Daily Australian News 2012

[Pico]

I agree about conditions needing to be the priority and letting the clubs start to try and break even, but when the people your negotiating with are the ones who are suppose to be protecting and enforcing the rules whilst being one of the largest rule breakers when it come to contract security, can you really trust any assurances they might claim to make.

The other thing is how long the next TV deal is for, it might be ok to roll over the existing CBA with better conditions built in for 2 maybe 3 seasons, but if the next TV deal is for another 7 years that's probably asking a bit too much. I'm just hoping that the FFA in getting a new TV deal one year earlier does not sell the league short for a short term boost.

[seldom]

looking forward to watching goodwin by all reports he's carving at training as well.Must admit I thought he was 23-24 not a 20 year old.heard he can cross as well...bonus

[pv4]

Nolen Smith asks via email: Which players have impressed you so far during pre-season?

GvE: There are a number of boys who have done very well so far in training and in our trial games, which is very encouraging.

I have to say that Ruben Zadkovich is really starting to grow as a leader within the group. Ruben has an aggressive style of play, but he’s really starting to control that and use that energy at the right points throughout a match, which makes him a valuable asset.

It’s important to have a player like Ruben within the squad who you know will always take the fight to the opposition because it lifts the rest of the team to follow suit and play at a high level.

rubez

[q-money]

@flamindinky asks via Twitter: Will we see more of Sam Gallaway in action this season?

lol

[ForeverRed]

looking forward to watching goodwin by all reports he's carving at training as well.Must admit I thought he was 23-24 not a 20 year old.heard he can cross as well...bonus

he scored 3 goals in 15 minutes then wasnt seen any more, dont get to excited

[ForeverRed]

lol

yeah, in goals for the youth team on Sunday

[hawk]

looking forward to watching goodwin by all reports he's carving at training as well.Must admit I thought he was 23-24 not a 20 year old.heard he can cross as well...bonus

Hoffman used to carve training. boing.

[seldom]

he scored 3 goals in 15 minutes then wasnt seen any more, dont get to excited

sorry... I heard it was 3 goals in 12 minutes but if it took him 15 that's ordinary...Goodwin out !

[longshot]

he scored 3 goals in 15 minutes then wasnt seen any more, dont get to excited

So much negativity. The kid scored a hat-trick as a defender and people are bagging him. He provided many options after his goals, so to to say he was not seen any more is plain Bullshit. All the young lads are busting their balls to make this team what it deserves to be. Even the youngest kids in the squad are quality and deserve better support than they are copping.

I know the knockers are in the minority, but either you are Jets supporters through and through, or just keyboard whingers.

Of course we have to play better opposition in A-League teams as trial games, but if our guys keep on performing, well then fantastic.

So how about backing the lads instead of getting on the negative band wagon.

Unless of course you are a kid that either did not make the youth team, or are not good enough to make the first team. Then let fly with all your vitriol and hopefully it will bring the good guys down to your level and you might get a spot.

FFS:

For the Jets so far so good. Hope it continues.

[longshot]

sorry... I heard it was 3 goals in 12 minutes but if it took him 15 that's ordinary...Goodwin out !

[steve136]

he scored 3 goals in 15 minutes then wasnt seen any more, dont get to excited

Well I think we all know who @flamindinky on twitter is now...

[longshot]

Well I think we all know who @flamindinky on twitter is now...

Sprung. Back in ya hole.

[plague]

If I scored 3 in 15 (12) minutes as a defender you know what I'd do the rest of the game?
1. Get chix phone numberz.
2. Talk to Rubez.
3. Stepovers.

FFS, some doodz on here!!!!!

[q-money]

deans out

[seldom]

deans out

as a homosexual ?

[pv4]

1. Get chix phone numberz.
2. Talk to Rubez.
3. Stepovers.

that'd be my gameplan regardless of how many goals i'd scored previously.

[Jeterpool]

that'd be my gameplan regardless of how many goals i'd scored previously.

Pv4 telling it how it's done

[traffic light]

So much negativity. The kid scored a hat-trick as a defender and people are bagging him. He provided many options after his goals, so to to say he was not seen any more is plain Bullshit. All the young lads are busting their balls to make this team what it deserves to be. Even the youngest kids in the squad are quality and deserve better support than they are copping.
I know the knockers are in the minority, but either you are Jets supporters through and through, or just keyboard whingers.
Of course we have to play better opposition in A-League teams as trial games, but if our guys keep on performing, well then fantastic.
So how about backing the lads instead of getting on the negative band wagon.

Unless of course you are a kid that either did not make the youth team, or are not good enough to make the first team. Then let fly with all your vitriol and hopefully it will bring the good guys down to your level and you might get a spot.

