Newcastle United Jets FC Thread

[Matt23]

How many games Ben Kennedy cost us this season?, he was f**king awful yesterday

 

[Matt23]

...for the 3rd straight season, the club captain is leaving at the end of the season, that's right Matt Thompson is going to sign with the Melbourne Heart after jets management in there wisdom have decided not to offer him a new deal :x

 

[NK Arsenal]

In the herald today, Con said that he wants Thommo to stay, he just doesn't want to go in a bidding war for him because otherwise we wont be able to keep some of the other off contract players. Fair enough IMO

 

[NK Arsenal]

*delete*

 

[NK Arsenal]

Get f**ked merkins

AN AUDACIOUS plan hatched by the Central Coast Mariners to lure Newcastle Jets captain Matt Thompson and former Sydney FC skipper Mark Rudan looks to have fallen through after both players fell outside the club's wage structure.



The Mariners were especially keen to bring Thompson down the F3 to Gosford, doing all they could to entice the former Socceroo to make what would have been arguably the most controversial ever transfer between A-League clubs.


Thompson, 27, has been a bastion of loyalty at EnergyAustralia Stadium since joining the Jets as a foundation player in 2005.


But while his unquestionable on-field commitment remains intact and his excellent form in recent years has brought many admirers, Thompson is off contract at the end of the season and is considering his options.


Start-up club Melbourne Heart are thought to have made the biggest offer, with North Queensland also showing interest.


The riches of Asia nearly saw Thompson make the move to the continent mid-year but he cut short his trial at Chinese club Changchun Yatai after just five days, deciding he wasn't ready to make the culture swap.


While the latest figures bandied around are nowhere near the estimated $400,000 he was set to earn in China, Thompson's value has escalated significantly since he negotiated his last deal under former coach Gary van Egmond, pricing him out of the Mariners' bracket.


"I'm a big fan of Matty's and we would have loved to brought him here, but I don't think that's something that can happen at the moment," McKinna said yesterday. "I actually tried to bring him here when the A-League began, I've liked him for a very long time and he's a very good player.


"We showed a bit of interest, absolutely, but we're not going to get him. I don't know where he's going to end up."


A move for Rudan was briefly tossed around behind the scenes at Central Coast but McKinna ultimately decided he would be looking for a younger, cheaper option to replace Nigel Boogaard, who has signed with Rudan's current club, Adelaide United.


The Reds are currently overstocked with defenders and may not be in a position to renew the contract of the 34-year old, despite playing some of the best football of his long career after returning from the Swiss league earlier this year.


"There was a letter sent to Adelaide requesting permission to speak to Mark but I don't think there's been anything beyond that," McKinna said. "Mark has been playing very well but what we'll be after is somebody who's a bit younger to replace Boogs."

The Mariners also made an inquiry to Chengdu Blades a sister club as part of Sheffield United's global network about the availability of former Sky Blues striker Brendon Santalab, only be rebuffed.

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/lo...t-at-thompson-foiled/1679009.aspx?storypage=0

 

[Timmah]

Don't blame us for Con's sh*tness in player retention.

Never mind you signed Petrovski from us after bagging the tripe out of him for years...

 

[Jobdog]

...for the 3rd straight season, the club captain is leaving at the end of the season, that's right Matt Thompson is going to sign with the Melbourne Heart after jets management in there wisdom have decided not to offer him a new deal :x

He hasn't done anything of the sort yet ...

 

[NK Arsenal]

Don't blame us for Con's sh*tness in player retention.

Never mind you signed Petrovski from us after bagging the tripe out of him for years...

True. We got Spencer as well, but none of them were the captain of the Marinos FC at the time and both were clearly after a pension from Con.

But anyway, here's an idea, why don't we give the captain's armband to Wheelhouse or Hoffman?

 

[Timmah]

Thompson hasn't left yet, keep your panties on.

 

[fish eel]

is it Con or Branko?

