition will always remain a circus whilst the bloke in charge of the clowns goes unaccountable week after week.
Hahaha. Never change Jerks, never change.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Bah....Ernie just had the shits.
Let's wait for the scans.
Season
I don't know what you are worried aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by russjaybee
Be thankful the FFA are inept we only have a 6 month season to worry about
Imagine having a proper football season of 9/10 months supporting this rabble of shite
An update on Wessi please
Hearing 12 weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by Alton
Probably in the waiting room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alton
I am distressed.
How about this comment from Ernie about who we have that can fill the creative role -Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Kill me now.Quote:
Merrick said there were "a number of players" Newcastle could slot into their forward line, including Angus Thurgate, Jason Hoffman and Kaine Sheppard, starting with Saturday's trial match against Sydney in Dubbo.
He actually said they could fill in a front 3, because we can't replace Wes and so we'd look to move back to a 4-3-3 formation instead of playing two 10's. Literally the three paragraph's above your extract.Quote:
Originally Posted by russjaybee
Quote:
In his absence, Merrick said Newcastle would probably opt for a three-man strike force, instead of playing with two No.10s, as they have so far this pre-season.
"He's a bit special as a player, especially as a creative player," Merrick said.
"I'm not sure that we've got anyone that creative, but we've certainly got goalscorers up front that can play that role. It just means a slight change to the system that we're playing."
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#MAGA
I am a bit confused what formation he sees us having played so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Against Edgeworth I would claim it was a front three with Wessi in behind as the lone 10, just that one of the front three was Dimi whom is naturally less wide than a normal right sided front three player. Unless he saw us playing two number 10s, no right sided forward, and Fitz either the second striker or an asymmetrical formation that had him left wing with no right wing?
Either way, we don't have two players who are naturally number 10s in Wessi & Dimi in our starting lineup for a few months, seemingly. So Dimi will almost definitely be the 10, with probably now Hoff to fill the right mid, Fitz to stay left, Arroyo stay top.
tl;dr we've been playing however sternly structured a 4-2-3-1 and will continue to do so, it's just with Wessi gone we aren't fitting Dimi into a differently-shaped hole anymore again (same as when Vargas was here).
Yep pauper budget = no depthQuote:
Originally Posted by russjaybee
I saw us playing 4-2-2-2, with the fullbacks providing the width against Edgy.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Interesting. Who was the second striker in that perceived lineup? Millar got forward way more than Hoff so was Dimi the second striker?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
FitzyQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Haha fair call, I have become what I hated, a reactionary spreader of misinformation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I am ashamed.
Not that this fills me with much more hope ... ! Which is good I guess, because it's the hope that gets you in the end.