Meaning the jets players calves and ankles are safe for another week.Quote:
Newcastle-bred Adelaide defender Nigel Boogaard will miss the game with a minor hamstring strain.
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Meaning the jets players calves and ankles are safe for another week.Quote:
Newcastle-bred Adelaide defender Nigel Boogaard will miss the game with a minor hamstring strain.
To be honest, i think we will start to really see the best of brown..Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
The bloke was very sharp in preseason then got that injury and went down hill from there.
put it this way... we have seen him at his lowest,he can only get better.
Here we go... GVE pre-emptively setting up his excuses for missing the finals this season.Quote:
We definitely have an emphasis on giving young players experience, the sort that will stand them and us in good stead down the line...
Report of game by herald, seriously James do you have any idea of football.....Quote:
Jets draw nil-all with Adelaide
James Gardiner
Newcastle Jets 0 Adelaide United 0
THE Newcastle Jets recorded their first clean sheet in 10 months but it was not enough to secure a much-needed upset win over A-League high flyers Adelaide United at Hunter Stadium.
The home side overcame the loss of marquee striker Emile Heskey to a quadriceps injury at half time to dominate the clash.
"It was not a monkey off our back it was a gorilla," said Jets coach Gary van Egmond.
"It was hanging over us. It is a good feeling to be rid of it.
"It's great for the players to get some real confidence from keeping that clean sheet and creating a number of chances."
However, they were unable to come up with a winner, with Ryan Griffiths, Adam Taggart and James Virgili all denied by Reds keeper Eugene Galekovic.
At the other end, Adelaide danger men Dario Vidosic, Bruce Djite and Iain Ramsay were left frustrated by a resolute Jets defence.
It was the first time Sam Gallaway, Taylor Regan, Connor Chapman and Craig Goodwin had played as a back four.
The average age of the defenders was nearly 21 and they had played a combined 69 games between them.
But apart from a couple of half chances early, the Reds were unable to break them down.
Adelaide were the last team the Jets held to nil, in a 1-0 victory at Hunter Stadium in round 23 last season.
The draw ended a two-game losing streak for the Jets and moved them to 17 points.
Adelaide remain second on 29 points.
The crowd of 10,721 was the lowest of the season but they were treated to an open, entertaining clash despite the lack of goals.Desperate to end a 18-game gap since the last clean sheet, Jets coach van Egmond overhauled the backline again. Taylor Regan was promoted for his third start of the campaign alongside Connor Chapman in the centre of defence.
Craig Goodwin dropped from midfield to cover for Scott Neville, who succumbed to a hamstring strain.
James Brown also started in the other change from the 2-1 loss to Melbourne Heart.
Antony Golec replaced Nigel Boogaard (hamstring) in the only alteration from the Adelaide outfit which pumped Sydney FC 3-0.
The visitors came out flying.
Vidosic forced a reflex save from Mark Birighitti in the fifth minute and Bruce Djite blasted into the side netting a minute later.
With the temperature nudging 30 degrees earlier in the day, the teams had a scheduled drinks break at the mid-point of the half.
At that stage, Adelaide had 56 per cent of possession, led the corner count 4-0 and had six attempts on goal to the Jets one.
Whatever was in the water, it worked for the Jets.
"The first 20 minutes we were a bit too strung out and pressed a little too high at times," said van Egmond.
"Then all of a sudden we started to understand what the structure needed to be."
Adelaide coach John Kosmina noticed a change too.
"We were dominant before that. About the 30th minute for some reason it was like the curtain came down," he said.
Ryan Griffiths, who switched flanks with James Virgili, had a shot finger-tipped over the bar by Eugene Galekovic on the half hour.
From there it was all the Jets.
Virgili cut the Reds to shreds down the left, combining with Emile Heskey and Brown.
All that was missing was a goal.
Griffiths hit a half-volley which was blocked by Galekovic. The rebound fell to Brown but he could not get enough on his reboud and it was cleared off the line.
Griffiths couldn't climb high enough to get his head to Ruben Zadkovich's cross with Galekovic caught in no-mans land and Brown skied another shot over the bar in stoppage time.
Jets marquee Emile Heskey didn't return after the break due to a quadriceps injury and was replaced by Adam Taggart.
"He has a grade one strain in his quad. We will assess that when he is cool and see what the medicos say," van Egmond said after the game.
Heskey is the Jets leading goalscorer with seven and is second to Ruben Zadkovich in minutes played.
But the change did little to stem momentum.
See your ad hereGriffiths had a shot tipped around the right left post and then sent a header over the bar.
Taggart forced another desperate save from Galekovic in the 57th minute.
With one former premier league star on the sideline, van Egmond introduced another in Michael Bridges with 28 minutes remaining.
