He was slogged the full 8 penalty points therefore he joined as 18 points minus his homegrown status from playing youth grades (probably 1-2 points) because Jets NPL and Jets NYL were considered different...Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
He was slogged the full 8 penalty points therefore he joined as 18 points minus his homegrown status from playing youth grades (probably 1-2 points) because Jets NPL and Jets NYL were considered different...
No-one here is slogging the players that are coming to the competition, but there is definite issues with the implementation of the PPS and how clubs interpret plus how NNSWF administer the regulations. What is black and white for one club is grey for another, how and why should that be.
I don't disagree with you magician as my previous posts points towards the points system has to be fair to work .
What I am saying is people on here don't even have any substance to their remarks or accusations as points clubs declaring are not even out yet so for me are firing blank bullets .
For example Musialik not a buds junior ... Complete nonsense
Or magic getting handed everything from northern - again nonsense
Jaffas got it last year as well and came in fine for points .
It's very amusing reading though :-)
As a long time supporter of magic/newcastle macedonia & follower of Newcastle 1st Division football for many years, I personally believe the promotion of "The Pies" is one of the best things to have happened to this competition for a long time. The support & crowds they get will be the envy of a lot of so-called "bigger clubs" this season. Who could have ever imagined that they would have pulled off a coup like Matt Thompson! I don't know much about Reece Thompson personally, but what I do know is that he is very young. We've been stuck with the same old coaches in Newcastle for so long, it is fantastic to see someone freshen things up a bit! I dare say he'll be turning a few heads if Maitland do even remotely well. Looking forward to Rd 2 already!
I think there should have been some big changes for this season after the disaster of 2014. Not enough focus on developing youth has left us with basically the same cattle as last season. Archie in goals is a great addition as I believe he is one of the best young keepers getting around. Pete Haynes & Berlin (as much as it pains me to say it) have their best days behind them and our back line isn't what it used to be. Piddo's focus on his gym work means he is much more top heavy these days and probably lacks a little pace. Higgins distribution isn't up to standard & John Griffiths doesn't play as well when he isn't in the centre of defence. Hoping I'm wrong and we can get back to where we should be as one of the top clubs in the comp.
Definitely not the most ridiculous suggestion on here. Pity association borders would most likely prevent this from ever coming to fruition.
Great idea Mother T. I don't think it would happen for the reason that Salmon said but personally I'd be all for it!
Really good post . I went to the NewFM final and the supporters of Maitland was outstanding . I hope they do well .
Also Jaffas coach David got it in the neck as well and he is doing just fine .
My younger grandson goes to a soccer school that Jobe runs and his coach is the scottish coach at Adamstown and he is a great young coach who engages superbly with the kids and clearly has ruffled a few feathers with his intensions at Adamstown already well documented and having spoken to Jobe last week this view of this coach is shared by him also as Jobe rates this coach
And in my opinion the best coach in the league is just about to enter his second season and I will watch with interest how Azzuri go this year as I remember watching Pryce as a player and even then you could tell he would make an outstanding coach .
My point being I think change is great but only as long as it's beneficial.
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Magic will be top four for sure - no questions asked
I hope you're right!
What makes you so sure after our season last year? Change of coach?
Especially when you compare last seasons preseason games to this seasons! Last seasons preseason the boys looked like they didn't want to be there. Hopefully things have turned around. Still not convinced for the reasons I said above but i'm very happy to be proven wrong! Unfortunately (like Man Utd of late) teams are no longer "afraid" of magic. A good example of that was Magic vs Southy at Wanderers last season. Hopefully the red & yellow can get their fear factor back and turn magic park into a fortress again.prediction
MAGIC Top 2, especially when they sign the Macedonian- come Albanian, come Macedonian, come Albanian from Brisbane Roar, as there marquee
2014 was always going to be a bad year, watching the 3 pre season games so far under chilli and naomoff, 200% better even with half the team playing were youngsters from 17's, 19's and 22's.
including Kale, finlayson, archie and Faj, in the squad in 2015, as well as the marquee to be announced shortly-
they will be strong, so will other clubs, with there signings.
FR- any from the Centre of Excellence?
Definitely agree with that.
Also on the Port/Taree point I would love to see clubs from both Hasting Valley and Coffs Harbour in the top 2 division.
I've been to lazy to check K/O times, are the 1st grade games still the standard 3pm this year? I would like to get to more NPL games but majority of the time they clash with my own.
I know that the NPL players have lives as well but have Clubs looked into the option of having a 1st grade game K/O at 7pm on a Friday or Saturday night?
Port/Taree have always struggled to get numbers of seniors willing to travel to newy.
In my youth I played for "north coast" and we never had seniors
When it folded, manning mustangs started and there was no end of issues with local clubs not wanting their better players leaving, many played local on Saturday and newcastle comp on Sundays.... This lasted about 3 years before all falling over..... With a 26-1 loss to berro.
That year I think about 8 of the 19's a squad played three games a week
Might be different now with manning and Hastings now being FMNC.
Might not be a bad idea having a Match of the Round scenario say on Friday night at a time that will allow the Football community to get out to the game as it won't conflict with their schedules
Thats a bit harsh i think, the both are them are still only 32 thats not too old, both of them are the penalty taker and free kick specialist. you have to remember last season everyone played under par, its hard to stand out if all other players are not playing well.. it was only 2-3 years ago when both of them scored 35 - 40 goals between them. plus Berlin has been put out left wing/back the last 3 years for his speed and fitness so he has a few years in him still.
And for Piddington, he is not top heavy he is very strong and still is in the top 4 defenders in the league.
For the record add up the amount of trophys and individual awards between the 3 of them.. That is the reason why they are still at magic.
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Time will tell Cobra! There's only so long you can hold on to successes of the past before you need to bite the bullet and start looking at the future. Just the Gringo's opinion though!
Ruffled some feathers may be right! I'm hearing whispers of some disharmony in the camp already and it's only preseason! Apparently there's a bunch of boys who arent too happy with his style of "player management", apparently he isn't too much of a "people person" haha. Bugger them though I say, he should stick with his guns. Personally I want to see the buds do well, it would be good for the league if they were successful.
To be honest I was surprised at his appointment as I have heard similar things about his first stint at the club and that his behaviour and the way he dealt with people wasn't received too well.... Everyone deserves second chances and all that I suppose?
Knowing graham
I'd be suprised if that's the case... I spoke with a cpl of blokes the other day who said they were going great.. And had made some good signings ???
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Cannot comment on the Adamstown part as I would not know if true or otherwise. I will add my thoughts on this coach though as I have watched first hand over the last few months my grandson develop under him and he is most definetly a people person and engages superbly with the children at sporty kids and he is a good coach. Perhaps he coaches the adults differently but i would imagine a successful senior coach has to have that tough streak in them to be successful otherwise the players will just run over the top of you . Do you think that Chilli or Tanch or Pryce or any other good senior coaches dont have that toughness in them ?
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