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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.