Apparently Zura put a good word in for us with Hannah. Also, he doesn't speak a lick of Ingles.
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Apparently Zura put a good word in for us with Hannah. Also, he doesn't speak a lick of Ingles.
cogerme dÃ*asQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Bloke looks pretty shell shocked.
Hopefully the team make him feel welcome and he starts banging in goals for us.
Montano, is that you?Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
Just found out he is playing with Gallaway. :whistling:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Well we know Gallaway has been jetlag for few years ..:whistling:Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I'd like to see the club try a front three of Griff & Edson with J-dog in behind whilst in Thiensville. I've just got a bad feeling with Baressi already gone for the season and our other AM coming back from a recent knee injury combined with our less than spectacular injury record, I'd like a plan B.Quote:
Meet the newest member of Jets Edson Montano
By JAMES GARDINER
Aug. 18, 2014, 10:45 p.m
MARCOS Flores acted as a translator for Edson Montano on Monday. On Tuesday the Argentinian plans to cook a barbecue for the Jets’ new Ecuadorian striker.
It has only been two days but the South Americans have already formed a bond.
Wait until they get on the pitch together.
‘‘I’m really excited to have a player like him here, someone with his power,’’ said Flores, who christened the new arrival Edson ‘‘The Tank’’ Montano on Twitter.
Montano touched down in Newcastle on Sunday and trained for the first time yesterday.
Battling the effects of jet lag, he ran a few laps and did a series of passing drills. Routine stuff.
There was no sign of the lethal right peg that produced a stunning goal from 30metres that is top of the list when you type his name into YouTube.
That, Jets fans hope, is to come.
The powerfully built attacker, who has four international caps, adds to a strikeforce headed by Argentinian Jeronimo Neumann and Joel Griffiths.
The first goal for Montano is to adjust his body clock and work on his fitness.
Speaking through Flores, the 23-year-old said he was excited to be in Australia and was looking forward to working with his new teammates.
‘‘I have come from the other side of the world but I will be ready soon,’’ he said.
‘‘I can feel a really good energy and see it is a happy group.
‘‘They worked hard and everyone was giving their best. It is exciting.’’
Montano, who is on loan from Ecuadorian Serie-A club Barcelona, agreed to terms with the Jets in late June and spent seven frustrating weeks waiting for his visa to be issued.
‘‘I have tried to keep my fitness up,’’ Montano said.
‘‘The season in Ecuador was over. I had already signed the contract and the papers and was waiting to come.’’
Montano is the second Ecuadorian to be signed by the Jets following Edmundo Zura in 2008-09.
Also a striker, Zura struggled being away from his young family and was released after nine games – and no goals – to return home.
Montano, who was a teammate of Zura at El Nacional early in his career, admitted he didn’t know a lot about the A-League but was aware that Emile Heskey had spent the past two season in Newcastle.
‘‘I have read some things and checked out some of the players from past years,’’ he said.
‘‘Growing up I looked up to Heskey. It’s exciting to be at his club.
‘‘The Ecuador league is really tough. I was playing for one of the best teams [Barcelona] and expect to adapt quickly to the A-League.’’
Jets assistant coach Clayton Zane said Montano had a point of difference from the other forwards in the squad.
‘‘Things are starting to take shape,’’ Zane said.
‘‘We have spent a lot of time looking into what type of players we need in the front third.
‘‘To have him on board is great and starts to put a bit of pressure on other players who are trying to fill those front two positions.
‘‘He is different from Joel Griffiths and Jeronimo who are probably more explosive.
‘‘He can play with his back to goal a little bit better than the other two. I think from an aerial point of view ... he has a balance of all the attributes we are looking for to compliment the other two.’’
The Jets travel to Townsville on Friday for a nine-day tournament featuring Brisbane Roar, Sydney FC and former A-League club North Queensland Fury.
‘‘It is a team-building exercise as well as focusing on the football content,’’ he said.
‘‘Having the two other Spanish speaking players in the team should help him settle quicker.’’
Meanwhile, Anthony Ingram has replaced Rob Dingle as the Jets physiotherapist.
Dingle resigned last month. Ingram previously worked with the Jets, Newcastle Knights and Hunter Pirates.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/24...-video/?cs=306
He wouldn't be the only import to think that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
Slow news day.
http://www.sportal.com.au/football/n...y18h9tb5fb1g6y
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There could be a new type of white line fever in the Hyundai A-League this season with vanishing spray set to be used in the competition for the first time.
The spray, which was used at the FIFA World Cup earlier this year, is a way for referees to ensure defenders stay the required distance away from a free-kick.
The white foam then disappears after around a minute.
Some of Europe's biggest leagues are already using it, with the vanishing spray making its debut in the English Premier League over the weekend.
It's believed Football Federation Australia are waiting for the shipment of spray cans to arrive before announcing it will be used for next season.
The cans are provided by an Argentine company which is FIFA's official supplier of the product.
http://www.thepharmacy.com.au/produc...53079_zoom.jpg
Down to Woolies and get a box or two of that until the other stuff arrives
Will probably kill the grass at hunter stadium.
