The Newcastle Permanant would be nice addition, it would stick with the whole "building" idea that we are going for, and they are another local business.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToddG NBUnited
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The Newcastle Permanant would be nice addition, it would stick with the whole "building" idea that we are going for, and they are another local business.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToddG NBUnited
More inside mail?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Postman
I would think Newcastle Perm would be more inclined to sponsor home shirts rather than away shirts?
I mean, there business really is the newcastle area, do they really need to market to the rest of the country?
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Originally Posted by leftrightout
Most banking is done online these days, so the Perm could be looking to expand their market
the perm is very active in other areas. they advertise in Canberra, have a bank in Mudgee. it's like NIB sponsoring the glory rather than the jets, you advertise where you want to grow.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
nice one dad. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by WolfMan
Mark Jones joins the jets as Head of Performance - Jets twitter
I love the titles people are given... Head of Performance, what the hell does that even mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Clacka next
I've got nothing personally against these blokes, but why do we re-sign the people/team who have not brought success through the last 5 seasons?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Postman
What role is he lined up for Postman?
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/blog/...-grounded-jetsQuote:
Scott Miller's appointment as Newcastle Jets coach is a gamble Football Federation Australia will be hoping pays off.
By
Philip Micallef
29 Jun 2015 - 11:14 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
The troubled Jets are managed by FFA in the wake of the withdrawal of previous owner Nathan Tinkler's A-League licence.
Melbourne-born Miller, 33, signed a two-year contract with the club after leaving his role as under-21 coach at English Championship club Fulham, where he worked for nine years.
He will be the youngest coach to handle an A-League club.
Scott's appointment is seen by many as a gamble because, no matter how good or willing you are, nothing in football can beat experience, particularly when it comes to occupying the hot seat at a club that is fighting for its very survival.
All over the world the prime age of coaches at the biggest and most successful clubs is in the mid-40s to mid-60s.
Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Fabio Capello, Arsene Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti, Louis Van Gaal, Manuel Pellegrini and Rafael Benitez have been there and done that.
Relative newcomer Pep Guardiola was a clear exception to the rule.
Nothing against Miller but the logic or wisdom behind his selection must be questioned.
In Australia we sometimes tend to ignore our own coaches at an age when they come to full experience and maturity and when they do things in a smarter and more practical way than when they were younger.
That's why, generally speaking, coaches of this age group (mid-40s to mid-60s) are far more likely to be successful than their younger counterparts.
The vast majority of the 19 FIFA World Cup-winning coaches (Italy's Vittorio Pozzo won it twice) were over 45 years of age.
There are no shortcuts in life. Whether you are a builder, a teacher or a gym instructor the more experience you have the better you are at what you do. Football is no exception.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou spent years in the street of hard knocks and learning as he went along before becoming the senior national team coach.
There is another side to this argument, however.
Recent history teaches us that rookie coaches with no track record are not necessarily a recipe for disaster when given a top job.
Especially if they had the opportunity to closely observe the running of a foreign professional club either as an assistant coach to the senior team or head coach of the reserves or under-21s, as was the case with Miller.
Tony Popovic was almost in the same boat as Miller when he was named first Western Sydney Wanderers coach in 2011. Look how that story turned out!
After building a team from scratch, Popovic led the club to two successive A-League grand finals and to the AFC Champions League title in what has been described as one of the finest moments of Australian club football.
By the same token one could say that a coach with wider experience could have been able to halt the Wanderers' spectacular fall from grace after reaching the heights of Riyadh.
Yet who's to say that relatively unknown Miller won't make a fist of his appointment at Newcastle and grow into the job?
Some people, in any walks of life, just need a window of opportunity to show what they can do.
The FFA's decision to appoint Miller, upon the recommendation of Postecoglou, could backfire.
The job in Newcastle involves far more than finding a winning formula for a Jets team that has been grounded for too long.
It involves recreating the spirit within the club and among the community that reached its peak when Newcastle won the A-League in 2008.
The governing body has taken a risk, no doubt about that, by opting for Miller instead of several former A-League coaches who have plenty to offer but I hope it's a calculated risk especially for Newcastle Jets' sake.
I'm not game enough to criticise FFA of recklessness or irresponsibility or lack of foresight for giving a tough job to a rookie because Miller could well prove all the doubters wrong.
Time will tell if FFA is on the money with this Miller gamble.
It had better be. The governing cannot afford to get this wrong.
