HAL R18 :: Sun :: Wellington 3 Newcastle 0 @ Westpac

[Jobdog]

Kick off: 5pm AEDST​

VS

WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC:
1.Mark PASTON (gk), 2.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 3.Tony LOCHHEAD, 5.Karl DODD, 6.Tim BROWN, 7.Leo BERTOS, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Michael FERRANTE, 11.DANIEL, 12.Richard JOHNSON, 13.Troy HEARFIELD, 15.Adam KWASNIK, 18.Ben SIGMUND, 20.Glen MOSS (gk), 23.Costa BARBAROUSES, 25.Manny MUSCAT. *one to be omitted

In: 12.Richard JOHNSON (promoted), 18.Ben SIGMUND (return from injury), 23.Costa BARBAROUSES (promoted).
Out: 4.Jon McKAIN (suspended – 1 week), 22.Andrew DURANTE (suspended – 1 week).
Others Unavailable: Vince Lia (knee – season)​

NEWCASTLE UNITED JETS FC:
1.Ante COVIC, 2.Adam GRIFFITHS, 5.James HOLLAND, 7.Kaz PATAFTA, 8.Matt THOMPSON, 9.Joel GRIFFITHS, 10.Jin-Hyung SONG, 11.Tarek ELRICH, 12.Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 13.Adam D'APUZZO, 14.Shaun ONTONG, 16.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 17.Antun KOVACIC, 26.Mark MILLIGAN, 29.Sean ROONEY, 30.Justin PASFIELD *one to be omitted

In: 7.Kaz Patafta, 14.Shaun Ontong, 17.Antun Kovacic
Out: 3.Jade North, 24.Marko Jesic (knee).
Others Unavailable: 15.Jason Hoffman (knee – season),18.Noel Spencer (ankle – indefinite), 20.Ben Kennedy (ankle – season), 19.Jason Naidovski (knee – season).​

REFEREE:
Craig Zetter​

 

[Dutchy]

Nix by what ever they choose.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Jets to be leading 4-0 at half time

Then after the break - Griffo gets injured, Gazza gets sent to the box (again), Elrich gets a red and Karl Dodd scores 5

 

[griffo346]

NKA ur on drugs lol IMO i hope newy wins as JD has just said somehow if newy can win
Sydney is a chance of wooden spoon

so i will go for a jets win 2-1

 

[Jobdog]

*Sigh*

Same story, different venue

 

[Non Terminator]

Nix by what ever they choose.

Apparently chose three.

 

[Dutchy]

hahaha loljets

 

[Non Terminator]

This season just gets better.
Why are Wellington bothering so much? Having the feeling they might make it, good luck to 'em.

 

[Timmah]

Their closest rivals Queensland are just above them and in much better form IMO. Wellington are far too inconsistent to keep up I think. Good to see them challenging for a spot though...

 

[Blaze]

Their closest rivals Queensland are just above them and in much better form IMO. Wellington are far too inconsistent to keep up I think. Good to see them challenging for a spot though...

Yeah I think that both QLD and Central Coast are better sides than the Phoenix. Newcastle probably deserved to get something out of the game on Sunday, but we took our chances well and they didn't.

Central Coast (28 points) have: QLD (h), MEL (a), and ADL (h)
QLD (26 points) have: CC (a), ADL (a), SYD (h), and Perth (h)
Wellington (25 points) have: SYD (a), ADL (h), and MEL (a)

Just looking at the draw I reckon QLD will pick up enough points to secure a playoff spot, so the Phoenix would probably need 2 wins and a draw to give themselves a chance... and even that may not be enough.