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That's just adding more weight to the argument that Newy Herald employs hacks who don't proof read their articles for errors and that the editors are ****ing incompetentQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
There were direct quotes from BK in a Herald story yesterday.
Can't we all just get along?
From Twitter..
So we dodge having him back at the Jets. Great successQuote:
@LawrieMcKinna: Mark jones who was my assistant in chongqing will be announced as assistant coach today at perth glory. Great news for mark well done
Massive success!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfMan
Disgrace. Would have led us to glory
know he's not popular but still a good defensive coach
good signing, hopefully we now have plenty of cash for our #9 & #10, griff & flores would be nice club.Quote:
Josh Mitchell, Mark Jones cross continent
JOSH LEESON
29 Jun, 2012 04:00 AM
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CENTRAL defender Josh Mitchell completed his return home from Perth yesterday by signing with the Newcastle Jets, while another Novocastrian in Mark Jones flew west to relaunch his stalled coaching career with the Glory.
Mitchell, 28, inked a two-year contract with the Jets after impressing coach Gary van Egmond at training and in Wednesday night’s 3-1 trial win over Northern NSW State League leaders Broadmeadow Magic at Wanderers Oval.
Mitchell had arrived at Jets training simply to lose weight and regain fitness while staying with his parents at Caves Beach.
But after the departure of No.1 centre back Nikolai Topor-Stanley on Friday, his stint at Jets training began a full-blown trial.
The Jets would not allow Mitchell to comment to the Newcastle Herald yesterday about his return to his home-town club.
The Swansea junior last played in Newcastle in the final season of the old National Soccer League in 2004 and since then has had stints with Romanian club Universitatea Craiova and the Glory.
Jones flew to Western Australia yesterday to begin work today as an assistant to Glory coach Ian Ferguson. He will oversee football technique, conditioning and video analysis.
The Novocastrian will be joined by former Glasgow Rangers defender Stuart Munro, who has re-signed as Ferguson’s senior assistant.
Jones, 46, was once anointed by former owner Con Constantine as a future Jets boss, and he has been desperate to return to coaching in the A-League since he was sacked by ex-Jets coach Branko Culina in 2010.
During the past two years Jones has coached at Malaysian Super League club Sabah with former Jets W-League coach Gary Phillips and worked for five months with former Central Coast boss Lawrie McKinna at Chinese club Chongqing Lifan FC.
In between he even worked as a site supervisor for building company GJ Gardner Homes.
‘‘I’ve always kept in contact with Fergie and when the gig came up he went in to bat for me,’’ he said.
On two occasions Jones publicly expressed his desire to return to the Jets when the youth team coaching position was vacant.
The most recent occasion was in May when Arthur Pappas left the Jets to coach the Indian under-22 team.
Jones, who was the assistant in the Jets title-winning 2007-08 campaign, remains friends with van Egmond but he never received any interest from club owners, the Hunter Sports Group.
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...t/2607226.aspx
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league...629-217zf.html
Mat Ryan off to try his luck in UK.
Mariners think Pasfield can stp up..... Hahahahahaha
Good luck to him.Quote:
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS have received an approach from English Championship side Burnley for their outstanding young goalkeeper Mat Ryan, who could start a trial at Turf Moor as early as next week.
Ryan, 20, has had a meteoric rise since bursting on the scene two years ago, and is already drawing comparisons to some of Australia's goalkeeping greats.
Ryan, who capped a wonderful domestic season by being named goalkeeper of the year, has also caught the eye of Socceroos coach Holger Osieck, who called him into his squad for a World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia in February.
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Burnley want Ryan for a two-week trial starting on July 6, but the Mariners have yet to give the green light. Football director Lawrie McKinna said: ''We've had the request, it's not an offer as yet and we're considering it.
''Our only big concern is that he hasn't trained for four weeks, and we want to make sure he's fit enough to go over. If he's underdone, you risk an injury, and we don't want that.''
Ryan has a British passport, and if things don't work out at Burnley, his management wants to take him for further trials at Ipswich Town, Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion.