Save the Groundsman doing itQuote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
:roflz:Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Good to see Nev's back to full training with 2 months still to go of pre-season.Quote:
Jets fullback Scott Neville ready to return after knee surgery
By JAMES GARDINER
Aug. 19, 2014, 10:30 p.m
‘‘There is eight weeks to go.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/24...urgery/?cs=306
Yeah that is awesome news. Hopefully he can find that form again, he was massive for us last time around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
I think you guys should stop posting full Herald articles in here. Post an excerpt, and give the paper some click love.
I refuse to give The Herald any form of love after that whole saga where they had a vendetta against the club & Tinkler, and even fabricated that AIS story to get us in hot water. I'm not sure I ever saw them issue an apology to how they treated the club and everyone in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Is that you JG? Or are you RD?Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
You always trust the club first?Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Lulz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
I steadfastly refuse to read the Herald any more.
That black ink on your fingers just stains everything.
I used to have the Herald delivered way back in the day.
Much cheaper to put down for the dogs than those piddle mats.
I support the club firstQuote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Cough.... Thats not what Micky Bridges says ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Micky Bridges drove the best clubman we've ever had out of the club. Who is he to talk?Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
So you going to the first HAL game this season WLG???:whistling::roflz:Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
We are even playing your Gypo mates so close to home for you
Not just us in financial strife. Adelaide reported to be looking for buyer.
http://footballcentral.com.au/adelai...cial-troubles/
Newcastle Foxes...........Bring back the gold (Their away kit is gold by the way) :woo:
Rats, sinking ships and all that.Quote:
PALMED OFF: Tinkler and Troy Palmer part ways
By ROBERT DILLON
Aug. 24, 2014, 10 p.m
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/25...t-ways/?cs=306
Now our great tactician is gone?
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NEW Broadmeadow Magic co-coach Bobby Naumov will combine his role at the Northern NSW Football heavyweights with a scouting job for A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.
Naumov, a former national league player and coach at Newcastle, signed on yesterday as the Mariners’ scout for the Northern NSW region.
The former Edgeworth and Hamilton Olympic coach said it was an opportunity too good to pass up.
‘‘ It keeps my foot in the door,’’ Naumov said.
‘‘ I’ve still got ambitions to coach at a higher level, and if something eventuates from this, then so be it.
‘‘ If not, at this point I’m happy just to be involved.
‘‘ It’s all a learning curve and, first and foremost, I want to be a coach.
‘‘ With this, you get access to all the latest technology, training methods and their facilities there.’’
Naumov will identify talent in the heart of Newcastle Jets territory at all levels but was unfazed by the prospect of meeting opposition.
‘‘ You get that in any sporting environment,’’ Naumov said.
‘‘ But that’s the way it is.
‘‘ You have to go where the opportunities come from.’’
The appointment comes just over a week after Naumov and Robert Virgili were announced as Broadmeadow’s coaches for 2015 following Magic’s poor National Premier League season under Glen Chapman.
The pair coached the club the previous year when Magic won a third straight major premiership.
Naumov said Magic had given their blessing for him to take the Mariners job.
‘‘ This was always on the cards, and that’s why I was reluctant to take the job on my own,’’ he said.
‘‘ I said to Chilli [Virgili] that I would do it with him and I made the club aware about the chance with the Mariners.
‘‘ The club does not stand in the way of players who want to go higher in the game, so it’s no different for coaches.’’
Naumov was excited about the chance to work with an A-League club after taking a break from coaching this season following a stint with the Emerging Jets.
‘‘ I was at a bit of a crossroads,’’ he said.
‘‘ I was starting to get a bit disillusioned with it all in the coaching environment and the lack of opportunities around.
‘‘ I was tossing up whether to go for my A licence again, then when this came along and it has spurred me on.’’
Glad to see the likes of the Gypos setting up camp in our heartland to feather their own nest.
Wonder how many players we will end up losing to them due to our ongoing ineptness???
IN DEFENCE OF ROBBIE MIDDLEBY:
1. Darius Boyd from Knights wants to leave club a year early.
2. Has trigger in his contract to void his playing deal.
3. His manager now wants compensation FROM the Knights believed to be in the area of $250k (because he might need to take a pay cut at his next club).
4. Knights under no legal obligation to pay anything.
5. Knights consider doing it anyway 'as an act of good faith'.
Well done to all involved.
Griff #9 :wub:Quote:
Originally Posted by Newcastle Jets
we're back baby
Back to the good old days
Just waiting now for the "Birraz is Numero Uno" brigade...
Birraz is phased by this
Jets release goodwin. Adelaide sign him
https://twitter.com/aaronkearneyaus/...65851294515200
Not sure if this link worked but Aaron Kearney tweeted a link to a article saying jets getting taken over by qantas. It would mean the jets becoming the jetstars as it would be under the jetstar flagship.
Aaron Kearney saying it could be a hoax so has anyone heard anything similar
Hahaha thats brilliant...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommyjet
Was going along for the ride, but the longer the article goes, the more it sounds like someone taking the piss.