Did the club fare better with Heskey or the grand final year?Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
Ill let you all tell me but I know what I'd rather.
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Did the club fare better with Heskey or the grand final year?Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
Ill let you all tell me but I know what I'd rather.
Old 2bob out here wishing our club had enough clout to get Josh Kennedy off the lounge to come have a kick.Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
Once again you have missed my point. Its not what you or i think, WE ARE RUSTED ON. No one gives a shit at the club what you or i think about the squad because we are going to pony up with our dosh for a membership no matter how crap our team might look on paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
Now go and ask somebody who use to be member, one of those missing 5000 and see what they want and i will bet my last dollar and my lower left one it is a better squad than this seasons on paper if you want them to come back and renew. It is only with an increased interest from the public will the corporates/sponsors then return.
The club or more to the point the other clubs owners paying our bills not just want growth but need it and in that case they need to be selling better shit than last season.
Poor membership, Poverty pack squad and poor revenues from sponsorship and corporates don't look to good when running through the features and benefits of the football club to a prospective buyer.
Nah, I get your point. You want hype up front to get em interested and that's cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
But I look at it this way. No one cared when we signed Nabbout, but they ALL cared after that RAAF round game vs Sydney.
I dont care what names they put down on paper, give the public an experience like that every week and they will buy in. If I remember it was close to 20k that day, way more than rusted on types like you and I.
Don't believe me, then go back and look at our crowds for the 1st few matches that year to what we ended up with. And why did that happen? The names were the same but the results changed.
Sport essentially is trafficking in hope. Yes you can provide that up front by signing some dudes, but nothing beats the end result.
Our best (non Griff) players over the last few years have had no hype. Song, Byun, Nabbout, Ugaboogaman, Champness, McGree. All of them gave us more on the pitch than the likes of Heskey, Wessi and whoever those 2 Malaysian dudes were supposed to be last year.
I don't think you get anything mate, you are a facebook fanQuote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
Val Maglicio saying we've signed an Adelaide United starting XI centre back.
Gotta be Elsey
Sorry, just to clarify. Do you mean a fan of the Jets who is on Facebook or a fan of Facebook the actual platform?Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
I feel it's an important distinction.
Cheers in advance.
ghost of plague.
Ramy to WSW, good business by our owners to get him loan at the feeder club before signing him permanently with the main team.
https://kick360.com.au/adelaide-brac...tain-jets-off/
'Losing out on a required player in favour to an A-League rival will be seen as a significant blow for the Reds, with Adelaide’s offer reportedly falling someway short of the one on the table from the Jets.'
based on this quote it seems like we've paid overs for elsey which isn't ideal
Paid overs is subjective - depends on what Adelaide offered him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
No loss, too soft, injury prone, Devlin far better option.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Postman
Ramy and Stevie U were in our midfield this year. How’d that turn outQuote:
Originally Posted by Alton
Agree on Naj, One good game a month from him was not justification to keep him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alton
Devlin has that annoying to the opposition prick of an attitude and ability to back it up.
Been saying for a couple of seasons Elsey is a good footballer , Has his spaz moments but all CD's do.
Sounds like a CD we have just named a medal after. He will fit in perfectlyQuote:
Originally Posted by 380
Watch this space ay?:
https://www.newcastlejetsfc.com.au/n...ransfer-centre
Interesting for the time being Champness and Donachie are listed as returning from loan (and Noah James the young goalie), wonder if that is confirmed or just hopeful?
PS: Don't mind the gold and black logo, can we keep it???
So looks like Devlin is confirmed now..
Jets just posted something on facey.
Expiring 21/22
1 Lewis Italiano - signed until 21/22
3 Jason Hoffman – signed until 21/22
5 Ben Kantarovski – signed until 21/22
17 Valentino Yuel - signed until 21/22
18 John Koutroumbis – signed until 21/22
19 Kosta Petratos - signed until 21/22* - *to the best of my knowledge
24 Joe Champness – signed until 21/22
26 Archie Goodwin - signed until 21/22*
28 Blake Archbold - signed until 21/22
Expiring 22/23
xx Cameron Devlin - signed until 22/23
xx James Donachie - signed until 22/23
27 Lucas Mauragis - signed until 22/23
29 Connor O'Toole – signed until 22/23
32 Angus Thurgate – signed until 22/23
Xx Noah James - signed until 22/23
Expiring 23/24
23 Jack Duncan - signed until 23/24
I'll keep this up to date as we go along through next season.
Archie Goodwin is missing from this listQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I'd still be looking to offload Connor O'Toole if we can for someone that can defend and cross a ball into the box.
He's not hopeless but he's lazy at times tracking back and when he was unavailable we definitely looked a better team.
I'd let Yuel go - he's been worked out by defenders now and his lack of composure in front of goal isn't something we can afford.