Philip certainly isn't convinced with Scott Miller's appointment. He would have rather seen us appoint an experienced A-League coach out of work or someone in their mid 40's - 60's.
get all phils out of newcastle football forever
Surely Mr Dando can stayQuote:
Originally Posted by q-money
Agreed. He's a keeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I'll get my coat.
Someone please positive rep thisQuote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr GazFish!! Put your hands together! He'll be here all week! Tell your friends!Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Junior Assistant Coach? Would certainly line up with the new coaching titles they are handing out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
IIRC Miller said he wanted to bring in one more coach who's focus would be strength and conditioning and video analysis.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
Good to see we have a legit football strength and conditioning coach on the books, first time since Waterson left to go to wsw I think.Quote:
Respected Jones fits bill with rebuilding Jets
By JOSH LEESON
June 29, 2015, 10 p.m
MARK Jones earned high praise among Newcastle Jets insiders during the shambolic final months of coach Phil Stubbins’ reign for coming in and providing defensive structure to keep the club competitive.
The former A-League championship-winning assistant coach will have a full season to offer his expertise to the club after he was appointed head of performance on Monday.
The announcement follows the appointment of former Fulham assistant Scott Miller as head coach and ex-Melbourne Victory assistant Jean-Paul de Marigny as his right-hand man.
Jones begins the new role next Monday, the same day Miller returns from England to take over his first training session.
As head of performance, Jones will oversee strength and conditioning and work closely with head physiotherapist Justin Dougherty. He will also assist de Marigny with video analysis and scouting.
‘‘We had a good meeting where he demonstrated not only his knowledge of his profession, but of Newcastle Jets and Australian football to me,’’ Miller said. ‘‘From that point on he became a leading candidate to join our team. Mark obviously has a vast background in strength and conditioning, but as importantly he understands the technical and tactical aspects of the game. This will enable him to function in between the two schools of the football department.”
A born and bred Novocastrian, Jones played for Newcastle Rosebud and the Breakers and later served as Gary van Egmond’s assistant coach when the club won its only A-League title in 2007-08.
In 2010 Jones was moved on, but he returned in January following former owner Nathan Tinkler’s controversial sacking of Clayton Zane (assistant), Neil Young (goalkeeping coach) and Andrew Packer (strength and conditioning coach). Jones, along with fellow assistant James Pascoe, were credited with making the Jets more defensively sound and harder to break down in the final months of last season.
He is one of 12 FIFA fitness instructors worldwide, is an Asian Football Confederation elite conditioning instructor, and is Sportscode accredited. He is also currently completing his FFA Pro Diploma.
“I’m a Newcastle person, and for me I just want to help secure a better result for the team and a better outcome for the club,” Jones said of his appointment. “I have a responsibility to do the strength and conditioning, the video analysis and assist with the technical side of the delivery of the football program, but I will help in any way I can to ensure that we get a better result,” Jones said.
De Marigny has never worked directly with Jones, but has always admired his football brain.
‘‘I’ve known Jonesy a long time and he comes highly qualified and with really good credentials,’’ de Marigny said. ‘‘He’s a real student of the game, which is good because he’s always up-skilling himself.
‘‘I think he’ll be a massive addition for us and he knows the way of Australian football, as I do, and he obviously has a soft spot for Newcastle, his home town, and wants to do well here.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/31...g-jets/?cs=306
RAAF Round... Murphy is delusional, could also try focusing on the real derby we have instead of trying to invent one for some cheap marketing exercise.Quote:
Jets v Roar: RAAF link as the new derbies
By JOSH LEESON
June 29, 2015, 9:45 p.m
NEWCASTLE Jets chief executive Mitchell Murphy has boldly stated his intention for the club’s ‘‘RAAF round’’ against Brisbane Roar to one day compete with the Sydney and Melbourne derbies in terms of popularity.
The A-League draw for the upcoming season, due to kick-off on October 8, was revealed on Monday.
The Jets will begin their new era under the ownership of Football Federation Australia and direction of new coach Scott Miller with a road trip to Westpac Stadium on October 11 to face Wellington.
The club then returns home to Hunter Stadium to host A-League heavyweights and last season’s grand finalists, Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory, on consecutive weekends.
But it is the November 28 game at Turton Road against the Roar which that really excited Mitchell.
On the proposed ‘‘RAAF round’’ Newcastle will wear a commemorative shirt and fighter jets will fly over the stadium prior to kick-off.
‘‘Outside of the traditional Sydney-Melbourne derbies, we actually believe this RAAF round, as we’re calling it, will become a signature round in the A-League season year in year out,’’ Murphy said.
As part of the new relationship between the Jets and Williamtown RAAF base, senior fighter pilots are expected to provide players with mentoring.