The veteran playmaker provided some deft touches but not a goal in his biggest contribution of the season.
The crowd of 10,721 was the lowest of the season but they were treated to an open, entertaining clash despite the lack of goals.
He may be stretching it a little bit but it was better than a lot of the dross we've been served up so far. There were elements to the game that I would actually class as entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by goaliepersempre
The runs that Goodwin and Virgilli made were exciting and the footwork that Bridges demonstrated was also worth watching. Reegan put in some good cross field passes as well.
I think the last 5 minutes of the first half and most of the second half showed that we can actually play a bit of football when we don't have someone in the attacking midfield slowing everything down. We need someone in there who can play the ball quickly, take players on and offer something different to the defensive midfielders. Bernardo or Bridges seem the obvious choices and until Bernardo rips the youth league apart I'd be happy to see Bridges fill the role.
Hopefully that game sets a foundation for the rest of the season.
I was at a party so i couldn't attend, but ended up at the bar watching the whole game on TV. It was quite an entertaining match from that perspective.
I only saw the first 20 mins at the Beaches before being dragged off to the wedding reception.. So I'm still waiting on a replay to be put up.. *cough cough* :gent:
Fox Sports saying Zadkovich injured in training today. Getting scans soon.
It was in the Rocky Visconte article, closing lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by OmeletteDuFromage
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Meanwhile Newcastle have been rocked by a knee injury to Ruben Zadkovich, with the club saying the in-form midfielder will see a doctor today to ascertain its seriousness.
Zadkovich sustained the injury at training
Jobe in, Zad out?
Roar have signed a current Socceroo. However, it's one of the two people most whinge about.
Jade North has signed with them for three and a half years.
Sauce: http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...Socceroo/57625
Did we even try to get him back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
God I hope not. Would be an embarassment if we went for him and not Griff.Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
And really we already have cover as centre back:
Chapman
Regz
Tarago
Mitchell
Ritter
Neville
Jobe
Heskey
Zads is so keen to re-sign with the Jets that he's injured himself to impress Jets management.
You can't get more newy than that.
wtf...we training on a minefield or sumfin
Some good news, some bad news....
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Originally Posted by Terror
So Corey Brown hasn't signed with the jets? Sounds someone let that out a little prematurely.
What this kid tear us a new ass hole.
Would be interesting to see how some Asian coaches would go trying to adapt to our league and standard of players but also the use of a salary cap.Quote:
Should your club hire an Asian coach?
Tuesday, 8 January 2013 7:33 AM
On New Year’s Day, the Central Coast Mariners learned that Kashiwa Reysol would join them in an already tough AFC Champions League group after winning Japan’s famous Emperor’s Cup.
The team from northern Chiba beat relegated Gamba Osaka 1-0 in front of a packed house at Tokyo’s National Stadium courtesy of a solitary goal from defender Hirofumi Watanabe.
One interested spectator was surely Akira Nishino – a man who for four years coached Kashiwa Reysol before turning his attention towards transforming Gamba Osaka into one of the most successful clubs in Asia.
Nishino was at the helm when Gamba thumped Adelaide United in the 2008 ACL final but decided to step down as coach in Osaka at the start of 2012 after a decade in charge.
He was undoubtedly Gamba’s most successful coach, leading the Osakans to their first and only J. League title in 2005 and a runners-up place five years later, as well as two Emperor’s Cups along with that coveted Asian title.
And he did it playing some of the most attractive football ever seen in Japan, with Nishino’s sides renowned for consistently outscoring their opponents thanks to their free-flowing attacking football.
Indeed, when the subject of who should coach the Japanese national team came up, Nishino’s name was always one of the first mentioned in Japan’s vociferous sports press.
Gamba clearly struggled without their long-time mentor and finished the 2012 campaign in 17th place, dropping into the second division for the first time in their history as a result.
It was also a disappointing year for Nishino.
Appointed coach of Gamba’s neighbours Vissel Kobe midway through the season, the 57-year-old was unceremoniously sacked with four games still to play as Kobe fought desperately to avoid relegation.
They failed to do so, but it was a rare blot on Nishino’s otherwise spotless managerial copybook.
And it begs the question that if an A-League club can sign a player of Shinji Ono’s calibre as its marquee, why not sign a marquee Japanese coach like Nishino as well?
He clearly has the credentials, speaks a reasonable level of English and would no doubt relish the challenge of pitting his wits against Australia’s best coaches.
All it would take is a little thinking outside the box for an Australian club to suddenly have one of the most knowledgeable coaches in Asia calling the shots.
Ironically it’s the much-maligned Takeshi Okada leading the way when it comes to export Japanese coaches.
