Newcastle Jest Match Thread

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http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/109302,jets-in-crisis-as-fabio-walks.aspx

NEWCASTLE Jets have been plunged into a fresh crisis with prospective marquee Fabio Vignaroli set to walk out on the club after contract talks broke down.

Vignaroli had been keen to sign a three year deal to stay in the Hunter but Jets management refused to budge on their one year offer.

2ndBest2009-08-05 10:04:42

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Are they gonna have 11 players for the game?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Hope not.

I like our chances against nine.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

We struggled when the planes had nine at home last year.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

haha very true. The more mayhem they have in their camp, the better. I think the Jets have a chance to come good later in the season, but not by Sunday hopefully

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Whowill be in there starting line up?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

their

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Tarek Elrich i suppose is their key danger man. And Sasho Petrovski can score goals the wily old goat.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Milicevic, he may be a fruit (loop) but he can defend, plus song.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I think bet365 is offering $3.75 for a phoenix win. get your money on now

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Elrich always plays well against us. Ljubo is a good player, too, for sure.

a.haak

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Normally Dodd would be axing him left, right and centre. Vince Lia...here is your time to shine.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Good chance for an away win! We seem far more settled and ready to go.

Bring it on!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Yeah Elrich and Petrovski can be dangerous. McKain can take Elrich out of the game me thinks

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

My team

Paston or Crowther

Muscat - Sigmund - Durante - Lochhead

Bertos - McKain - Brown - Daniel

Ifil - Greenacre

Bench:

Paston or Crowther
Barbarouses
Lia
Hearfield

But for first home game would prefer something more like:

Paston or Crowther

Sigmund - McKain - Durante - Lochhead or Muscat

Bertos - Brown - Diego - Daniel

Ifil - Greenacre

Bench:

Paston or Crowther
Barbarouses
Lia
Hearfield

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I understand your idea of playing Diego in the home game for more attack, but why would you want to shift Mckain into the backs as well? I think when you put Sigmund out there, you kind of limit the attack from the back, but we would have one hell of a defense there.

Although Muscat doesn't offer too much up the flanks... yet

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

as on TAB thread

NZ odds
Jets $2
Nix $3.50
Draw $3.25

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Seems to be what Noocassel folks reckon they will start with:

-------Rooney------Sasho--------
-Thomo--Song--Bat face-Hoff-----
-Puzzle--Ange---Ljubo---Takka---
-----------------BK-----------------

Bench:
Naidovski
Kaz
Young (gk)
Injury replacement

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Really should pick up 3 points here. I know it's the first game and we are away, but Noocassel look well Walt Disney.

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I don't care what the Australian bookies say, I think we should be very confident about this one.

Our defense can handle Petrovski. Sean Rooney shows promise but is still very early days. Milicevic is good but Nikolai Dopey-Statue is the most overrated player in Australia.

Nix 2-0

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

sh*t maybe we should have a look at that guy...seems to be pretty good. offer him 2yrs we could then have a 4-3-3 formation starting...

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=home

vote in the poll down the bottom - what game are you most looking forward to?

a.haak

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

This, I would like to see, but admittedly unlikely

Paston
Lia Sigmund Durante Lockhead
McKain
Ifill Diego Bertos
Chen Greenacre

Crowther,Brown,Rojas,Hearfield

More Likely

Paston
Muscat Sigmund Durante Lockhead
McKain
Hearfield Brown Bertos
Greenacre Ifill

Crowther,Lia,Diego/Ferrante,Barbarouses

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mjp2 wrote:

This, I would like to see, but admittedly unlikely

Paston
Lia Sigmund Durante Lockhead
McKain
Ifill Diego Bertos
Chen Greenacre

Crowther,Brown,Rojas,Hearfield

More Likely

Paston
Muscat Sigmund Durante Lockhead
McKain
Hearfield Brown Bertos
Greenacre Ifill

Crowther,Lia,Diego/Ferrante,Barbarouses

If Ifill is so keen to play up front, then I am quite happy to put him there, he knows that he has to make sure that he is aggressive there, and will want to prove that that isthe position he should be playing. If hes in the mids/wings, we risk losing that desire in him. To tell you the truth, the only position I seem to think is in any way up for contention (as we have seen many times through many position predictions) is whether or not Hearfield will be starting or not. From what I've eard he has done well pre-season, and i know he was making great progress at the end of last season, so I think he may have made it his own. However we do have great depth in midfeild at the moment, especially with Diego's health concearns out of the way. In summary, I think your second prediction is by far the better choice of the two... although I still have some post-confed cup concearns regarding brown...
S.O.N2009-08-05 16:56:31

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Vignaroli is out now, so that makes things even better for us . Well done to the Jets, they are really trying this year

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Newcastle Jets: Ben KENNEDY (gk), 2. Angelo COSTANZO, 3. Adam Dï¿½APUZZO, 5. Ljubo MILICEVIC, 7. Jin-Hyung SONG, 8. Matt THOMPSON (c), 9. Sasho PETROVSKI, 11. Tarek ELRICH, 13. Shaun ONTONG, 15. Sean ROONEY, 16. Jason HOFFMAN, 19. Jason NAIDOVSKI, 21. Brodie MOOY, 20. Neil YOUNG (gk), 22. Kaz PATAFTA