The Mariners start their pre-season training early next month, and losing Ryan would be a huge blow for last season's minor premiers. At this stage, it's likely to require an offer of at least $500,000 to prise him away, even though he is heading into the final year of his contract.
Ryan has been a huge part of the Mariners success story under Graham Arnold, although understudy Justin Pasfield is also highly regarded by the club and a ready-made replacement.
In other A-League news, former Adelaide United youth coach Joe Mullen is tipped to join former Croatian international Joey Didulica on the new-look coaching staff at Melbourne Heart under rookie head coach John Aloisi. Mullen and Aloisi were briefly teammates in the old NSL at Adelaide City.
Elsewhere, former Melbourne Victory favourite Carlos Hernandez has sealed a move to ambitious Indian side Prayag United. The Costa Rican international fell out with Victory management towards the end of last season, and was unveiled by his I-League side in Kolkata yesterday.
''There were several offers from other clubs, but I always wanted to come play in India,'' Hernandez said.
Lambert Park, the historic home ground of NSW Premier League side APIA Leichhardt, will get a $2.2 million facelift after the NSW government this week fulfilled an election promise to upgrade the stadium.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league...#ixzz1zE3EXfnT
Awesome young keeper.
CCM will struggle to replace him.
Seems the eggs man management hasn't got any better.Quote:
Reluctant Topor-Stanley goes around with West Sydney
BY JAMES GARDINER
30 Jun, 2012 04:00 AM
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FORMER Jets defender Nikolai Topor-Stanley will today be confirmed as the fourth player to sign with new A-League club West Sydney Wanderers.
Topor-Stanley was released from the final year of his contract in Newcastle eight days ago and it had been widely anticipated that he would join former teammate Tarek Elrich, Aaron Mooy and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi at the start-up franchise.
Although he was excited at the opportunity to work under former Socceroos defender Tony Popovic, Topor-Stanley insisted it was not his preference.
‘‘I was comfortable in Newcastle and wanted to be part of a winning team, but it wasn’t meant to be,’’ he told the Herald last night.
‘‘I didn’t want to leave but you have to do what is best for yourself, in terms of your career and where you are going to play your best football. Working with Poppa is something I am looking forward to. He has been capped so many times for Australia and plays my exact position. I should be able to learn a lot from him.’’
There had been speculation over Topor-Stanley’s future – and a number of other senior players – for months.
The Beijing Olympian was the Jets’ player of the year in 2010 and the club fought off a big-money approach from Sydney FC to keep him.
Eighteen months later the 27-year-old was deemed surplus to requirements.
Van Egmond recruited Topor-Stanley from Perth before the 2008 Asian Champions League in his first stint at the Jets, but their relationship has fractured.
‘‘When things weren’t going well on the park, instead of finding a solution and backing the playing group there was a lot of finger pointing and blame placed in the media, which never sat well with me,’’ Topor-Stanley said.
‘‘Rightly or wrongly as it may have been, we should have been united, especially in the public eye, and it never felt that way.’’
One of the Jets’ highest earners on about $250,000 a season, Topor-Stanley’s exit continued a major clean out of senior players.
Topor-Stanley would not outline the details of his departure, but any financial settlement must be included in the $2.35million salary cap.
The Jets’ policy is not to comment on player retention and recruitment.
Former Socceroo Michael Beauchamp is expected to partner Topor-Stanley in the heart of the Wanderers defence.
He will be among a host of player announcements over the next week, including three other former Jets, goalkeeper Ante Covic and strikers Labinot Haliti and Mark Bridge.
The Jets moved quickly to replace Topor-Stanley, signing Newcastle-born defender Josh Mitchell to a two-year deal on Thursday.
