Also: is this game live on the TV channel broke people watch?
Also: is this game live on the TV channel broke people watch?
Forked out $250 for a ticket but didn't want to miss another grand final after deciding (or at least my parents deciding) to watch the one 10 years ago on tv
Yeah. Whole final series has been live on free to air. Not that you'd know. I only realised cause I saw a random facebook sponsored ad in my feed that said it. Most of the prematch releases from clubs / the league haven't mentioned, only said Fox.
Just watching Phil Moss on Fuxsports. Smurfs reckon the finals format needs changing so the team finishing first gets a second chance.
He did say we would be Champions though.
Well, you see... We can't have Sydney not making the GF. If that happens, we need to "fix" something that isn't broken to make sure they get in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Because, you know. Their 17,000 turn out to the Semi final means so much to the league.
Ok ok ok.
Lads (and or assorted ladies).
Let's not do this.
This week is about the Jets and Victory.
Just ignore the screaming child in the corner. If you give it attention it will know next time to scream even louder.
Enjoy the week.
Sydney is basically Nelly Yoa in all of this. Completely irrelevant but stamping their feet and demanding attention. If you give it attention, it becomes relevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Fair enuff.....but love a little burn. Just give Adrian and Arzani their medals tonight and we can move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
That's me atm: I'm so dirty at Ticketb*stard, FFA, Jets and what not for the ticket debacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
I'll need to find a way to sneak in Saturday night... disguised as a ref meybe? (No one will notice the difference if I just run around and whistle randomly :D )
Yeah look if you wanna hold your nerve til late Saturday arvo I'd bet you'll pick up a reasonably priced ticket. All these people buying 10 tix a hit with grand plans to pay off their houses may just give you a deal if they couldn't offload them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by mic22
I was thinking the same... by that time I'll be more than happy to offer 20 bucks, with a smile on my face :DQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
If there is one bit of moisture in the air some others will sh1t their pants and want to sell also
The after party will be better than the game. Much like it is with all grand finals. Hence, anyone that can't get tickets should probably look to go where the games being screened and enjoy it that way. You will already have a $100 plus start on the beer because you didn't have to purchase a ticket.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/928...x2-940x627.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Wise words
https://www.facebook.com/NewcastleJe...type=3&theater
Pre game wests they've given Jets fans the star room and are going to show the 2008 GF
I've been suggesting to ppl to go to the knights game on Friday night and hide in the toilets :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by mic22
Hang on, how many can the starlight room hold?Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Are there any tickets left? :shock::blush:
Its a just rock up thingQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Can't decide if I will watch the game from SD's pool
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/5b...069c909fee.jpg
Or Hawks Private Jet
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/...trip=all&w=960
I just don't get the stories i am hearing about members missing out on tickets.
It was clear that tickets went on sale to members at 10am Sunday. It was incredibly easy securing tickets for the first hour or so of that sale.
General public, i understand the anger towards it, 10 tickets is excessive. I suppose next year people will contemplate becoming a member? If it drives membership numbers up then it isn't such a bad move!
I had a shit of a time. Turned out it was because the first PC I grabbed was the missus work laptop and it only had IE on it and the shite program doesn't even recognise cookies properly any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
So devastated because I had Bay 2, Row B at one point. Now we're in Bay 60 so at least I can watch you mad pricks across the field, just not be part of it all.
I'm in Bay 60 as well mate. You get a reasonable view from thereQuote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyKplunk
Anyone else still in disbelief that this thread even exists?
It's lunacy, isn't it? Wooden spoon, rudderless. 1-1-1 record against first place, into the GF. At home.Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
LUNACY.
It all seemed to happen really quick too. I thought the wheels had fallen off with the 3 losses and thought it was a bridge too far to Ernie to resurrect us again. In the blink of an eye, we steamroll the scum, come from behind to beat City and here we are hosting the damn final :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Everyone laughed at Lee saying he wanted to be in CL within 3 seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
And in the 10th year since the initial win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
It's like some kind of WWE heel-hero turn dream
I'm not complaining at all, especially when the site kept trying to tell me East Bay 12 was the best seats lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Jeter,
Got any stats for the fixture for us? :)
I do mate. Trying to find some good ones in between work, podcasts and regular requests from local media ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by MonkeyKplunk
Hopefully something out today
1 GF. 1 Win. 100% win ratio. All you need to know really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Everyone is throwing love to Ernie and Laurie but a shit load should go to Mr Lee. He had a plan and stuck to it and made the resources available and now the big dance is in our backyardQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
And all without hearing a peep from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Gillett to referee the Grand Final.
Could've been worseQuote:
Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast
Great point. He copped some flak last season when many were suspect of how serious he was going to take the ownership. Full credit must go to him in how he has approached this season - appointing the right staff, giving them authority to make decisions and giving them the financial backing; providing funds to sign Vargas as a marquee (moot point, but had potential to be one of the finest players we've seen had he not been injured); signing an injury replacement marquee player when he did get injured (not sure if injury insurance is common or not but that proved very shrewd if not); bringing in McGree as another injury replacement who has been a huge part of our last third of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
This on top of things such as the scholarship program funding and opportunities in Portugal for the youth.
Ledge
Last one for the year. Thanks again for reading them
A-League 2017/18 GRAND FINAL Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 39 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 16, Victory Wins - 14, Drawn - 9
In Newcastle – 19 matches.
