Daily Australian News Thread 2014

[Macca]

And am I reading the section italicized correctly? Is he embarrassed because of the reaction the crowd gave the players, or is he embarrassed because the team performance resulted in said reaction? Granted, it's a quoted section in a news article - clearly could have been taken out of context.

From memory he did say something along those words, but in the context of what he was saying in general it was more of the latter option. I think I recall him saying something like, it was disappointing for the fans to have that reaction but after the performance they had every right to do that, and that he was embarrassed as he's never had to sit through a performance like that.

In the press conference he also got asked why he didn't bring Flores on and I believe his reasoning was, in going to the 4-4-2, he thought the midfielder coming on needed to be doing a lot more work and running so he opted for Welsh over Flores for that.

Another thing he touched on a couple of times was that he was a lot more concerned with the attitude and effort rather than the skills aspect of the performance, sounds like he's trying to play the old underdog, "our squad has less quality than everyone else's" card. Am I alone in thinking that our player list doesn't actually look that bad? Before the season and even after a couple games I was thinking once everyone is actually right to play we should be looking decent. Attending my first game on Friday made me doubt my resolve a little though lol.

[lquiquer]

I don't quite understand how "now is the time to rally behind the club" and all that. We've heard that for the last 6 years, particularly the last 4 since hsg came in.

I haven't had doubts about stubbins until friday night. Jaliens at right back, being a goal down and bringing on a defender at centre mid, looking to virgili for answers when we were down, and leaving Flores with no game time. His coaching reaked of him being scared and out of his depth imo.

U r very right PV4......and I f u haven't done so yet, I invite all members to twit @NewcastleJetsFC and @Newcastleherald how we feel about the current situation

[hausmann]

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/27...e-team/?cs=306

For those calling for a response from Robbie, see today's Herald.

You call that a response? That's not a response.

There is no indication that he has any idea what is causing the current problems or has any idea what to do about it, other than plea with fans to continue to support the club. It's embarrassing.

[hawk]

I don't quite understand how "now is the time to rally behind the club" and all that. We've heard that for the last 6 years, particularly the last 4 since hsg came in.

I haven't had doubts about stubbins until friday night. Jaliens at right back, being a goal down and bringing on a defender at centre mid, looking to virgili for answers when we were down, and leaving Flores with no game time. His coaching reaked of him being scared and out of his depth imo.

Me neither. The fans have always shown up despite the incessent results served up. Of course we will rally behind the club because when we secede from NSW* we'll give this comp a real shake. However, lets not take away the right for the fans to give club management a kick up the backside when they are deserving of it without having to question our loyalty to the club.

As far as the coach, he is in struggleetown entering sh*tsville.

*pipedream

[Jeterpool]

You call that a response? That's not a response.

There is no indication that he has any idea what is causing the current problems or has any idea what to do about it, other than plea with fans to continue to support the club. It's embarrassing.

I didn't say it was a good response, the right response or a wrong response. But we heard from him. More so a statement of fact than quality.

[plague]

"our squad has less quality than everyone else's" card. Am I alone in thinking that our player list doesn't actually look that bad?.

Probably.
Our squad is rubbish.
Our big name signings are blokes that none of the good teams wanted and the sheer amount of other players who wouldn't touch us with a barge pole meant we had to coax a bloke out of retirement to come back (who wasn't very good anyway) yet he still legitimately had to give it great thought whether to run a ****ing B'nB in Bum**** Idaho versus playing profession football for a living.
Our big O/S signing didn't last 2 games (top recruiting that) and these so called 'locals who take pride in the shirt' etc etc etc are either treated like garbage ('sup Jobe?) run out of town ('sup Tarek?) or never given the chance to show what they can be ('sup Kale?).
Our club is a shambles run by a bunch of mongs.
Get the **** out the lot of them.



This wouldn't have happened on Remos watch.


Edit: Kew has been a great signing, but yeah let's put him at right back.

Your honour, I rest my case.

[The Dunster]

You wouild need to draw a very long bow to compare the Roars start to the season with ours. The Roar have delivered several championships and have been one of the strongest clubs in the history of the league.

Jets fans weren't just booing Friday nights performance. Jets fans were booing a club that has been in decline since the third season of the league. Year after year we are promised this and that, and yet the reality is the results are getting worse not better.

At the end of last season I said I would watch the pre-season games and make a decision about membership. What I saw I didn't like and as such I did not renew our season tickets.

It's at the stage now where I actually want to see the Wanderers win by four or more goals against the Jets so as to put the notion of poor management and coaching staff at the club beyond doubt.

[Thomas477]

Exactly! The best thing for the club long term is that we get the spoon this year, so Middleby can **** right off back South of Morrisset, Stubbins can **** off back to Thailand, half the squad can **** right off as well, and we rebuild, hopefully learning from the mistakes of the past.

[Pico]

Forever 7th, doesn’t seem quite so bad any more. Terminally 10th has a nice ring to it though.

What’s the bet that if Steele and the club part ways any savings will be put aside for sacking Stubbins and replacing him with the dream team of Claka and Bridgey again, nah management will probably pay Steele out to leave, carry on.

[belchardo]

Terminally 10th has a nice ring to it though

trenchantly 10th
tenaciously 10th
terribly 10th

[MFKS]

trenchantly 10th
tenaciously 10th
terribly 10th

trenchantly?? and tenaciously ???