 

[NK Arsenal]

Neither, the Salaray cap

 

[roboshark]

Its the incompetance of the club. I was speaking to john aloisi in fiji some time back and he said that it was common knowledge that players won't come to us in a hurry because we are run like a chook raffle

 

[NK Arsenal]

JETS chief executive John Tsatsimas said he was "blown away" by the wage demands of Matt Thompson and hit back at criticism over the club's handling of the captain's contract negotiations.



Thompson, one of nine players off contract, is poised to sign a lucrative deal, rumoured to be worth $200,000 a season, with start-up club Melbourne Heart, possibly by the end of the week.


"I had a discussions with his agent again today and the dollars are poles apart," Tsatsimas said. "Good luck to the boy. There was only so far we were prepared to go [under the salary cap], and I can assure you his demands are far and beyond what we were able to fork out."


Thompson, 27, is the club's most-capped player with 106 games and one of only four originals.


Since signing his last deal, he has helped the Jets win a championship, taken on the captaincy and made his Socceroos debut.


Thompson confirmed last night that he had a "concrete offer" from another club and also revealed he and his agent were to meet with Tsatsimas today in a last-ditch effort to remain in Newcastle.


"Hopefully we can sort something out," Thompson said.


"If not, I move on. That's football."


Despite opening talks months ago, the Jets are yet to table an offer to the midfielder and now are unlikely to do so.


"Prior to the season commencing Thommo came and saw us and said he was looking at other things," Tsatsimas said.


"In late September I approached him he was the first one I spoke to and said we want to talk to you, you are our captain. He didn't want to talk at that point and told us he would come back to us.


"In the meantime I understand he was talking to other clubs and then he has come back and said all of a sudden he wanted to talk.


"I asked his agent what he was looking at and I was blown away with the money he was seeking.


"I told the agent we were a bit too far apart in relation to that. That is where it has sat.


"We have been tied up in talks with other players we have been chasing. Obviously we have come good with a couple of them."


Tarek Elrich, Ben Kennedy, Marko Jesic and Labinot Haliti have recently signed new deals and Tsatsimas said talks were progressing with a number of players but would not go into detail.


"The only reason I am talking about Thommo is because it has become a public issue in the past few days," he said. "Our primary focus is the boys that are with us, but that is not to say we are not talking to players at other clubs.


"Hopefully we will have some favourable outcomes shortly."


Thompson may not be the only high-profile player to leave.


Michael Bridges, Ljubo Milicevic, Song Jin-hyung, Adam D'Apuzzo, Angelo Costanzo, Donny de Groot and Jason Hoffman are free agents. Between them they take up almost half the $1.2 million salary cap.


Marquee player Fabio Vignaroli, whose salary is not in the cap, is also off contract.


Jets coach Branko Culina said the Thompson issue had taken him by surprise but believed the club had been proactive in player retention and recruitment.
"Never in the history of the club have we signed players so early," he said. "It is an ongoing thing we are working on. We are being proactive."

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/lo...ce-on-thompson-talks/1680074.aspx?storypage=0

 

[NK Arsenal]

CAPTAIN Matt Thompson will walk away from the Newcastle Jets at the end of the A-League season after a last-ditch meeting yesterday failed to find common ground over contract negotiations.



Thompson will now decide between offers from two rival A-League clubs but has been strongly linked to new franchise Melbourne Heart on a deal believed to be worth close to $200,000 a season.


The Herald understands the Jets' offer yesterday was about $50,000 short of what he stands to earn elsewhere.


"I was hoping we might have been able to sort something out today but the gap is too great," Thompson told The Herald last night.


"It's no secret that I love Newcastle.


"I am captain of the club and would have loved to have worn the armband for a while longer.


"It's disappointing but it's one of those things which happens in football.


"You have to look after No.1. I'm 27 now and have a missus . . . I have to think of that as well.


"There are a couple of options which look positive. I have to make sure it is the right one for us."


One of only four original Jets remaining, Thompson said he would have stayed if the Jets offer had been comparable.


"I never told them or demanded x-amount," Thompson stressed.


"Through my agent, I told them what I had been offered from other clubs. That is the offer we received. I didn't ask for that, they brought it to the table.


" I left that with the Jets and said 'what can you do'?


"I never once said you have to beat it.


"If the offer had have been closer it would have given me something to think about. In the end the gap was way too far."


