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EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Griffiths has described Newcastle Jets striker Adam Taggart as an exciting player with a bright future who reminds him of his brother Joel.
Griffiths played alongside Taggart, who has scored six goals for the Jets this term, at Hunter Stadium last season.
“When he first came into the club I actually said to the coach ‘he’s a good player this one’,” Griffiths said.
“He still needs to develop a lot about his game but jeez what a striker.
"He gets in positions, he’s hungry to score. When he was playing with us back in friendly games he’d always score, and technical goals you know.
"He’d always put it away and you’d think ‘jeez he’s always going to score goals’.
"Last year, when I was playing, he came in and didn’t score at all and I was really surprised. I couldn’t really figure it out.
"But this year he’s come on. I think it’s just a confidence thing. Now that he’s scored a couple he’s going to continue to score goals throughout the year.
"He’s one to watch. He’s a typical striker and in my opinion, if he keeps his feet on the ground and just concentrates on playing well, he’s going to be one for the future.”
Taggart has been in hot form this season culminating in a hat-trick in Newcastle’s 3-1 win over the Melbourne Heart in round seven.
The former Young Socceroo and Olyroo, who first broke into the A-League with Perth Glory in 2010, received his first senior cap under Holger Osieck against Hong Kong in December last year.
Fellow forward, Griffiths, believes that Socceroo call-up came too early for the 20-year-old but he has developed a lot since then.
“He got the Socceroos cap when he didn’t really deserve to,” Griffiths said.
“A lot of people were surprised by that because he hadn’t really scored any goals or proven himself.
"But now, if he got a chance to go in the camp, I think it would be good for him. In the future he definitely should be there if he keeps going the way that he’s going.
"He’s an exciting player, he’s always shooting, he gets into good positions. He actually reminds me a bit of my brother Joel with that bit of mongrel in him.”
Based in Newcastle after his move to Malaysia Super League side Sarawak fell apart, Griffiths has kept a keen eye on the Jets this season. The 32-year old spent four years in total with the Hunter outfit including stints in the NSL and A-League.
“I think they’ve done really well,” Griffiths said of the club.
“The first few games they were playing that possession-based football but it was really negative, all the balls were getting played backwards and there was no real strike power up there.
"The coach has changed his tactics and it seems to be working. They’re playing a lot more entertaining football that’s for sure, they’re scoring goals and doing well."
taggz drought :(Quote:
They’re playing a lot more entertaining football that’s for sure, they’re scoring goals and doing well."
He's too isolated up front did much better in second half last night when he dropped wider or into the channelsQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk
First 20 mins all we did was hoof balls up the park too him.Quote:
Originally Posted by joel31
Rest of the game we played on the counter with sweet **** all possession.
Blokes going well at the moment so have some patience
Can't expect him to score every week at his age
Bloke will be right in his element now that his dad has returned
mind will be blown when they stand next to each other.
Anyone else getting a bit fed up with some of Tagz poor decisions lately?
Don't get me wrong, he has done more than most this season, but I could probably count nearly half a dozen times in his past few games where he could have easily put a man 1 on 1 with the keeper, but shot rather optimisticly instead.
He needs to realise he has been identified as a threat now and attracts more attention from defenders. He needs to use this as an advantage and now draw the defenders to release another player of ours who is neglected and somewhat open. I feel he may have gotten a little too excited about his early season form and he has now become a little big-headed and selfish.
The difference between a flash in the pan and a good player is one who finds the right balance.
Noticed some every developing kick arse tattoos on this bloke tonight.
Have I not noticed before or are they new???
obviously stood up due to the 1 joel michael griffiths.
what great tutelag!
tagz back :rof:
they look like they are slowly growing over the season but I thought they looked like a large chunk had been done very recently, might just have been a heap of fill in work though
Taggart the son of Griff
That Goal celebration.
Yeah great, makes me think of a spoon
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Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
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Turns up for Official Club Media Work attired like this
Griffesque :lulzturtle::lulzturtle:
He needs to learn to pass the ball and not try beat every bloke in front of him when in the final third
But tidy finish tonight. Could've had another hatty
We'd be nowhere without his goals this season
Can't believe the wankers on the Jets FB page ripping into him for not cutting his hair.
****ing Dis Grace:blush:
Even after the jets FB page explained WHY earlier in the week??Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
YepQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
**** we have some dumb ****s who support this club
Quoted again for :brrrrrrrrr:nessQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Taggz :cool: My man!
Why didn't he shave the head, just out of curiosity. I didn't see the explanation.
I thought he was brilliant tonight. Was a bit isolated after the big man went off and maybe he is a bit too selfish - but in all honesty, we don't have anyone else who knows how to find the net so I can't blame him. I haven't seen that much hunger and desire from a Jets player since Griffo v1.