Unavailable: 4. Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (knee ï¿½ 1 week), 6. Ben KANTAROVSKI (knee ï¿½ 2 weeks), 10. Donny DE GROOT (knee ï¿½ indefinite), 12. Jobe WHEELHOUSE (ankle ï¿½ indefinite), 18. Marko JESIC (knee ï¿½ indefinite)

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Hard News wrote:

-------Rooney------Sasho--------
-Thomo--Song--Bat face-Hoff-----
-Puzzle--Ange---Ljubo---Takka---
-----------------BK-----------------

Bench:
Naidovski
Kaz
Young (gk)
Injury replacement

Pretty damn close.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

WOW!! very depleted, but still danger in that side

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Yeh - sounds like Ifill may not have the pace he had, so put Hearfield on the right and move Ifill up front for Chen. No problem with that.

But surely we want Diego on the field and it's hard to fit him in without Brown missing out. To say nothing of Daniel, Ferrante, Rojas. I'm expecting Lia will be in the travelling side for versatility and cover for the back and will get a run at some stage to see how he goes at the back.

Then

Paston
Muscat Sigmund Durante Lockhead
McKain
Hearfield Brown/Diego Bertos
Greenacre Ifill

and the subs become
Crowther, Lia, Brown/Diego, Barbarouses (some cover for the wide mids)
Not travelling - Daniel, Ferrante, Rojas, Mulligan, Chen

mjp22009-08-05 17:56:02

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

They have pretty good defensive line but I think we can exploit the lack of pace with Costanzo and Topor Stanley isn't very good at right back. I'm expecting at least a draw out of this..

Paston
Muscat Sigmund Durante Lochy
Hearfield Brown McKain Bertos
Greenacre Ifill

This will almost certainly be the side, I would think.

valeo2009-08-05 17:16:13

a.haak

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

As far as the bench goes, because of the "lack of pace with Costanzo" do you think we should be looking at the younger guys to come on and make an impact?

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Well based on valeos line up which is probable, you would think we would have Costa on the bench, Daniels unlucky not to make the lineup, and Lia would be cover for lots of areas. but then you do have Diego too. Costa/Daniel/Diego would be a very offensive bench and we would have to rely on McKain to drop back if needed. Otherwise this will be a hard pick.

Maybe Daniel starts as an attacking midfielder if he can handle that? atleast our strikers would have a chance to get some ball. Would mean dropping Brown though

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playwithFire wrote:

.... Maybe Daniel starts as an attacking midfielder if he can handle that? atleast our strikers would have a chance to get some ball. Would mean dropping Brown though

This may be the home option.

Valeo is pretty close I reckon. I would think Daniel, Costa and Lia on bench (with Reece) would cover most options.

I know, I know, its serious!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I don't nessisrily mind if we have to drop McKain back in an emergancy, he has said he prefers defence. This does give us more attacking options on the bench. I am hoping we will b a bit more aggresive this year

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   Paston
Lia       Sigmund        Durante      Muscat
                       McKain

                       Ferrante
Bertos                                     Hearfield

               Greenacre        Ifill

Subs:
Crowther
Lochhead
Barbarouses
Diego

I left Lochhead out because he, like Brown, have been abysmal since part-way through last season. Muscat can play on the left so he covers Lochhead and this opens space on the right for Lia. Ferrante in the middle as he can play good balls through to players but he can also get back and defend when necessary.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

wow - its safe to say we have a lot of depth this year. I mean we still have Mulligan as a midefielder option where he played great in preseason. And Rojas on the wing will be hard to ignore. I feel like almost all our players will be hotly competing for spots because I don't know if there is anyone who we can just keep out, maybe Mulligan, but I don't know there

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valeo wrote:

They have pretty good defensive line but I think we can exploit the lack of pace with Costanzo and Topor Stanley isn't very good at right back. I'm expecting at least a draw out of this..PastonMuscat Sigmund Durante LochyHearfield Brown McKain BertosGreenacre IfillThis will almost certainly be the side, I would think.

Topor-Stanley's not in Noocasle squad. But agree, that's the most likely starting line-up.

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playwithFire wrote:

wow - its safe toï¿½ say we have a lot of depth this year. I mean we still have Mulligan as a midefielder option where he played great in preseason. And Rojas on the wing will be hard to ignore.

Mulligan played great in the pre-season? Eh?

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we have a good squad this year, I reckon better than last season, also seems that the attitude of the imports is vastly improved on last seasons.

We have to go in confident for this first game or the season could well be over - with the bookies picking us as wooden spooners - a few early wins will change that dramatically.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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playwithFire wrote:

Yeah, the only players who I wouldn't really want to see start are Mulligan and perhaps Ferrante + Lia. We've got a small squad this year, though, so that might have something to do with it. Quality over quantity.

valeo2009-08-05 18:34:27

a.haak

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