Both have absolutely **** all to do with us cause we are completely opposite to them

[MFKS]

ON the field and off it, the Wanderers’ journey has been one of the most extraordinary stories in Australian sport.

Two A-League grand final appearances in their first two seasons of existence got people talking, but when the Western Sydney club won the Asian Champions League against Al Hilal, at the first attempt, their brand exploded globally.

And Twitter has the stats to prove it.

In the six weeks since the A-League season kicked off the Wanderers have received an extraordinary 10 million Tweet impressions. That’s higher than any other club in any sport across Australia this entire year, including both the AFL and NRL grand finalists.

What’s more, the club achieved an engagement rate - that includes mentions, favourites, retweets and clicking on a link or photo - of 8.5 per cent over the same period.

To put that figure into context, the Wanderers’ engagement rate was higher than Real Madrid, Manchester United and the San Francisco Giants, who won World Series in the same time period.


Wanderers head of marketing and communications, Mark Jensen, says the club has three main priorities - to engage, to inform and share.

“During the ACL campaign we used a lot of graphics and images that captured the emotion of the tournament from the players and fans perspective, as well as behind-the-scenes content that allowed fans to become closer to the team, especially when we are playing internationally,” he said.

“Communication with our fans and members is hugely important to us, Twitter compliments our digital delivery of information very well but it is also for a bit of fun.

“On game day we try and take the voice of the fan by being in the moment, informative and provocative. Sometimes it is fun to poke the proverbial bear with a stick, you have to know your audience but also know how far you want to take it on. We want a positive experience when engaging with our followers – it follows our club culture – to be for and with the people of Western Sydney.”

Next month the Wanderers will travel to Morocco to take part in the Club World Cup, which will extend their brand to even more corners of the globe.

“When we had a large Saudi following for the ACL final we engaged with them which clocked us some huge numbers as a result,” Jensen said.

“We will do this again for the FIFA Club World Cup against Cruz Azul and Real Madrid, who are monsters on Twitter.”

Interesting the contrast with a club making the effort to sell themselves well to everyone as opposed to our club whose only goal appears to be to sell their fans short

[belchardo]

trenchantly?? and tenaciously ???

Both have absolutely **** all to do with us cause we are completely opposite to them

treat them as ironic/sarcastic then.

[GazFish35]

I don't quite understand how "now is the time to rally behind the club" and all that. We've heard that for the last 6 years, particularly the last 4 since hsg came in.

I haven't had doubts about stubbins until friday night. Jaliens at right back, being a goal down and bringing on a defender at centre mid, looking to virgili for answers when we were down, and leaving Flores with no game time. His coaching reaked of him being scared and out of his depth imo.

true.

its a bit of a cop out to put it on us as fans.... "we need you now"

we are there, 11000 at the victree game despite no wins in four, 10000 the next week, we'll lose to wsw and still get 7-8K - no-one at the club has any right to claim newcastle fans arent loyal
**** me, our crowd on friday night was larger than Adelaide's

[q-money]

it's time to let the mick-dawg onto stubbins imo

[MFKS]

true.

its aboit of a cop out to put it on us as fans.... "we need you now"

we are there, 11000 at he victree game despite no wins in four, 10000 the next week, we'll lose to wsw and still get 7-8K - no-one at the club has any right to claim newcastle fans arent loyal
**** me, our crwod on friday nmight qwas larger than Adelaide's

Isn't the catch cry marketing ploy this year to JOIN THE FIGHT??

Someone needs to get the owner admin manager and players to step up.

The fans have

[lquiquer]

Isn't the catch cry marketing ploy this year to JOIN THE FIGHT??

Someone needs to get the owner admin manager and players to step up.

The fans have

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MFKS again.

[lquiquer]

our crwod on friday nmight qwas larger than Adelaide's

and Heart

[redwah]

Maybe it's time for everyone involved in the club to have a good hard look in the mirror and decide what this club is and what it stands for.

As most point out we have been shite for a few years now. Yeah we won a championship years ago and we have made the finals a few times but do we really compete with the big clubs financially. I mean have we ever had a major sponsor with national appeal or international profile? We had an owner who was worth a billion (on paper only I know) and all we got was some 35yr old ex England international who's goal scoring record doesn't set the world on fire. We have had some names here but all at the back end of their careers and usually only for a season.

When and who was the last player from newcastle or the hunter to make it on the world stage? I don't mean guys who came here and played for the jets or breakers form other parts of Australia but actual born and bred novacastrians....Craig Johnston?

I ****ing love this place and I support both the national code teams in the Jets and Knights but honestly both will always struggle to have the financial clout to compete against teams in capital cities. On field performances will almost always reflect the circumstances of the club.

I see some of the players around sometimes, usually the younger home grown ones and they walk around like they are ****ing Barcelona legends or something. Thay have achieved nothing but somehow their egos are through the roof. Maybe if they were made to front up to fans and cop the sprays they might understand a bit more who it is they represent...problem is the club raps them up and protects them so they don't see it all. Maybe a few of them need a game in the newcastle comp so they can get the shit kicked out of them to deflate the egos.

The club will always protect itself....look at the johnny Steele case....something isn't right but rumour and innuendo will be all we get from it.

[pv4]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MFKS again.