‘‘Taking a $60million fighter jet into the air as opposed to playing a game of football, there are distinct differences,’’ Murphy said.
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‘‘But there are also similarities. You have to plan for a game or mission, execute your game plan or flight path and then you have to debrief the mission or your performance.’’
The Jets will play 14 home games in the upcoming season – six in the 5.15pm Saturday timeslot, six on Sunday at 5pm and two Friday night games.
The club have also avoided two road trips to Perth and Wellington, where the Jets have traditionally struggled for points.
However, the Jets’ task of qualifying for their first semi-final series in six seasons has been made difficult by a challenging run home.
The club have just four home games – against Perth, Western Sydney, Wellington and Melbourne City – in the final 11 rounds, meaning the Jets will need to begin the season firing.
‘‘You’d certainly want to turn at Christmas in a solid position,’’ Mitchell said.
‘‘But the other thing is, which I’ve made reference to on countless occasions is, we need to make sure that when opposing teams come to Hunter, that this is a fortress.
‘‘We need to win the majority of our home games, and if we do that, it gives you a leg up.’’
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/31...erbies/?cs=306
lol raaf round ffs
If they want RAAF round to be a true contest they would hire some MIGS and have a dog fight over the top of the stadium while the games going on.
Then buzz the tower.
Always buzz the tower.
Just another day at the office for Bicci.Quote:
Grass burns: visiting players vote Hunter Stadium as worst pitch in A-League
By ROBERT DILLON
June 30, 2015, 10:30 p.m
NEWCASTLE has received its second wooden spoon of the recently completed A-League season – this time for a stadium voted the worst in the competition by visiting players.
Even after having a $1.3million pitch laid before the Jets’ first home game, the playing surface at Hunter Stadium retained its unwanted status as the A-League’s least satisfactory, according to an annual Professional Footballers Australia poll.
In addition, Turton Road received the lowest score in the ‘‘atmosphere’’ category.
PFA surveys away-team captains every week to rate the A-League’s playing fields under the criteria of hardness, pace and smoothness by scoring each out of five, to produce an overall average.
According to the statistics provided to the Herald on Tuesday by PFA, Hunter Stadium received the lowest overall average, 2.75, while Melbourne’s AAMI Park scored the highest, 4.32.
The poll also scored Hunter Stadium the lowest for game-day atmosphere (2.0), while AAMI (4.7) was voted the best. The discontent with Turton Road was no anomaly.
Since PFA introduced pitch ratings six seasons ago, Newcastle’s turf has been voted the worst four times.
It was also 10th of 11 in season 2010-11 and reached a high point when it was sixth of 10 in 2012-13.
“It’s extremely pleasing to see the overall standard of the pitches across the league rising, however, there remains some worrying trends with Hunter Stadium and Suncorp Stadium consistently providing a substandard playing surface during the course of the season,’’ PFA chief executive Adam Vivian said.
‘‘If we are to ensure the continued improvement in playing standard, it is vital that this is addressed ahead of next season’s kick-off.’’
Hunter Stadium received the lowest scores for pace (3.21), hardness (2.63) and smoothness (2.67). Its overall score of 2.75 was better than for the previous season (2.64) but below the 3.38 of 2012-13.
The pitch was relaid in November, barely 48 hours before Newcastle’s game against Melbourne Victory.
Several days after that game, Victory coach Kevin Muscat declared: ‘‘If we’re honest, the surface wasn’t good enough for football ... Was the safety of the players at risk? Possibly.
‘‘Players couldn’t train this week. A lot of players couldn’t train because they were sore coming off that surface.’’
His sentiments were echoed in January by Melbourne City coach John van ’t Schip, who said the pitch was in ‘‘very bad condition’’ and rated it a ‘‘four out of 10’’ after his team’s 5-2 demolition of the Jets.
Hunter Stadium was used for four Asian Cup games in January, including Australia’s semi-final win against the UAE, and if there was any dissatisfaction from players or coaches, it went unreported.
Hunter Venues general manager Bicci Henderson said he was ‘‘very surprised’’ A-League captains had not revised their opinion of the pitch after it was relaid.
‘‘The reactions from the teams that played here during the Asian Cup were certainly very happy with the pitch and the way it played,’’ he said. ‘‘Whether it’s just that old minds take a while to change, my recollection of the 2014-15 season is that there were no issues with any of the visiting teams.’’
He said it was up to the home-team coach at all A-League games to dictate the hardness of the pitch.
Henderson also queried why the game-day atmosphere at Hunter Stadium received the lowest rating.