The bespectacled tactician came in for fierce criticism after Japan limped through qualification to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, only for Okada to steer the Samurai Blue to a shock second round appearance.
And just like Nishino’s famed Gamba side, Okada had his Japanese team playing slick passing football built around a side of fleet-footed attacking talent.
Okada is now in charge at Chinese Super League outfit Hangzhou Greentown, who finished the last Chinese campaign in a mid-table position.
The pressure is on Okada to get Hangzhou challenging for an ACL place this season as he’s at the vanguard of Japanese coaches testing their skills overseas.
And if the quality of Western Sydney Wanderers star Ono is any indication, there’s plenty the A-League can learn from the Japanese game.
It could do worse than try to learn it from Akira Nishino, who will no doubt keep a close eye on one of his former clubs Kashiwa when they take on the Mariners in Group H of the 2013 ACL.
With a little bit of forward thinking, one day Nishino could keep a close eye on the A-League as well.
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...an-coach/57509
Rogic to Celtic.
CCM say trial only.
Australian says an offer has been made for a transfer.
marrone (my fave rb of the comp) to shanghai. just missed out on playing with griff.
Bet the Chinese will be chuffed
Lord Griffo leaves and expecting something similar from Australia and they end up with Marrone
Surprised GVE has not tried to sign the bloke, in the right age group and a former U17 player, could help the club fill that #10 role that ribs seems to have been dumped from.Quote:
Roar in as Victory cuts Davies
9 January 2013-SBS
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/resiz...86/w/310/h/174
Brisbane Roar is poised to swoop for the services of teenage attacker Julius Davies after he was released by Melbourne Victory on Wednesday.
Davies, 18, is set to become Roar's second signing this week after the club confirmed the capture of Socceroos defender Jade North on Tuesday.
Liberian-born former Bayern Munich junior Davies, who first got noticed playing in Perth, has failed to fit into the mould demanded by Victory boss Ange Postecoglou and Roar coach Mike Mulvey is ready to offer him a fresh start.
“Julius is a talented young player who unfortunately ran into some stiff competition for places here at Melbourne Victory,” Postecoglou said.
“While still only 18, he obviously wants to be playing first team football and he’s probably found himself further down the pecking order than he’d have liked.
“We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.”
It’s believed Davies, who played 120 minutes of A-League football under Jim Magilton at Victory last season, will ink a multi-year deal at Suncorp Stadium where he was headed for talks on Wednesday.
An Australia U-17 international, Davies's style and ability to take on players earned him his chance at Victory, where he spent nearly 12 months, but it didn’t win favour with Postecoglou and he has not played any part this season.
“‘It was a great experience and I am really glad I had the opportunity with Melbourne Victory even though it did not work out as I had hoped,” Davies said.
“I want to thank all my team-mates who have been great to me during my time here in Melbourne.
“I also wish to thank everyone at the Melbourne Victory Football Club for their support and I look forward to the next challenge in my career.”
With the exit of winger Rocky Visconte and North's signing, Mulvey’s reshaping of Roar is gathering pace with the likely arrival of Davies.
Seventh-placed Roar faces eight-placed Newcastle Jets at Hunter Stadium on Saturday.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/...ry-cuts-Davies
The Jets? Signing someone or getting rid of dead-weight in a transfer window?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
If only.
Strange that Canberra with a poor stadium gets games but Newcastle misses out, guess we'll have to settle for being a training base, if we even get that. When is the NNSW training venue at spears point going to be completed, seems like the ideal place, unless HSG go and build something with government funding for both the jets and knights but I can't see that happening any time soon.Quote:
Asian Cup drive gathers momentum
9 January 2013-SBS: Philip Micallef
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/resiz...52/w/310/h/174
Loval hero ... Shinji Ono may be recruited to promote the Asian Cup (Getty)
Australia will shortly mount a charm offensive across Asia designed to maximise awareness of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, local organisers said.
Two years to the day before the Socceroos begin their Asian Cup campaign in the opening match in Melbourne, the local organising committee revealed a grand plan to promote the tournament and Australia to a whole continent.
The organising committee could also invite a group of personalities like Western Sydney Wanderers' Japanese star Shinji Ono and other high-profile sportspeople to act as “ambassadors” for the event.
The Asian Cup will be held from 9 to 31 January with the final scheduled for ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
”Our strategy for the Asian Cup can be divided into three distinct stages,” local organising committee chief executive Michael Brown said.
”Last year was all about meeting people like governments and communities, setting the foundations and basically 'saying hello'.
”We tried to establish our identity domestically and internationally and I think we've done that.
”This year will be about promoting the event across Asia and engaging the continent.