Jets Wins - 10, Victory Wins - 3, Drawn - 6
In Melbourne - 20 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 11, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10231
Average Away A-League Crowd - 17792
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 54, Victory - 54
In Newcastle -
Jets – 33, Victory - 20
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 19, Victory - 17
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 76 (71 yellow, 5 red), Victory 69 (65 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LLLWW (6 point from last 15)
Victory - WWLWW (12 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10)
Victory – Besart Berisha (14)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Boogaard 31', McGree 70') - Melbourne Victory 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 19, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 19
Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory Jack Duncan Lawrence Thomas Jason Hoffman Matias Sanchez Nigel Boogaard James Donachie Nikolai Topor-Stanley Rhys Williams Lachlan Jackson Leigh Broxham Steven Ugarkovic Carl Valeri Ben Kantarovski Terry Antonis Dimitri Petratos James Troisi Patricio Rodriguez Christian Theoharous Andrew Nabbout Kosta Barbarouses Roy O'Donovan Besart Berisha
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Bridge 36’, Bridge 48’, Coveny 51’, J Griffiths 73’) – Victory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 21, Season 2006/07, 19/01/2007.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Victory 5 (Hernandez 41’, Thompson 50’, Allsopp 61’, Allsopp 64’, Brebner 90’), Round 3, Season 2008/09 at Telstra Dome, 29/08/2008.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (5)
Victory - Archie Thompson (7)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number Name Appearances Starts Subbed On Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red Cards 1 Jack Duncan 19 19 0 1 1648 0 0 0 0 3 Jason Hoffman 24 22 2 9 1923 6 1 4 1 4 Nigel Boogaard 22 22 0 1 1972 1 0 2 0 5 Ben Kantarovski 22 20 2 5 1769 5 0 5 0 6 Steven Ugarkovic 28 28 0 4 2473 1 4 3 0 7 Dimitri Petratos 26 26 0 5 2322 10 9 4 0 8 Ronald Vargas 8 7 1 7 485 0 2 1 0 9 Roy O'Donovan 15 14 1 3 1177 9 2 4 1 10 Wayne Brown 20 11 9 9 957 0 0 4 0 11 Patricio Rodriguez 11 6 5 4 651 1 4 0 0 12 Mario Shabow 7 0 7 0 90 0 0 1 0 13 Ivan Vujica 21 19 2 2 1700 0 2 6 0 15 Andrew Nabbout 22 22 0 8 1902 10 7 4 0 16 Nick Cowburn 11 2 9 2 276 0 0 0 0 17 Daniel Georgievski 19 19 0 4 1542 1 2 8 0 18 John Koutroumbis 12 7 5 2 643 2 0 2 0 19 Kosta Petratos 4 0 4 0 27 0 0 0 0 20 Glen Moss 10 9 1 0 872 0 0 0 0 22 Lachlan Jackson 11 4 7 1 468 1 0 0 0 23 Devante Clut 5 1 4 1 59 0 0 0 0 24 Joe Champness 26 14 12 12 1266 5 2 2 0 27 Riley McGree 11 8 3 1 796 5 1 0 0 32 Angus Thurgate 7 0 7 0 96 0 0 0 0 44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 28 28 0 0 2520 1 1 5 0
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Ernie Merrick - 2 wins, Kevin Muscat - 1 win, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (10 wins, 2 drawn and 4 losses = 63% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans – No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 loss = 0% win ratio)
Melbourne Victory Coach Record – Kevin Muscat 38% win ratio (6 wins, 5 drawn, 5 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 6-1-5.
- Newcastle have won their last 4 home finals matches.
- This is the 6th Grand Final for Melbourne Victory. It's the second for the Jets.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- Last week's win was the first time the Jets defeated City this season.
- The Jets gained a win from a losing position for the first time since Round 10.
- For the 5th time, the Jets came back to win after trailing at half time. It's the second time they've done it against City.
- The crowd of 19131 is the 6th biggest Jets home crowd.
Players
- Jason Hoffman is the only player who remains from the '08 Grand Final winning team.
- Nikolai Topor-Stanley is the only Jets player to have played every minute this season.
- Daniel Georgievski will play in his second consecutive Grand Final.
- There have been 7 occasions where a Jets player scored at least once against a former club - Dimi Petratos (Roar and Sydney FC), Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne Victory), Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory), Joe Champness (Brisbane Roar) and Jason Hoffman (Melbourne City)
- Joel Griffiths is the Jets leading scorer in Grand Finals with 1.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have been in 5 competitive shootouts in all competitions, winning 2 and losing 3. They lost their last penalty shootout, which was to Perth in the 2015 FFA Cup.
- The Jets have defeated all A-League clubs this season.
- The attendance record for a Jets game at McDonald Jones stadium is 24338.
Melbourne Victory
- Victory have been kept scoreless in 3 of their last 5 visits to Newcastle (3 seasons).
- The Victory have defeated the Jets in Newcastle twice since the Jets lifted their only championship.
- The last 4 Victory players to score in Newcastle have all had their first name start with B (Berisha, Barbarouses, Ben Khalfallah)
Injuries
- Newcastle Jets Ben Kantarovski, Jack Duncan
- Melbourne Victory Rhys Williams,
THE REFEREE: – Jarred Gillett
- The Jets have a W-D-L record under Gillett of 8-6-12.
- He has officiated 26 Jets matches.
- He has refereed a Jets v Mariners game on 4 occassions, with each team winning twice.
- He has never refereed the Jets in a finals fixture.
- His ratio of bookings is roughly 3:2 (Jets to opposition)
Thanks for all the hard work JP:thumbsup:
Game over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast
We do 1 solid challenge its a yellow. They can hit us all day. Youll see.