Cheers, do you think if he were to make it to a league level it would be as a wide attacker? Too slight a frame to be up top?
Cheers, do you think if he were to make it to a league level it would be as a wide attacker? Too slight a frame to be up top?
Game on Sunday - 05-01-14 Home >> WSW >> 3pm Wanderers Oval
Not able to go. RBB to rip flares??
Who won?
Not good news about MitchkaNewcastle have held off a fast-finishing Western Sydney to register an exciting 4-3 win in their Foxtel National Youth League Round 10 fixture at Wanderers Oval on Sunday afternoon.
The Jets took a 1-0 lead into half-time and looked to have sealed the contest when they went 3-0 ahead midway through the second stanza, but the Wanderers staged a spirited late comeback to ensure a thrilling finish.
The match began in warm, blustery conditions and it was the home side that started the better. Striker Kale Bradbery had the first chance when he propped inside the box but curled his shot just outside the far post before Mitch Cooper fired over the crossbar from the edge of the area.
The Wanderers worked their way into the match mainly through livewire winger Alusine Fofannah, who was causing the Jets' right-hand defence plenty of problems with his pace.
Newcastle goalkeeper John Solari was called into action pulling off a fantastic diving save to deny a goal-bound header from Daniel Alessi from a corner and moments later the Jets custodian did well to deny Fofannah who had weaved his way into the box and fired a low shot towards the near post.
The Jets took the lead with a well-worked play that saw right winger Radovan Pavicevic sprint onto a nice through ball and into the penalty area before calmly steering a low shot into the far corner of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Newcastle were dealt a body blow just before half-time when Cooper was brought down in a rough challenge from Yanni Perkatis and in the process the Jets forward suffered a potentially serious knee injury that saw him helped from the field as the home side went to the break leading 1-0.
The Jets increased their lead midway through the second half when Mitchell Oxborrow swung a free kick into the box that was helped by the wind to go over the head of substitute goalkeeper Thomas Manos and into the top corner of the net.
Newcastle added another goal just moments later when Bradbery did well to get on the end of a long ball and scoot into the box where he fired a low shot under Manos and into the far corner to make it 3-0.
The Wanderers pulled one back just a minute later when Nicholas Olsen fired a low shot to the bottom of the far corner to make it 3-1.
Newcastle looked to have sealed the contest when Bradbery scored his second goal four minutes from full-time when he took a cross from Pavicevic and showed great footwork and skill to poke home at the near post to make it 4-1.
To their credit the Wanderers never gave up and they made it 4-2 when skipper Jake McGing was on the end of a lovely cross from James Baldacchino to steer it in at the back post.
The visitors ensured a thrilling final few moments for the Newcastle crowd when substitute Sean Symons fired a sizzling shot from just inside the box that flew into the top corner of the net to make it 4-3 in injury time.
But the Jets held on for the final few moments to ensure they took all three points.
Newcastle Jets 4(Pavicevic 32, Oxborrow 72, Bradbery 76, 86)
Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (Olsen 77, McGing 90, Symons 90+2)
Newcastle Jets
1. John Solari (20. Andrew Pearce ) 2. Michael Finlayson, (12. Willis Nadfalusi 46min), 3. Thomas Whiteside, 4. Nicolas Cowburn (capt), Matthew Bilic, 6. Mitchell Oxborrow, 7. Radovan Pavicevic, 8. Michael Kantarovski, 9. Kale Bradbery, 10. Mitch Cooper (13. Andrew Pawiak 40min), 11. Brandon Lundy (14. Thomas Waller 57min).
Western Sydney Wanderers
20. Blake Tuxford (1.Thomas Manos 46min), 2. Shanye D 'Cuna, 3. Daniel Alessi, 4. Brendan Hooper, 5. Nic Olsen, 6. Jake McGing, 7. Lawrence Hanna,(13. Sean Symons 46min), 8. Yianni Perkatis, 9. Mark Cindric, (12. James Baldacchino 60min), 10. Joshua Barresi, (14. Jaushua Sotiro 46min), 11. Alusine Fofanah.
On another note sounds like the Kale Fapfest metre was approaching his groin
Yeh lets hope for the best for Cooper, be a bloody shame to see the kid have to go through another ACL.
So with the exodus of players/over age etc, will we see the Jets draw on local talents to fill the gaps in youth league?
Word in the paper today said that he is likely to need a second knee reconstruction.Originally Posted by 380
You would think they would use the younger lads in the Youth side or call up some of the train-on squad members if required
Sat - 11-01-14 Home >> Smurfs >>12:00pm Wanderers Oval
Jets 2nd V Smurfs 1st
Jets 7 points behind league leaders.
Time to step up to the plate boys
Game not on today.
Tomorrow at 3pm
Waste time drive over to Wanderers and no **** there
At least we sign Griffo
Ahh why a midday game after a night fixture. Surely 5pm would be better.
Mangoes? You should try eating it first before you hate it. I'm sure after you have tasted it, you will love it.
I'm looking forward to the members assessment of todays 3-0 loss to Sydney FC.
Kale was absolute aids today and I don't think he's going to be playing at a higher level anytime soon.
Aids is a strong assessment. Bloke put on some nice touches here and there had a few shots blocked. Wasn't his day but it wasn't like he ****ed that much up
Good game for the first half Jets shading it hitting the bar twice. Second half the Smurfs slowly gained control and took the lead and then continued to tighten their grip on the game before running away late.
Thought it was more of a reflection as to how soft the Emerging Jets teams are. There was a good battle on with the game there for the taking. We just gave in first.