‘‘I go to quite a few stadiums, and certainly I don’t think our stadium lacks anything in terms of atmosphere,’’ he said.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/31...tadium/?cs=306
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The pitch looked S#!T tonnes better than before it was relaid. Our pitch was miles ahead of Suncorp stadium, i'll back Bicci a bit on this one. We definitely don't have the best pitch but i don't think we have the worst at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
As for atmosphere, i thought we would score higher considering we spent most of our time bagging out own coach instead of the opposition.. Shouldn't that have made their experience of our stadium better? I would've loved to play an away game here.
Most of the teams would have played on the surface at its worst and even when it was relaid it wasn't at its best until after the Asian Cup.
Would prefer to wait for the next rating I think. As for the atmosphere, the two hills let the sound out.
This. And what did they expect? We were seriously struggling last year. It didn't leave much to cheer about nor many doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
rof....yeah lets go with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Its easy for every aids blowin (other teams capts) to comment on our atmosphere. bottom line, theres been nothin to make a noise about.
So newy people being very efficient have stayed quiet
Clearly they didn't notice the atmosphere picked up at full time when every man and his dog ran to the fence to give Stubbins the big ones.
I'd say edgy vs city will definitely get fox sports coverage, big audience potential with a Melbourne club and the draw of the underdog to top it off.Quote:
FFA Cup draw gives Edgeworth shot at A-League guns
By ROBERT DILLON
July 1, 2015, 11 p.m
EDGEWORTH coach Damian Zane says his players have no intention of merely making up the numbers after drawing A-League club Melbourne City in the next round of the Football Federation Australia Cup.
Edgeworth will host City, Broadmeadow Magic are at home to Victorian Premier League side Heidelberg United and the Newcastle Jets have drawn a home game against last season's FFA Cup runners-up, Perth Glory, in the round of 32.
Zane admitted it would be a daunting task against City, who finished fifth in the A-League last season, but his players would relish their giant-killing assignment.
‘‘To get a big A-League club at home, it’s probably the best outcome you could hope for,’’ Zane told the Newcastle Herald. ‘‘It’s at the beginning of their preparation, but we’ll be match fit, so you never know what to expect. Everyone’s human.
‘‘We’re very excited and we’re not going out to lose. We dare to dream.’’
Games will be split over three weeks (July 28-August 12) and clubs will learn on Friday the dates of their fixtures.
Second on the Northern NSW National Premier League table after winning seven of their past eight games, the Eagles qualified for the round of 32 with a 3-0 win against Adamstown.
Edgeworth hope to entertain City at their home ground, Jack McLaughlan Oval, but that will depend on whether it is a designated Foxtel televised game.
Lighting at Jack McLaughlan is insufficient for TV broadcasting standards, which would mean transferring the game to a suitable venue, possibly Magic Park.
Eagles treasurer Warren Mills said the match would be ‘‘massive’’ if it was staged at Edgeworth and would possibly attract a crowd approaching 4000.
‘‘There’s a big population base out there, if you consider areas like Cameron Park, so we’d be hoping for a pretty healthy crowd,’’ he said.
‘‘We had 4500 for the grand final last year. You never know who City will bring, but imagine if they sign a big name from overseas as their marquee and he’s playing his first game.
‘‘It would be brilliant, just brilliant.’’
Mills said that if the game was transferred, then the host club would naturally share in the proceeds.
For the Jets, there was a sense of deja vu about Wednesday’s draw.
They were at home to Perth in the corresponding round of last year’s inaugural tournament and bowed out in a 2-0 defeat at Magic Park.
Jets chief executive Mitchell Murphy said the club would know by Friday what ground it would use, but Magic Park was the likely choice.
‘‘The FFA Cup, although it’s still in its infancy, is a prestigious competition,’’ Murphy said. ‘‘It’s a competition that we’ll be taking very seriously.
‘‘Any club would like to have the FFA Cup silverware in their offices.’’
Murphy said he expected the Jets would play a couple of trial matches as a lead-up to the clash with Perth.
‘‘I’d hope people aren’t going to judge us on our first ‘proper game’ of the season, but of course we’d like to get off to a positive start with a win,’’ he said.
Broadmeadow, who qualified with a 13-0 rout of first-division side West Wallsend, are fifth on the Northern NSW Premier League table.
Heidelberg are third on the Victorian Premier League ladder.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/31...e-guns/?cs=306
I'd be surprised if the jets game gets any coverage this year.