”This is when we will build our relationships with Asia and basically ask them 'now that we have met you, what are we going to do together'.
”We want to assure them that their trust in Australia to hold the continent's biggest football tournament won't be misplaced.
”We will be working around important football matches in Asia involving Australia and with the help of tourism, trade and business leaders we will work together for the benefit of one and all.
”Then in 2014 we will get down to the business of making it all happen – selling match tickets, travel packages and so on.
”We are in the final stages of nominating the venues and when that is done we will be able to set a match schedule.”
The tournament will be played at five venues in four cities.
Brown was reluctant to reveal which of the eight venues that are on the shortlist will be retained because negotiations are not yet finalised.
The chosen stadia are likely to be ANZ Stadium and Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Ettihad or AAMI Park in Melbourne, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and Canberra Stadium.
The organising committee is working with local football federations and governments to identify a range of training facilities across the participating states.
These could include regional locations like the Gold Coast, the Hunter or Ballarat.
The tournament venues and schedule will be ratified by the AFC in March.
The qualified teams won't be known until March 2014 but it is hoped that high-profile sporting identities or community leaders in Australia who exert a degree of influence among their compatriots be engaged to help promote the event.
”Look at Alessandro Del Piero,” Brown explained.
”He talks to thousands of his fans every day via the social media.
”Such popular people as Ono, who has many followers, could do wonders in terms of drawing attention to the Asian Cup.”
The qualifying phase will kick off on February 6.
Sixteen teams will be engaged in four round-robins with the top two in each group and the best third-placed team to make the trip to Australia.
Holder Japan, host Australia, Korea Republic, Korea DPR and the winner of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup will make up the 16-team event.
The competition is being jointly funded to the tune of $61 million by Federal Government and state governments.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/asian...thers-momentum
Actually pretty glad that we in Newy miss out on this type of thing.
Adds to the chip on shoulder mentality about us being treated like a second class citizen by the rest of this state and country.
Independence for the Hunter
Disgrace, expect 10 people and a stray dog to turn up in Canberra.
might be an "all seater" thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
think of all the gov funding that is needed to host this tourney. i am sure canberra would like a few games.
Agreed. Don't see why the 25,000 seat stadium gets it while the 33,000 stadium where an A-League club plays doesnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
Mind you, given the state of the pitch atm at Hunter Stadium, its very probable the FFA doesnt want to be embarassed by the state of the pitch.
Well the AFC regulations says it needs to be all seated... as per stadium regulations.. So we are technically lucky we could play champo's games at hunter... Seriously should but in seats either end of the ground.. With one end made of the special terrace seats that are availiable. Then we can move behind the goal :) If the two ends where a big bigger and seated the stadium would be very nice.. as per some designs shown a few years back.
Good NEWS!!!!
Zadmans Injury not serious,
Reported on radio scans cleared of any damage.
Yeah that would make sense but I'm sure I remember the proposal for temp seating to be used over the hills.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Fish
The same stuff that they used to make NIB stadium bigger, have seen it used over in the US to build an entire temporary stadium whilst a new one was being built.
Lets be honest with the crowds that will most likely be expected you could just rope off the hills and use some sort of advertising cover, similar to the bay covers overseas and you'd still have plenty of seats available.
Ideally the state government should be looking at using this to get some fed funds to help pay to convert the ends for one of the new designated state stadiums from their master plan. You wouldn't want it any bigger, 33k is plenty for Newcastle. All that's needed is to replace it with seats. Would be great if they opted for kombi seats for the south end to help push up capacity for events when needed.
Okay, now it's ridiculous. Within the past 2 days or so:
Viconte Roar to free, then free to WSW
North to Roar
Davis. MV to free, then free to Roar
Franjic. MV to free
Yet we are still stuck with Jesic.
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Originally Posted by Thomas477
will start this weekend :P
Seriously hope you are taking the piss.Quote:
Originally Posted by goaliepersempre
Also, another point, the A-League transfer window hasn't even opened yet, but these transfers are going on anyway.
rest assured I am, but you never no........ :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
Actually a possibility if Ritter is still injured. Jesic could start in behind Heskey/Taggart.Quote:
Originally Posted by goaliepersempre
there have been no transfersQuote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
Just teams releasing players on a free transfer so they can join other clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Newieutd
I think it's making a mockery of the transfer window tbh.
Can't see how that's happening, the players still have to wait until the transfer window opens before they are eligible to play any games for their new club, so they can be cut January 1st or on January 13th, the result is the same, they can't play until after the 14th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
SFC is just bitching because they gave Griffo a contract from Jan 1, but the rules clearly state you can't transfer a player in until Jan 14th, so they have had to pay the bloke for 2 weeks for training.