Head injury to Gibbs? I saw an ambulance leave the ground. Hope he is ok.
Nothing a few stitches won't fix.
Went up for a ball and come down with claret streaming out of a facial cut.
He will be fine
He lost the ball more often than he held on to it, most of his passes went to SFC players. Definetly not his day. In his defence though, he was playing a lot of the game back to goal. He looked a lot sharper when he had Gibbs alongside him.
Hate to say it but Gibbs is a good footballer. Not A-league standard, but definetly one of the better players at NYL level.
.Melbourne Heart and Newcastle Jets have fought out a dour 0-0 draw in the Foxtel National Youth League at Epping Stadium on Saturday.
Ross Archibald struck the crossbar with a header late in the first half with the Jets' Radovan Pavicevic failing to bury a rebound just after the second half resumed.
The possession was shared in the first half with neither team able to create significant openings until the latter stage of the period.
Heart were the better side in the second-half but could not quite breach the goal with Jets' keeper Ben Kennedy in quality form.
After a chanceless opening 15 minutes, Jets' midfielder Mitch Oxborrow had the first strike of the game with his curling shot saved by the well-positioned Tando Velaphi.
Paulo Retre was pulling the strings for Heart in midfield and soon after narrowly missing a header in the six-yard box, the playmaker was involved in releasing Gol Gol Mebrahtu, who saw his pull back blasted over the bar by Marcus Schroen.
Newcastle's Kennedy has plenty of A-League goalkeeping experience which was demonstrated by a superb diving save from Jonatan Germano's scorching strike on 39 minutes.
As half-time approached, Heart's Archibald had a pair of golden chances; first blasting the ball over the bar after a goalmouth scramble before striking the crossbar with a looping header from Mebrahtu's corner.
The Jets had their best chance of the game straight after the restart as Oxborrow had his shot parried by Velaphi before the former Melbourne Victory goalkeeper clawed the ball off the line when Radovan Pavicevic attempted to side foot the rebound in.
Midway through the second-half, Matthew Bilic should have put the Jets ahead as he sprinted through on goal after a long ball but could only slot his shot just wide of the far post.
Mebrahtu was a constant threat to the Jets defence with his lay-off to Alex Dao resulting in a shot inches wide of the post before forcing Kennedy into a point-blank save with 10 minutes to play.
Heart did have one last chance to break the deadlock with substitute Stipo Andrijasevic clear header going straight at Kennedy in second-half stoppage time.
A point for both side's sees the Jets remain in second position, 10 points behind leaders Sydney FC while Heart stay in seventh position, one point adrift of the sixth-placed Western Sydney Wanderers.
Melbourne Heart 0
Newcastle Jets 0
Melbourne Heart: 1. Tando Velaphi (GK), 2. Jeremy Walker (12. Stipo Andrijasevic 62'), 3. Philip Petreski (C), 4. Andrew Mullett, 5. Ross Archibald, 8. Paulo Retre, 10. Marcus Schroen (9, Luke O'Dea 61'), 11. Gol Gol Mebrahtu, 13. Jonatan Germano (6. Alex Dao 62'), 14. Ersin Kaya, 15. Sam Mitchinson
Newcastle Jets: 1. Ben Kennedy (GK), 2. Mitch Finlayson, 3. Thomas Whiteside, 4. Josh Mitchell (C), 5. Matthew Bilic, 6. Mitch Oxborrow, 7. Radovan Pavicevic, 8. Nicholas Cowburn, 9. Kale Bradbery, 10. Thomas Waller (14. Andrew Pawiak 41'), 11. Brandon Lundy (12. Ben Hay 60')
Considering the other day I called a spade a spade and said Kale has been less than great this season **** these ****s at Jets HQ have been talking him up this weekJETS youth team assistant coach James Pascoe is banking on dynamic duo James Virgili and Kale Bradbery to cause problems for a makeshift Glory defence in Perth today.
The Glory are without regular centre backs Alexander Castiello and Mark Barnett, who were sent off in the 5-0 loss to Brisbane Roar.
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Virgili started on the right wing in the A-League squad's 3-1 loss to Melbourne Heart last round and has been sent to Perth to regain confidence.
"James is travelling and will play as a No.10. In among the group we have, that is where he will fit best," Pascoe said.
"The other bonus is that their two central defenders from last week were sent off.
"If we can get Kale and James, who are both flyers, running at makeshift defenders, I'm confident we can get some joy."
The Jets have dropped to third place, a point behind Melbourne Victory, after picking up a point from their past two games, a 3-0 loss to Sydney and scoreless draw with Melbourne Heart.
Perth are second last on six points.
"It's our first trip to Perth, which is always a bit difficult with the time difference," Pascoe said. "In saying that, the last two years we have come away with a win.
"A result is extremely important. We have aspirations to finish in the top two and need three points here.
"First and second meet in the grand final. If you finish third or fourth, you may as well be ninth and 10th."
Apart from Virgili, Michael Kantarovski (illness) and Mitch Oxborrow (suspension) return to bolster the midfield, forcing a return to defence for Nick Cowburn.
"That is the beauty of having someone as versatile as Nick," Pascoe said.
"He is a good technician with the ball so you know you are going to get some good football content out of him, whether he is at centre back or a little further forward."
im thinking you will see a turn around in Kale's performances especially if he has the right attitude. Zane in charge of the first team may be his last chance to push for senior appearances.
Fully expect not just him to improve but many other in our squad. Many will see a chance to push forward with a new boss in charge
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