After initially not tabling a deal, Jets chief executive John Tsatsimas met with Thompson's agent Brad Maloney yesterday.


"We had a discussion which involved certain figures but at the end the day there was not a meeting of minds and we move on," Tsatsimas said.


"We identify players who we want to retain and we do our best within the parameters we have got. It's disappointing to lose players but now there is an opportunity for someone else."


Thompson, who is the Jets most-capped player with 106 A-League games, was elevated to captain at the start of the Asian Champions League.


Tsatsimas said it was "too early to make a call" on if he would retain the role for the remainder of the season.


"We will congregate internally and have discussions about a variety of factors," he said.


But as far as the midfielder was concerned nothing would change.


"I am committed 100 percent to the end of the season," he said.


"The last thing I want is people saying I am not interested any more because I have a contract somewhere else."


The Jets have eight other players off-contract, headed by Ljubo Milicevic, Song Jin-hyung, Michael Bridges and Fabio Vignaroli.


Adelaide and Central Coast have also showed an interest in Thompson, but a cashed-up Heart loom as the biggest threat.


"Every club is looking at players and we are looking at every other club's players," Tsatsimas said.


"It is no different [to other years].

"It's a competitive market and obviously Melbourne Heart have to make an impression first-up."

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/lo...ompson-to-leave-jets/1681482.aspx?storypage=1

A top bloke, and always did the best he could for the Jets. Sad to see him go

But I don't think he is worth the $200k that the other clubs are offering him, especially considering how poor (for his standards) he has played this season

All the best to the lad.

 

[NK Arsenal]

AN untimely ankle injury threatens to foil veteran Sasho Petrovski's hopes of a recall to the Jets' starting team.



With strikers Michael Bridges (hamstring) and Sean Rooney (quadriceps) already in doubt and facing fitness tests tomorrow, Petrovski was shaping as a leading contender to partner Labinot Haliti in Sunday's clash with Wellington at EnergyAustralia Stadium.


But the 34-year-old limped from the training pitch yesterday morning nursing his right ankle and required physiotherapy in the afternoon.


He will now need to recover promptly to convince coach Branko Culina he is ready to lead Newcastle's attack.


"Sash was one of the candidates, but he's rolled his ankle and will be pretty doubtful," Culina said.


"He's actually been looking good, and I said to him at training yesterday, 'That's what I want to see from you'. "




It was a frustrating setback for Petrovski, who has appeared in 10 of Newcastle's 14 games this season, six times in the starting side, but is yet to score a goal.


His last game was against Wellington two weeks ago, but he has not started a match for two months.


Culina said Bridges and Rooney would need to train for the full session tomorrow to be considered for selection.


If all three were ruled out, Dutch import Donny de Groot, who has been used even more sparingly than Petrovski, will come into calculations.


Goalkeeper Ben Kennedy (groin) is given no chance of taking his place against Wellington, which will give understudy Neil Young his second game in the A-League.


Young debuted with a clean sheet in the 2-0 win against the Fury and is approaching Sunday's game as a chance to consolidate his position.

"I'm looking forward to another game, another chance to prove myself," Young said yesterday. "It's unlucky for BK, but . . . hopefully I can play well, help us get a win and cement my spot."

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/lo...-injury-adds-more-salt-to-wounds/1681479.aspx

 

[Timmah]

Jets can't cop a break lately. Oh well...

 

[NK Arsenal]

Jets can't cop a break lately. Oh well...

For about 10 years we have been a joke.

I've come to accept it over time

 

[stuke]

Branko has finally got this team playing very well but it looks like the same scenario is happening all over again with the players jumping ship again. Hoffman is gone with a few others linked to Melbourne Heart and one player under contract refusing to turn up to training.

looks like they'll be scouring the dvd's once again at seasons end.

 

[roboshark]

Jets have apparantly signed jeremy brockie from fury for 2 years

Hardly going to be the game breaker we need

 

[stuke]

add Ruben Zadkovich and Kasey Wehrman as well.

it is the best position regarding players that the Jets have ever been in.

surely there is room for a DVD project player.