He has a 3rd party sponsorship deal that has a change of appearance clause meaning he can't shave it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
I really don't see what the issue is??Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
Bloke shaves head and is given plenty of praise for looking like a Romper Stomper Extra
Bloke keeps hair but gives cash donation to cause and bloke treated as if he has molested kittens
Who ****ing cares if he kept his hair he coughed up cash whats the ****ing big deal??
Yep, and he has supposedly made a "hefty" donation to make up for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Don't see what all the fuss is about anyway, sheesh. Oxborrow didn't shave his head either, somebody alert the Stasi asap.
Edit: Argh, The Member beat me to it. I swear.
^^^
Yeah I agree with you guys. I know a bloke who said Taggz should have been dropped for not getting his head shaved like the rest of the team...WTF! The mentality of people in this region astounds me at times!!!
Is there ever a time when you aren't an angry ant? To begin with I didn't actually care one bit, I figured it was Taggz choice. But when someone said there was actually a valid reason why he couldn't shave it, I was just curious about what it could have been. I've since found out why. For once, can you try and stay calm and just answer a simple question?Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
tbf, I took the angry part of his post more being aimed at the idiots on facebook and stopper's mate, not you halo.
Yeah I did too.Quote:
Originally Posted by militiamon
he didn't deserve MOTM imo. he made good runs but he wasted 2-3 very good chances on one and ones
Taggs was good but zadkovich was motm IMO. And that's from someone who isn't zads biggest fanQuote:
Originally Posted by joel31
I agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tommyjet
Well, it's happened - I am agreeing whole-heartedly with MFKS.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I'll alert the proper authorities... was nice knowing you all
I was saying this to pv4 last night, Taggart has easily been our best player this season. Any team in the league would love to have him in their team. How long has it been since we've had a player like that?
pv4 suggested Brillante and Birighitti as other players of the season. I think they've been great, but not on the same level as Taggz.
Agree. Zads appeared to be everywhere last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommyjet
Well I apologise if that's the case, but his post was in direct reply to mine… and he still didn't answer my question.Quote:
Originally Posted by militiamon
How ****ing good is it to hear a coach say "hey guys, my player is really ****ing good" instead of "Goodwin has been playing out of his skin but I need to keep him grounded so he is dumped to the youth for a month".
http://www.sportal.com.au/football/a...d16y7c7lqoadou
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Clayton Zane: Ange Postecoglou should look at Adam Taggart for Socceroos
Newcastle coach Clayton Zane has hailed Jets striker Adam Taggart as a strong chance to make the Socceroos World Cup squad following his side's crucial 1-0 A-League victory over Melbourne Heart at Hunter Stadium on Saturday.
The 20 year-old attacker netted the only goal of the match early in the second half to steer the Jets to just their third home win of the season and end Heart's five-match winning streak.
"He has to be a bolter for Brazil, personally I would take that type of that player just to give him the experience because he's going to be around in the national set up for some time," Zane said.
"The boy never stops finishing at training. All he wants to do is hit the back of the net. He's desperate to score goals.
"It's good for him to get a little run of goals leading into the finals, he's a very important player for us."
Taggart's 11th goal of the season puts him in a good position for the golden boot award and Zane said his current form deserves to be rewarded.
"The strong points for Taggs is that he's a goal scorer, he's so hungry and he's got that turn off pace that will allow him to go and play in a decent league in Europe.
"Based on that performance today, he could find himself on the plane to Brazil.
"I'd love to see someone like Adam Taggart given the chance because he's been quite consistent this year."
Zane admitted it was not his side's best performance but he was pleased with the determination and resilience of his troops as they held on for their third win in four matches.
"Yeah its huge, it's great to overcome that hurdle of winning a home match again, I think that takes a little bit of pressure off us," he said.
"We still looked lively on the counter attack, some good points to take out of it but probably the biggest one and the most positive for me is that it was an ugly win and I don't think we've had too many of them this season.
"We're not home and hosed yet, we've still got a lot of work to do because it wasn't a pretty performance but we can be a lot better at home and take a lot of confidence from that."
The Jets had several opportunities to kill the game off in the second half but some wasteful finishing and some excellent keeping from Andrew Redmayne kept the visitors in the match until the final whistle.
"It was one of those games where the Heart were always in it so we did need that second goal," Zane said.
"Redmayne was terrific with some of those one on one saves and on another day you come in here and you're punching yourself for not finishing them off but they did well to close the game out.
"We were desperate, credit to the boys we're starting to show we can knick goals on the counter attack so we're going to be a bit of a threat heading into this finals period I hope."
So how much are we selling him for after the World Cup?
How much does returning cost?
The pitch could become know as the birraz/taggz oval.