Furns (@newyboys) is joined this week by David (@JeterPool) and Emma (@synapse101) with Glen (@SufferJetsCity) joining in the podcast partway through. After the opening question, we are celebrating a long deserved victory at home to the Wellington Phoenix. We listen to and discuss the post match press conference with Scott Miller before discussing the change in coaching tactics and system, and then we go into the game, stats and player performances.
We go through some correspondence from some listeners who wanted us to discuss the ownership situation and players we want to keep if we had to choose. We also go through the current media reports regarding David Carney.
We then preview the game on Sunday 24th January against Perth Glory at Hunter Stadium and give our tips and thoughts on the rest of the games in Round 16.
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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 16 Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory
When: Sunday 24th January, 2016
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvPER
Active support is located in Bay 60. Anyone wishing to enter Bay 60 needs to hold a Bay 60 membership or ticket. Bay 60 tickets and memberships are the same price as General Admission. If you are already a Jets Member, please go to Members Services to the left of Western Stand gates to be issued a gameday Bay 60 ticket. For non-members you can purchase a Bay 60 ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 ticket window to the right of the Western Stand gates.
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Glory Wins – 18, Drawn – 6
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans – No Matches
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Perth Glory Coach Record – Ken Lowe 100% win ratio (5 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
Newcastle haven’t defeated Perth in their last 11 A-League matches, taking only 2 draws from those matches.
5 of Newcastle’s 6 wins have come at home.
The last meeting between the teams brought controversy in the stands with the unveiling of a banner stating “Enough Failure, Lies + Arrogance. 10000 Fans Demand The Muppet Gone”.
Perth defeated Newcastle in the FFA Cup match at Magic Park earlier in the season.
Players
Ryan Kitto became the 60th player to score for the Jets in the A-League.
Ben Kantarovski received the 3rd red card of his A-League career last weekend.
Ante Covic hasn’t kept a clean sheet in the last 5 matches against the Jets.
Coaches
Ken Lowe has won every match he has coached against the Jets.
Scott Miller avoided equalling the Jets longest stretch without a win last weekend.
Newcastle Jets
The Jets have never lost to Perth when they have gone into half time ahead.
Milos Trifunovic’s 7th minute penalty last week was the first goal the Jets have scored within the opening 10 minutes since Rd 6, Season 12/13 when Calvano scored in the 6th minute against Perth.
Perth Glory
Perth have scored two goals in each of the last 4 matches against the Jets.
Perth haven’t won or kept a clean sheet away from home this season.
Hi all, as this is my first attempt at doing a true and thorough match review, please go easy.
Jets and Wellington Player Ratings……
NEWCASTLE
Birraz – 6: A very shaky performance. Caught in no man’s land on a couple of occasions. Relieved to have little to do in the second half as his side dominated thoroughly.
Mullen – 6: Went missing down the right flank when McGlinchey drilled in the low cross to set up the opening goal and continually left gaps throughout the first half. Looked more comfortable when he switched to centreback.
Jackson – 7: Strong in the air. Knew where to be and when to be there. Helped out in attack whenever possible and even set-up the crucial equalizer.
Hoffman – 6.5: Kept on battling despite taking two blows to his shoulder. Had to be taken off at the break.
Boogs – 7.5: Provided the biggest threats in the first half with his darting runs down the left flank. Made a pivotal clearance off the line to keep his side afloat. The outcome could have been very different if it wasn’t for him.
Carney – 6.5: Very industrious but for all his clever runs and cheeky flicks, there was hardly any end product.
Poljak – 7: Didn’t see as much of the ball as he would’ve liked. His long range passing and shooting looked suspiciously out of sync.
Kitto – 6.5: Left flailing whenever Wellington’s midfield line charged forward on the counter. Looked more composed in the second half as the team started controlling the match.
Kanta – 7: Barely noticeable for large parts of the first half. But took all of two minutes into the second half to come to life with a stunning strike to draw the game levelled.
Alivodic – 7.5: Caused the Wellington backline endless headaches. Had a few strong shouts for a penalty. Like Kanta, he looked out of sorts with his normally lethal shooting.
Milos – 6.5: Spurned a number of great chances with his indecisiveness. Ironically, it was because of that flaw that lead to the second goal when he missed a shooting chance and had to play the ball back to Poljak.
Substitutes:
Cowburn – 8.5: Completely turned the game around and revived his team’s jaded attack. Left the Wellington defenders chasing thin air most of the time. Showed his class with a clinical finish for the third goal.
Leonardo – 7: Held up the ball well when he needed to. Created the third goal with a lovely pull back.
Cooper – 4: Meh.
WELLINGTON
Moss – 7: Made a few good saves to deny Newcastle drawing levelled in the first period. Could not be blamed for the three goals his team leaked in.
Gulley – 6.5: Good reading of the game. Knew exactly when to cut into the middle to help out his centrebacks. But very fortunate to stay on the pitch after the reckless tackle on Kitto.
Durante – 7.5: Barely put a foot wrong. Dealt with everything Newcastle could muster in the first period, whether it was low passes, high balls, crosses or through balls. Continued to impress in the second but the pressure was just too much.
Danaskos – 6: A little unsure with his positioning, but together with Durante, they kept Newcastle at bay for long periods.
Fox – 6.5: Like Gulley, he had to work hard cutting in from the flank to the centre to overload the penalty area.
Lia– 6: Quietly pulled the strings in the first half but just went plain quiet in the second. Had to play virtually as an extra defender just to get a touch of the ball.
Bonevacia – 7: So lively in the first half but like everyone else in Stripes, completely disappeard after the restart.
Rodriguez– 6: Made up the numbers in midfield but started to struggled immensely when Alivodic dropped down deep following Cowburn’s introduction.
Riera – 6.5: Solid in the first half but failed to keep up with the pace in the second and it was his failure to pick out Poljak’ run that lead to Newcastle’s second goal.
McGlinchey – 7: Constantly back-tracked to help out Fox to defend the left flank. Exploited the space left vacant for him to attack but a shame none of his other deliveries from the wings were converted into goals.
Powell – 6: Like Milos, he fluffed a few decent chances in the first half. He must have regretted it as he was utterly isolated after the resumption.
Substitutes:
Appiah-Kubi – 5: Only had one meaningful touch of the ball and he went and gave it away.
Doyle – 5: Brought in to tighten up the backline but he didn’t do any better than the rest.
Ridenton – 6: Extra points for scoring his side’s only goal.
If after reading this, you get the feeling I didn’t even watch the game…. You’re right – my real Sunday Arvo match report would actually read as follows….. I was planning to get the Wellington Game all week, Furns had even asked me to do a player ratings match report, I’d filled the car with Petrol to save time on Sunday arvo as the 2hr drive from beautiful sleepy Wingham isn’t one that I’m too keen to add time onto….. Then on Saturday night I got a message from a mate calling a Sunday arvo beers session at a chilled out local beer garden… some crazy weird Hippy band were playing and the beers were expected to be cold. The Stone and Wood Pacific Ale was a bit light and “thin” so I quickly switched the White Rabbit Dark Ale, which was much more robust in flavour and far easier to sit on and chill out, to the Gypsy Pirate Circus weird stuff these band (who looked like Beetlejuice and Captain Jack Sparrow’s love child on Acid) were playing. I got home just in time for Dinner and to listen to Big Phil and Adam talk about lots of things and occasionally fill us in on what was happening on the pitch. The kids needed bathing so I turned off the radio at 1-0 figuring that if me not being at the match in person was actually helping the team win, then listening to it on the radio probably wasn’t a good idea…. So in short, it’s my fault we won!