For the Jets so far so good. Hope it continues.

bit negative

[Hamma12]

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...t/2631139.aspx

Our greatest sees bright future as football recognises its past

RAY Baartz will be another face in a room full of old mates tonight.
The Newcastle-based Men of Football are holding their third annual reunion at Newcastle Jockey Club.
The 650-strong group is a non-profit organisation made up of past and present football participants who, apart from enjoying each other’s company, raise money to help those in need.
The Newcastle branch is a virtual who’s who of Northern NSW football – Socceroos, national league players, coaches, journalists and senior administrators – from the 1950s onwards.
Baartz has been one of the driving forces behind the Newcastle chapter.
From its humble beginnings in 2010, when about 40 former players got together for a few beers and finger food at the Mayfield Ex-Services Club, the reunion has ballooned into a sold-out affair of more than 220.
‘‘The concept is starting to grow,’’ Baartz said.
‘‘A good mate of mine, Dennis Yaager, who I played with at club level and for Australia, is coming up.
‘‘He is based in Sydney and is looking at forming a Men of Football branch down there and wants to look at how it operates.
‘‘The idea is for it to spread right around the country.’’
Baartz was in a similar room of like-minded people a week ago when he was lauded as a member of Australia’s Greatest Team Ever.
The Adamstown Rosebud junior, who was signed by Manchester United as a 17-year-old before returning to play for Sydney Hakoah, was named at inside right alongside Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell in a three-man strike force.
Fellow Socceroo Col Curran, the only Newcastle player to compete at a World Cup finals, was nominated but missed selection.
‘‘It was a great honour and very humbling,’’ Baartz said.
The gala event organised by the Johnny Warren Foundation was the latest in various initiatives to link the present with the past and follows the official awarding of Socceroos caps and the formation of a hall of fame.‘‘We have tended to let people drift away from the game when they have finished playing, drift into the never-never and be forgotten about,’’ Baartz said.


‘‘Now we have started to realise football has a history.
‘‘Clubs like Adamstown Rosebud are older than most English Premier League clubs.
‘‘People are starting to realise we do have a history and a tradition.
‘‘I know from my experience at the awards dinner the other night some of the younger players who came up to me and offered their congratulations said they didn’t realise just what went on and happened years ago.
‘‘Adam Griffiths was fascinated by some of the old stories and is coming up next week to talk about doing a documentary.
‘‘They respect and appreciate what the older teams went through to achieve what they did.’’
Baartz’s career was cut short at age 27 by an infamous karate chop to the neck from Uruguayan defender Luis Garisto in a 2-0 loss to the Socceroos in Sydney on the eve of the 1974 World Cup.
The blow, which instigated stroke-like symptoms, put Baartz in hospital.
‘‘I felt I was probably just reaching my best football,’’ Baartz said.
‘‘Who knows, maybe my better years were to come. When I look back on the injury, I was thankful it wasn’t more serious.
‘‘For a couple of days they didn’t know if I was going to live, let alone have all my faculties. I could have ended up in a wheelchair.’’
The Greatest Team Ever was selected by public vote and a panel of experts.
‘‘They had nearly 20,000 people vote online and also had a selection committee, which carried 50per cent of the vote ,’’ Baartz said.
‘‘I think that gave myself and some of the older guys a a chance to get a jersey.
‘‘The majority of people who voted online never saw us play. It’s a bit hard to vote on someone who you haven’t seen. Thankfully, myself, Johnny Warren and Joe Marsden got a chance to get into the team.’’
Apart from Baartz, inaugural Jets captain Ned Zelic also made the team and Newcastle’s Cheryl Salisbury was captain of the women’s team and had the honour of being named the Greatest Women’s Player of all time.
Baartz was chairman of the Jets advisory board that was disbanded early this year, and he still has an active role in the club.
Jets coach Gary van Egmond and a selection of players will be at the gathering tonight.

Should be a great night if your lucky enough in attending

[Pico]

Michael Bridges pulls up sore
JAMES GARDINER
23 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM


INJURY: Michael Bridges

AS the Jets close in on the signature of an overseas striker, one of the current crop, Michael Bridges, has suffered an injury setback.

The 33-year-old Englishman damaged his hamstring at training on Saturday.

The Herald has been told Bridges felt a twinge in the muscle. The injury was serious enough for him not to join several of his teammates and coach Gary van Egmond at a Men of Football reunion dinner on Saturday night.

Van Egmond revealed at the dinner that he was close to signing a striker and hoped to have the deal sealed in the next 48 hours.

The Jets have two places left on their roster for imports.

Finding a striker has been the priority.

The release last month of Nikolai Topor-Stanley freed about $250,000.

Since then the Jets have recruited Josh Mitchell and Swiss defender Dominik Ritter, but the Herald understands they still have plenty of room under the salary cap.

The marquee position is also available.

Apart from an experienced No.9, van Egmond hopes to add an attacking midfielder to the list, but he said on Saturday the Jets were not close to filling that position.

Former Scotland international Mark Burchill is halfway through a week’s trial, but the Herald understands the 31-year-old is not the striker to whom van Egmond referred.

Recommended to Jets chief executive Robbie Middleby by Robbie Fowler, Burchill paid his own way to Newcastle after leaving Thai Premier League club Insee Police United.

The frontman burst onto the scene at 19 at Scottish giants Celtic 14 years ago but in recent years has drifted around the lower leagues. He had two years in Cyprus before heading to Thailand.

The Jets’ trial against Charlestown City on Wednesday has been cancelled.

They will instead play an intraclub trial, which will be the final chance for Burchill to press his claims.

Bridges had been relatively injury free since coming out of retirement in November. He played 17 games, four as a starter, and scored two goals last season.

He has been used as a substitute in the Jets’ past two trial wins, over Canberra Rockets (9-1) and Northern NSW Select (6-0).

Though he did not get on the score sheet against Northern – he was denied by some outstanding goalkeeping from Brad Swancott and replacement Nathan Archibald – the former Premier League star produced a sublime piece of skill to set up Mitch Oxborrow.

The Jets’ next competitive hit-out is another clash against Northern NSW at Jack McLaughlan Oval on August 8.

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...e/2631746.aspx

soooo...... 6-8 weeks then?