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...y/2608593.aspx
geez talk about in his head, the bloke honestly can't get over his booing, what did he think was going to happen.Quote:
Western Wanderers happy to nab former Sydney FC players Michael Beauchamp, Shannon Cole and Mark Bridge
Tyson Otto
The Daily Telegraph
June 30, 2012 12:00AM
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Shannon Cole, Mark Bridge and Michael Beauchamp
The Western Sydney Wanderers' 3 new signings from Sydney FC, Shannon Cole, Mark Bridge and Michael Beauchamp, all in their new strip. Picture: Mark Evans Source: The Daily Telegraph
Sydney cut Cole, Jamieson, Beauchamp
Western Sydney ready to reveal
A RIVALRY is born. Western Sydney Wanderers' move to sign three players from Sydney FC's 2011-12 roster should guarantee a spicy first-up Sydney derby on October 20.
All three western Sydney products - Michael Beauchamp, midfielder Shannon Cole and striker Mark Bridge - wore the Wanderers red and black hoops yesterday for the first time before beginning pre-season training on Monday.
Bridge was quick to fan the flames of the fledgling rivalry between the A-League's newest club and Sydney FC, saying he wants his defection to the western suburbs to help create an explosive rivalry with his former club.
While Beauchamp and Cole were not offered contracts with Sydney FC beyond the 2011/12 season, Bridge still had a year to run on his contract.
He said yesterday he wants there to be friction between the fans of Sydney's two A-League clubs.
"I'm guessing (the Sydney FC fans) are going to be the same as the Newcastle fans, so every time I touch the ball I'm going to get booed," Bridge said.
"It does make for a good rivalry. I'm not going to lie, the first game I looked for when the draw came out was that one. So it's going to be good and it's going to be explosive leading into that game."
Bridge said the sledging with his former teammates has already begun.
"I've still been talking to a few of them, getting some cheeky, smart arse messages from a few of them," the 26-year-old said.
Beauchamp also expressed regret over his time at FC, saying he felt underdeveloped under former coach Vitezslav Lavicka.
It took only one chat with newly-installed Wanderers coach Tony Popovic to persuade him to make the move west.
Beauchamp, Cole and Bridge all said the presence of Popovic was the main reason they took a gamble on joining a club that is yet to find a training base or sign a full roster.
"Last year, I felt like I wasn't being coached and I felt that I hadn't been as confident as I had been three or four years ago and I truly believe that under Poppa I can get that back this year," Beauchamp said.
Bridge, who grew up in St Marys, said representing western Sydney was also a huge draw card.
"I'm a Westy through and through, mate," he said.
WSW also look to be trying to assemble a SFC / Jets rejects team, all they need now is to get disco.
I read those comments as NTS commenting about when he first arrived.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
I've also heard that many good managers are egostical ****sticks, but when they get a squad of players who do as they're told good things happen.... Spose we'll have to wait and see, with so many new kids on the block GVE can say its no longer "not his squad"
Cue the Step 1 jokes!
it's too easy to wind this bloke up. i almost want him back playing for us for the sheer comedy value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
WSW undertandably has a patchwork feel to it. All players signed or linked are unwanted or not good enough for their previous clubs (Mooy perhaps an exception). Could be a good thing in terms of team spirit, but they are unwanted for good reasons.
They need to get a couple of good ones on board, which I'm sure they will be trying to do.
Games against us and Smurfs will be entertaining.
WSW recruitment issues are gonna be hamstrung by the FFA's expansion efforts. By letting the world know a club will be starting up in 6 months time and then having to start from scratch after 90% of HAL players have resigned has left them with the trash and a few rookies.
Also if you are a player with a bit of class why would you wish to join a club that will struggle for a season or two before coming good??
The formation of the club comes across as a knee jerk reaction to cover Clive Palmer and the Gold Coast mess. A properly planned entry with 18-24 months notice would see a much more competitive and organised franchise enter
I honestly see hard times a ahead for the WSW over the next year or two and it will be interesting to see how many of these Westies continue to support a club that ain't winning once the honeymoon period for them ends.
Judging by the Westies efforts with their NRL sides I can't see WSW being that popular if they don't win.
Classic Band wagoners
I didn't boo Weak Ankles because he was a former Newcastle Player. I did it because he's a useless fat khunt.
Thought topor had more class than that.
I don't think he said anything out of order.
If he was on 250k, he was not carrying his weight.
Like most Australian sports fans, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I just remembered one of the funnier bits of news from when the forum was down.