Has Fox sports indicated how much coverage they will be presenting themselves and the potential for independent online streams like last year, i know fox put a stop to the streams mid way through last years FFA Cup.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come, school holidays is the perfect time to be doing things like this in the community.Quote:
Newcastle Jets aim to reignite community passion
By JOSH LEESON
July 1, 2015, 11 p.m
FEW Newcastle Jets players have felt disconnected from the Hunter community more acutely than midfielder Ben Kantarovski.
That’s why Wednesday’s community event at Nobbys was so significant for the home-grown midfielder.
‘‘I think it’s the only way we’re going to build the club up from the bottom, where it is now,’’ Kantarovski said.
‘‘It’s laying those foundations of how you want to be as a club and how it should be.
‘‘You look at all the big clubs and they have such a strong community base.
‘‘I respect that old-school English era or anywhere in Europe, where the team where you were born is your team and you follow them passionately.
‘‘We want to create that in Newcastle, so when they say you’re from Newcastle they remember you’re a supporter of the Jets.’’
Born and bred in Newcastle, Kantarovski debuted in round one of the 2008-09 season when the glow of the Jets’ A-League championship still radiated.
Two wooden spoons, five straight failures to reach the semi-finals and the turbulent ownership reign of Nathan Tinkler have almost extinguished that glow.
Kantarovski and goalkeeper Ben Kennedy are the sole survivors from the Jets’ halcyon days and the Broadmeadow Magic junior admitted he had experienced a massive drop in support from his community.
‘‘It’s just the feeling you get,’’ Kantarovski said.
‘‘When I first started playing, we used to do a lot of promotional things with schools and kids, and that sort of faded away in that middle period.
‘‘From one year we went from winning the grand final to just fizzling out, which has been disappointing, especially for me playing here in that period.
‘‘It has been frustrating, but it’s taken a turn for the better now, and re-engaging with the community is a start to get the club where it needs to be and where it once was.’’
That push to reignite passion for the Jets continued on Wednesday when the club hosted a community event at Nobbys Beach.
Supporters and children from the Emerging Jets program were invited to attend the team’s morning fitness session. Players mingled with fans, signed autographs and played beach football.
Since Football Federation Australia bundled out Tinkler and took control of the club in May, re-engagement was been the buzzword at the Jets.
The FFA has held three forums with business leaders, members and supporters and the Jets have increased their community appearances.
A-League boss Damien de Bohun has vowed that will continue.
While school visits and community initiatives are beneficial, Kantarovski knows the quickest way to restore public support is through results on the field.
‘‘In recent years we haven’t had the results we’ve wanted, but we’ve still had one of the best memberships in the league, and that shows how much the community is willing to support us in the tough times,’’ he said.
‘‘Hopefully we can turn that around and give a little bit of relief to fans for sticking by us in the hard times.’’
Cessnock-based Jets supporter David Anderson and his son Seth were part of the small turnout of fans at Nobbys on Wednesday.
Seth is a striker in the under-10s Emerging Jets squad and shaved the word ‘‘Jets’’ into the side of his head for the occasion.
David Anderson said the club needed to move forward on and off the field, because ‘‘it couldn’t go any further backwards’’.
‘‘It was a bit embarrassing, not the effort of the players, but the effort management put in,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m from Cessnock, but you feel a part of the community with the Jets, especially with my son playing for them, and it was really hard to watch.’’
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/31...cs=306#slide=1
No streams allowed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
4 match days in Round of 32 with 1 game televised every match day and live crosses to all other games.
They're learningQuote:
Originally Posted by Pico
Are they learning or is it entirely because it's no longer HSG at the helm?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Farm out each player to a local club as an "ambassador". Would really do wonders with kid support and they would drag their parents. Today's kids are the future's paying customers
Not just that, when you have the pre match "Number 25 Joe Bloggs, proudly sponsored by Our Town Company (because every other business in Newcastle is Our Town something)" also have "and ambassador of NPL Club something or other".Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
IIRC Broadmeadow Magic sponsor Kanta. So they already pay money for the privilege to be read out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
I think the Newy Christians comp do so aswell - from vague memory they sponsor a local too, maybe Peppz.
I've been to two Newy Christian grand finals. I don't think there was ever much benefit to Pepper being a sponsor.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Can confirm HCCF sponsor a player
Well it's not like people from Newcastle support any other A-League team, it's just that they don't give a damn about the Jets right now because we're shit.Quote:
‘‘We want to create that in Newcastle, so when they say you’re from Newcastle they remember you’re a supporter of the Jets.’’
Deansy new W-League Coach.
GK coach still to be decided on, with the way things are going Youngy could find his way back into a job.