Nah nah, we cool.Originally Posted by lquiquer
Member knows I'm only here to pull him back into line when he gets a bit silly.
He's been known to overdo it sometimes.
Nah nah, we cool.
Member knows I'm only here to pull him back into line when he gets a bit silly.
He's been known to overdo it sometimes.
Don't drag me into your silly back and forth.
Rather ContradictoryJETS coach Phil Stubbins hopes to bolster his squad with as many as four new recruits before the January transfer window closes in 12 days.
Newcastle’s roster has been depleted by the departures of Jonny Steele (Minnesota United), Marcos Flores (Jacksonville Armada) and Sam Gallaway (Western Sydney Wanderers), as well as the broken ankle that could sideline James Virgili until the end of the season.
The Jets have until midnight on February 2 to sign contracted players from rival clubs, after which their only option will be to approach free agents.
Stubbins said he had been in daily discussions with Jets owner Nathan Tinkler about incoming personnel and was optimistic that ‘‘probably by the end of the week’’ Newcastle could announce some additions.
‘‘I don’t want to speculate and pre-empt anything, but we’re actively trying to bring some players in,’’ Stubbins told the Herald on Tuesday.
‘‘Whether all of those spots become filled, well, we’ve got a salary cap that we adhere to.
Hopefully it’s the four players, but, if not, the three, and if not, the two. We’ll do everything we can to put ourselves in a position where we’ve got a pretty full roster.’’
Stubbins would not discuss individuals but said any new signings would need to be ready to play almost as soon as they arrived in Newcastle.
‘‘They’ll be close to selection,’’ he said. ‘‘We want somebody who’s going to have an immediate impact. That’s what we’re hoping to do.
‘‘The saving grace is that after we play Adelaide away from home this weekend ... we have a break for two weeks before the next game [against Brisbane on February 6], and I think that’s a golden opportunity for us to hopefully introduce any players that we sign.’’
Stubbins said the Jets would not be in the market for a marquee player.
Asked if Newcastle may struggle to recruit players, given the club has endured a tumultuous season and are eight points adrift of the top six, Stubbins replied: ‘‘The Jets have not played in finals football for quite some time, and that will bring whatever perception that brings. But, for me, I won’t get away from the vision of the club being a massive part of the A-League and becoming a massive club itself.
‘‘We’ve got 10,000 members signed up, and although we haven’t had the results in the first half of the campaign, we’re looking at moving forward and doing everything we can in terms of strategy to grow stronger. Obviously that’s going to take a little bit of time, but I still believe strongly that we’ll get there.’’
Stubbins said he expected to sit down for a meeting with Tinkler next week, although he declined to reveal where the controversial tycoon, last reported to be living in Singapore, was based.
‘‘We’ve identified areas where we can strengthen the team and the club and we’ve entered into the process of trying to make that happen.’’
Newcastle were rocked on Monday by news that Young Socceroo Andrew Hoole would be leaving his home-town club at season’s end.
He is expected to sign with Sydney, despite considering an offer to re-sign with the Jets.
‘‘He’s decided to explore pastures new, and that’s the decision that he’s made,’’ Stubbins said. ‘‘I think everyone connected to the club would be disappointed in Andrew choosing a different pathway, away from the club.
‘‘But in terms of his reasons, that’s not for me to answer. It’s something for the player and his agent to answer.’’
Stubbins staring to sound like Maxwell Smart
Stubbins >> "Would You believe that as we speak this building is being surrounded by the entire 5th division of the elite US Marine Corp Special Ops ??"
Kaos Bad Guy >> "No"
Stubbins >> "Would you believe then this building is being surrounded by 8 Local Police Squad Cars??"
Kaos Bad Guy >> "No"
Stubbins >> "How about 2 girl guides and a blind dog??"
FMD
OK
Nick Ward, Adam D'Apuzzo, Joey Gibbs.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
Daniel Mullen, Cassio, Jobe Wheelhouse (), Vitor Saba.
OK
You know what wouldn't be out of place, a few comments like the following from York City Manger post game after losing 2-0 (yes just 2-0) at home to stevenhenge in the conference:
For ****s sake I would kill for someone in the club to come out and say something like that. If I hear one more "were progressing well", "when the new players come (Like we are going to be able to replace flores and hoole this time of year, probably get another fuching welsh ffs)", "we've been working on our corners at training so it was pleasing to see we got a few today"“Not good enough, that’s the bottom line really. I feel for the supporters. The last two home performances have been outstanding, but today we just didn’t perform. The lack of quality today was eye-catching – we just looked lost and it was a really bad day”
Farking hell.
Go jetties
Griff said those kind of things earlier in the season, from memory.
Stubbins has three tricks up his sleeve for post-game interviews:
1) I have to question the players mental capacity
2) A step in the right direction
3) Let Zane take the interview (like he gets him to do for half-time talks) or let Bridges talk about his stopwatch
OK
Griff
^
Everybody else in football
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50 feet of shit
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Our club.
Go jetties
Toughest job in sports
would be nice to get the poor truth.
Arny not happy about that one..!!!!B7x6-rhCQAEcxov.jpg
Dare to Zlatan
Originally Posted by Grimario
He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.
lol. I like that one.
Print off some Arnie cash to throw at him as well!
http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article...i6zkz5kqehj7mm
Brilliant
Are they condoning throwing money at people?
Didn't seem to like it when we did it....
Go jetties
lel
how's the chips on these blokes shoulders ay
It's not like he walked out on them for Smurfs anyway
He left to try his hand overseas in Japan with the Gypos best wishes.
He failed and was looking for a gig. Clubs came calling in Australia and he picked Smurfs.
The Gypos didn't even make him an offer
Exactly what is there for them to be cut at???
They have to be bitter about something, helps there inferiority complex.....though living on the coast should be enough to be bitter about.
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