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Belinda Neal chased for soccer club tax debt
THE tax office is pursuing former federal MP Belinda Neal for a $1.4million debt.
The debt has nothing to do with Ms Neal’s personal finances.
Instead, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation has singled out Ms Neal to sue personally over a tax debt owed by the Central Coast Mariners Football Club.
For six years Ms Neal was a director of the Mariners, the A-league minor premiers for the past two years, until her resignation in November.
In choosing to pursue Ms Neal, the tax office ignored her five male co-directors at the time.
This has forced Ms Neal to commence her own legal action, cross-suing the Mariners along with its chairman Peter Turnbull, England-based property developer and co-owner Kevin McCabe, part-owner Michael Charlesworth, director and Wyong mayor Bob Graham and former director Lyall Gorman, executive chairman of the A-League.
Mariners chairman Peter Turnbull said yesterday the club had been ‘‘negotiating and working with the tax office’’ and he expected the matter to be resolved soon.
Mr Turnbull said he did not know why Ms Neal had been singled out by the tax office.
A statement of claim tendered in the NSW Supreme Court claims the defendant, Belinda Jane Neal, ‘‘was at the relevant times a director of the company’’. As such, she became liable to pay the tax office a total of $1.2million tax. With penalties and filing fees, the total amount being claimed is $1,447,639.
Ms Neal did not return the Herald’s calls and her solicitor Michael Osborne, the former NSW president of the Liberal party, declined to comment.
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...t/2577436.aspx
lululul
Anyone know if this is resolved yet?
Gospel.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
With regard to WSW collecting all this dead wood once you light a fire under dead wood it burns pretty hot so they will be very interesting to watch in their first few matches. Whether they can maintain the heat will be a totally different matter.
A lot of their players will have a lot to prove. So it will be fun to watch them kick the shite out of the smurfs. Bit of luck they will pick up injuries.
and the shite out of us
Decent start, but I guess a few of those would be the auto renewals.Quote:
Jets surpass 4k Members
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The Hunter Ports Newcastle Jets has reached its 4000th Member on Monday morning, in just the second week of the 2012/13 Membership Campaign.
This year the Club is aiming to build its Membership to 11,000 on the back of its successful 10,000 Membership target last season.
The Club is thrilled with the response of the Hunter community and the Jets are well positioned to have one of the biggest Memberships in the A-League.
Last year, the Jets had the second biggest Membership in the A-League, behind only Melbourne Victory.
The 2012/13 Membership packages offer the same affordable prices as last season. Plus there are great benefits for Members, including the incredible Junior Pack!
Community Reserved Membership start from $115 Adult, $60 Junior and $260 Families.
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...-Members/47925
Never trust whole numbers. Club is lying.
Griffiths open to Jets return
Australian striker Joel Griffiths revealed he could be heading back to the A-League next season – with former club Newcastle Jets his preferred destination.
Griffiths relishing Drogba link-up
Griffiths, who was player of the year and golden boot with 12 goals as Newcastle won the title in 2008, is enduring a frustrating fourth year in China with new club Shanghai Shenhua – the home of Didier Drogba – which is in free-fall.
To make matters worse, Griffiths has been plagued by a niggling knee injury and hasn't played for two months.
He joined big-spending Shanghai, which also snared brooding Frenchman Nicolas Anelka pre season, after three successful years at high flying Beijing Guoan.
Griffiths has been linked with a return to his former stomping ground in China but insists he is unlikely to be going anywhere until his contract expires in December, with the A-League foremost in his thinking beyond that.
"Returning to Australia at the end of my contract is definitely a strong possibility," Griffiths said. "My wife and I have talked about it lately and it’s certainly on the cards.
"I have been in China four years year and it's been a great adventure but it’s a long time and I am more than open to the prospect of coming home.
"I've said I want to return to Australia at some stage with my family and I can see a move happening sooner rather than later.
"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."
Still a cult figure at the Jets, Griffiths, who turns 33 next month, still believes he has plenty to offer prospective suitors.
"Obviously I can also play on the right wing, which I have been doing with Shanghai in the games I've played so far this season, not that's its necessarily my preference," he said.