Petratos I don't know ? He's never really been given much of a chance - but he's always made a solid effort whenever he's made an appearance.
Devlin is a great signing. Probably spells the end of Kanta though if he doesn't get fit very soon.
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Connor O Toole has no ability, if he was right footed he would be lucky to be in the first 11 of a pub team in Central Australia. He only gets a start because lefties are few and far between.
Too much was made of his being part of the young Oz squad, If memory serves me correctly he was the only one who got zero minutes in Vietnam. Terribly overrated footballer.
Don't get me started on Yuel. The workers at the hockey joint and go kart joint are dead set sick of having to collect the balls from his attempted shots. Ya know its true Stanny.
If i could describe Yuel's ability everytime hes on the ball it would be a bombscare
From the Jets twitter page:
'More roster news on the way... lets look internal.
Wednesday's letter of the day is J'
Initially i thought it was Elsey but the internal part has me thinking its O'Doherty
Expiring 21/22
1 Lewis Italiano - signed until 21/22
3 Jason Hoffman – signed until 21/22
5 Ben Kantarovski – signed until 21/22
7 Jordan O'Doherty - signed until 21/22
17 Valentino Yuel - signed until 21/22
18 John Koutroumbis – signed until 21/22
19 Kosta Petratos - signed until 21/22* - *to the best of my knowledge
24 Joe Champness – signed until 21/22
26 Archie Goodwin - signed until 21/22*
28 Blake Archbold - signed until 21/22
Expiring 22/23
xx Cameron Devlin - signed until 22/23
xx James Donachie - signed until 22/23
27 Lucas Mauragis - signed until 22/23
29 Connor O'Toole – signed until 22/23
32 Angus Thurgate – signed until 22/23
Xx Noah James - signed until 22/23
Expiring 23/24
23 Jack Duncan - signed until 23/24
17 players signed for next season.
Will now be highlighting new signing in "Gold" colour in the website colour wheel.
Well none of us saw this one coming. Matt Jurman is a great signing at the back. 3 signings in 3 day unheard of from the Jets
Going to ruffle a few feathers here but signing Jurman is better than retaining NTS imo.
I think it helps NTS as you have Donachie and Jurman and NTS can be a solid back upQuote:
Originally Posted by Buddha
I am hopeful that our next signing is either a ST or RB
Is this confirmed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buddha
I know they were hinting at a "J" name on facey, but I just assumed it was Jordan Elsey?
Yeah in the herald and their socialsQuote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Interesting where that all leaves us.
We have signed CB coverage with Donachie, Koutroumbis and Jurman. Elsey is rumoured.
For me, unless we are about to play 3 at the back, that's one starting CB too many.
My guess is that Donachie will go to Victory and we will bring in a CB on less-coin - maybe NTS, maybe someone else. Is Jordan Lennon a CB??
Also, I know Johnny is a right-sided CB. What side does Donanchie, Elsey and Jurman prefer?
Lennon is a right centre back
Jurman a left sided centreback
Donarchie and elsey are right footed cbs
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommyjet
Expiring 21/22
1 Lewis Italiano - signed until 21/22
3 Jason Hoffman – signed until 21/22
5 Ben Kantarovski – signed until 21/22
7 Jordan O'Doherty - signed until 21/22
17 Valentino Yuel - signed until 21/22
18 John Koutroumbis – signed until 21/22
19 Kosta Petratos - signed until 21/22* - *to the best of my knowledge
24 Joe Champness – signed until 21/22
26 Archie Goodwin - signed until 21/22*^
28 Blake Archbold - signed until 21/22 ^
Expiring 22/23
xx Cameron Devlin - signed until 22/23
xx James Donachie - signed until 22/23
27 Lucas Mauragis - signed until 22/23
29 Connor O'Toole – signed until 22/23
32 Angus Thurgate – signed until 22/23
Xx Noah James - signed until 22/23
xx Matthew Jurman - signed until 22/23
Expiring 23/24
23 Jack Duncan - signed until 23/24
18 players signed for next season
- 16 A-League squad players
- 2 Scholarships (Goodwin and Archbold)
I'd say if we also sign Elsey then it's a lock that we are loosing Donachie and Topor, possibly even Johnny K who i swear i rememeber seeing wanted to leave.
But Jurman is a great signing, I'm a big fan of all the signings so far
Yeah, I was talking to Frodo about it this morning..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
What is going on here? I'm a little concerned/wary that things are going a little too sensibly and controlled atm..
Make Johnny K our new DM, cant afford to lose him
Pretty sure - I don't pay for the herald, but arthur papas came out and stated champness / donachie were "required" so unless they put a decent offer in..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
I reckon that's a bit of brinkmanship, personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by noremac
Starting to be unable to relate with the club anymore. Too many sensible signings for my liking. We're losing our identity.
We'll be playing in gold home strips next season at this rate.