17/18 HAL Grand Final | Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory | Sat 5th May 2018 750pm

[The Dunster]

Did anyone go to training today ? It was an open day for the fans at Ray Watt Oval to watch them train then meet and get autographs from the players - if you are into that type of thing.

[plague]

What if Kanta is fit?

Huh?
Didn't even know that was a possibility.
If hes fit he plays too.
Get all the Newyboys in there Ernie.

[mic22]

Just make sure when you sell your house you don't do that thing where you get the most money possible or anything.

Maybe just pop 10% on top of what you paid then give it to someone who really really 'deserves' that house.

Geez you guys, what sort of hippie utopia y'all tryna live in?

It's called "the law"...
Ticket scalping is illegal. Or is it?



Utopia... lol

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[leftrightout]

It's funny, this is probably the first time in a long time i think our team wins on paper against Victory... particularly the depth on our bench!
If our attack cant score against that defence (without Williams) then i'll be extremely disappointed!!

[plague]

It's called "the law"...
Ticket scalping is illegal. Or is it?

Hence why I said that apparently Ticketmaster resale is a legit service endorsed by the double eff aye.

As for scalping being illegal? I dunno man.
But you ain't looking at it from a legal standpoint.

Because if you could get your hands on a ticket at a 10-20 or 30% markup you're paying it and you know it.

You are coming from a 'moralistic' standpoint. Which is fine, but don't confuse the 2.

[Jeterpool]

Champness instantly made a difference, got the assist for Hoff and added an energy into our attack that we did need at that time.

Malik got the assist for Hoff

[mic22]

Hence why I said that apparently Ticketmaster resale is a legit service endorsed by the double eff aye.

As for scalping being illegal? I dunno man.
But you ain't looking at it from a legal standpoint.

Because if you could get your hands on a ticket at a 10-20 or 30% markup you're paying it and you know it.

You are coming from a 'moralistic' standpoint. Which is fine, but don't confuse the 2.

I'm not sure I'm the one making confusion... e.g. the house example, which really isn't a fitting one
130$ for a football game: probably not. If someone had a genuine "spare ticket" (why would anyone buy a spare ticket anyway???) at face value, I would consider it.
Ticketb*****d resale is a legit business, yes, but they just ALLEGEDLY turn a blind eye on illegal practices.

Enough with my personal ticketing issues/crusades now: let's enjoy the week.
I'll be on my couch, reinvesting 100$ in good food and beverages.

[380]

If there is one thing Champers does do well and that is hug that sideline, He ensures we always have plenty of width so not withstanding when he is directly involved in the play he also stretches the defence from one sideline to the other allowing the likes of Dimi and co to do there ad hoc one touch stuff that has got us this far.

If we can get an early one and the crowd gets on the Victory's case i can see us really going on with it. Victory played there GF last weekend.

[Jetmaster]

Kanta and Brown both trained strongly today and both told me during the signing session they felt great.

Must drink the same elixir Boogs has had.

[Jeterpool]

Kanta and Brown both trained strongly today and both told me during the signing session they felt great.

Must drink the same elixir Boogs has had.

Something in the water around the uni

[The Hacker]

Huh?
Didn't even know that was a possibility.
If hes fit he plays too.
Get all the Newyboys in there Ernie.

The only reason I say about Kanta is the mail I got was Kanta will partner Uga in the midfield Riley will play in the front 3 and Hoff will take Johnny K spot at the back. Which has our 11 best players on the field

[The Dunster]

Kanta and Brown both trained strongly today and both told me during the signing session they felt great.

Must drink the same elixir Boogs has had.

Brown trained strongly last time and look what happened. I

We have enough depth, not sure I'd take a risk on playing either of them.

[plague]

The only reason I say about Kanta is the mail I got was Kanta will partner Uga in the midfield Riley will play in the front 3 and Hoff will take Johnny K spot at the back. Which has our 11 best players on the field

Yeah as JM said he was out there doing his burpees today so Ernie has some decisions to make.

Ugabooga was great last week and if Ernie thinks him screening Topor and Boogs on Berisha I'd be shocked if he didn't want a bit more attack out of that other midfield spot.

Ernie HAS to take the game to them yeah?
Cant see him changing McGree or Hoffs roles. Which is a bummer for Kanta.

[Jeterpool]

Here's a theory - the Boogs injury and Kanta injury have been overstated to put other teams off. Mind games and when they come back "early" it is expected they will be underdone when in fact that isn't the case.

makes for an interesting discussion around the bench

[Mark325]

Would Kanta maybe go on the bench over cowburn then? Because I think changing the starting would be very risky, but changing the bench could be possible

[Mark325]

Also Williams and theohaurus are out for Victory

[Macca]

I'd be hesitant to put Kanta on the bench, lest we get another Brown situation. If they're in any doubt they shouldn't play - the team that beat City is good enough to do the job.

[leftrightout]

I'd be hesitant to put Kanta on the bench, lest we get another Brown situation. If they're in any doubt they shouldn't play - the team that beat City is good enough to do the job.

My heart thinks Kanta deserves to play. My head agrees with this!
Stick with the same squad, change nothing!

[Jeterpool]

I'd be hesitant to put Kanta on the bench, lest we get another Brown situation. If they're in any doubt they shouldn't play - the team that beat City is good enough to do the job.

If we pick them it's one or the other. I don't think we can have two players with injury clouds on the bench. It's fortunate they'd both fill the same spot.

My heart thinks Kanta deserves to play. My head agrees with this!
Stick with the same squad, change nothing!

I'd have the same starting lineup and have a bench including:

Noah James (GK)
Lachlan Jackson
Pato Rodriguez
Joey Champness
Ben Kantarovski

[Mark325]

I'd have the same starting lineup and have a bench including:

Noah James (GK)
Lachlan Jackson
Pato Rodriguez
Joey Champness
Ben Kantarovski

I imagine Noah James is the starting keep for the youth, obviously you’d hope we don’t need him but is he at least decent in the horror scenario where we do