"My body feels good, I'm in good shape overall. I do quite a bit of pilates and have never had any major injuries. Touch wood, I will hopefully to able to play at a good level for another three or four years.
"I am back in training with Shanghai and I am keen to get back playing as soon as I can. That said, it makes no sense to rush things and risk setting myself back.
"Things happen for a reason and I will stay positive and bide my time. It's not serious, it's more of a niggle."
Sidelined for two months with fluid on his left knee, Griffiths – who has scored twice in seven appearances this season – remains a figure of frustration as Shanghai slumps in the Chinese Super League. The club is only two spots above the drop zone, with just 15 points and 11 goals from 14 games this season.
Drogba, not due in China until mid July, is walking in a potential hornets nest in Shanghai, according to Griffiths.
"It's pretty scary over here right now and the club's in a bit of turmoil," he said.
"Nic Anelka even got attacked by one of our on fans after the game at the weekend. That's crazy stuff."
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/...to-Jets-return
yep
I think thats what most Jets fans will be doing after reading this article.. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by robnuts
TWG has been pretty accurate with its linking of players to ws, so hopefully they are right again.
could have warned us before you put that article up. now ive got dirty pants to clean
Haha yeah should have been NSFWQuote:
Originally Posted by coastiehater
good to see the annual "griff wants to come home" article right on time.
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bring griff home
The deal is done, Griffs coming home
Come home Griff!Quote:
Jets sign Swiss defender Dominik Ritter as Joel Griffiths hints at possible return
BY ROBERT DILLON
03 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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SWISS DEFENDER: Dominik Ritter
THE Newcastle Jets have moved swiftly to fill the void left by Nikolai Topor-Stanley’s departure, signing Swiss defender Dominik Ritter to a one-year deal.
And former Newcastle legend Joel Griffiths has fuelled speculation about a possible homecoming, telling SBS website The World Game yesterday that the Jets would be his first preference if he was to return from China.
Ritter, pictured, is a former Swiss under-20 representative who played in the under21s for FC Basel and one Europa League match in the first team.
The 23-year-old has spent the past two years playing for FC Winterthur in the Swiss Challenge League (second-tier) competition, making six appearances last season and 19 in 2010-11.
He is the second confirmed overseas import on Newcastle’s roster, joining English veteran Michael Bridges.
“Dominik can play as full-back, which is his preferred position, or a left-side stopper,” Jets coach Gary van Egmond said in a club statement yesterday.
“He has a lot of pace, he will suit our style of play and we will have good competition for spots in the backs.
“He is at a good age to be coming here, he has his best years ahead of him and we look forward to welcoming him to Newcastle and having him at the Jets.”
Topor-Stanley signed with new franchise Western Sydney Wanderers last week, after the Jets persuaded him – via a pay-out – to walk away from the last season of his contract.
Van Egmond added that any more signings ‘‘will be in the front third’’.
That could augur well for Griffiths, who appears to be homesick after four years in China.
He has not played for his new club Shanghai Shenhua for two months because of a knee injury and is off-contract in December.
If he sees out that deal, he could be available to play in the business end of the A-League campaign.
‘‘Returning to Australia at the end of my contract is definitely a strong possibility,’’ Griffiths told The World Game. ‘‘My wife and I have talked about it lately and it’s certainly on the cards.
‘‘I have been in China for four years and it’s been a great adventure, but it’s a long time and I am more than open to the prospect of coming home.
‘‘I’ve said I want to return to Australia at some stage with my family and I can see a move happening sooner rather than later.
‘‘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.’’
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...n/2610912.aspx
So much cover at the back now, how's Goodwin feeling, left heart for a first team spot now this bloke signs up, unless they see him more in the midfield.
In that shot he looks like he could stand to drop 10kg.
Too much of his own product by the looks of it.
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he looks like a garn, to be honest
Hang on, sign a player in his mid 30s with a dicky knee. Haven't we already done this?
No but seriously HSG should just make this happen, if not to just settle a few hearts that will be racing just at the thought of this happening.