Considering we had the 6th best defence this season, I'd say who needs one. Get our midfield sorted, find another young LB, RB and CB to fight with Ingham, Cancar, Natta, Grimaldi and Wilmering and our defence will be good enough to compete with the top teams.
Our attack was dreadful, and that was with an actual striker, so again I think it's just midfield that's needs to be sorted. Focus on an experienced CM to run things and then work from there.
According to James Gardiner - Home-grown youth products Dobson, Nunes, Bertoncello, van Dorssen, K.James Bracco and Janni Rafty trained regularly with the senior squad this season.
At least two of those players will be offered scholarships and train full-time with the A-League outfit.
Does anyone know much about these players and who they’d like to see get the step up? I’ve gathered Van Dorssen is a good player and probably due an opportunity at this level by now
Aleksandar Susnjar will leave Perth Glory for another A-League club. He is linked with a move to the Newcastle Jets.
Was good for MacArthur, less so for Perth. Not the best signing in my mind, would have preferred we stuck with Cancar and Natta if this is our experienced CB signing
Little update, bit of work to do for the new owners.
Expiring 24/25
01 Ryan Scott
08 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
11 Jacob Dowse
13 Clayton Taylor
14 Dane Ingham
23 Daniel Wilmering
26 Archie Goodwin
Expiring 25/26
19 Callum Timmins
27 Nathan Grimaldi
33 Mark Natta
39 Thomas Aquilina
Confirmed Outgoing Players
03 Jason Hoffman - Retired/NPL
05 Lucas Mauragis - Central Coast
06 Brandon O'Neill - Perth
Expired
07 Trent Buhagiar
10 Reno Piscopo
15 Jason Berthomier
17 Kosta Grozos
18 Daniel Stynes
20 Michael Weier
21 Noah James
22 Phillip Cancar
25 Carl Jenkinson
29 Justin Vidic
37 Lachlan Bayliss
66 Zac Bowling
Natta played LB at the end of 2002/2023, I thought is was his best games in a Jets shirt. I said before jets should look at him as a LB , I remember getting shot down about it.
Susnjar is a left footed centre back, he can also plays LB which shows at 1.92 metres high he is quite mobile for a taller player. This would work well in Jets high line. In Susnjar, Natta and wilmering the Jets have Left sided centre back and LB covered.
I guess the worry was he was in a poor Perth defence. At least he wasn't in the squads that got smashed by Melbourne city and Sydney fc towards the end of the season.
Apparently jets are signing an international striker to partner with Stamma which is interesting. Seemed to be what was gonna happen this season gone but maybe didn’t occur because we weren’t able to get a player in to make the system work the way Stanton saw it
He's only played in two matches from 11 this season so is hardly getting a run
Would love Beka back. He's a winner.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
Probably the best endorsement a player can get is 2Bob trashing them, so he's almost guaranteed to succeed now. Thanks for that buddy.
Just interesting to know if that means we move to a back 3 with 2 up top or push one out wide and require a fullback to cover them defensively.
I'm all for Beka as a 2nd striker.
But a possible scenario is: Beka comes back, Stamma goes overseas and we're back to square one with a striker who can't score.
Expiring 24/25
01 Ryan Scott
08 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
11 Jacob Dowse
13 Clayton Taylor
14 Dane Ingham
23 Daniel Wilmering
Expiring 25/26
27 Nathan Grimaldi
33 Mark Natta
39 Thomas Aquilina
New Signings
## Aleks Susnjar
Offered Contracts
17 Kosta Grozos
19 Callum Timmins
22 Phillip Cancar
26 Archie Goodwin
37 Lachlan Bayliss
Confirmed Outgoing Players
03 Jason Hoffman - Retired/NPL
05 Lucas Mauragis - Central Coast
06 Brandon O'Neill - Perth
Expired
07 Trent Buhagiar
10 Reno Piscopo
15 Jason Berthomier
18 Daniel Stynes
20 Michael Weier
21 Noah James
25 Carl Jenkinson
29 Justin Vidic
66 Zac Bowling
Expired
07 Trent Buhagiar Punt
10 Reno Piscopo Keep take a risk
15 Jason Berthomier Punt
18 Daniel Stynes Punt or Keep but only if dirt cheap
20 Michael Weier Punt
21 Noah James Punt
25 Carl Jenkinson Punt
29 Justin Vidic Keep Cheap
66 Zac Bowling Keep Cheap