Jets Under the Radar
July 22nd 2009 12:04
Wowie wow wah! Down to two weeks and two days . . . also equal to sixteen days. The clock is ticking and there are some big surprises afoot in the fifth edition of the Hyundai A - League. Oogh I can't wait.
Today I'm going to give you the run down on the Newcastle Jets and Perth Glory preparations for 2009/2010. The Jets were champions two seasons ago however, one season later they had a massive fall from grace. They collected last place after several players exited the club in bitter circumstances. As for Perth they were a once mighty club on the Aussie football map but back in 2005/2006 when the A League kicked off things changed. In the semi professional NSL Perth had taken out the last two Grand Finals and had appeared in a total of four of the last five Grand Finals.
The big purple super club have gone mad in the off season. It's Perth Glory who has set the transfer market alight with a spending spree that makes you wonder . . . hmmm how the hell are they getting these guys underneath the salary cap. Perth recruited Derby County's Andy Todd and Socceroo Chris Coyne to stiffen up their defence. This is a department that has let the Glory down in recent years. Surely with these two experienced campaigners onboard we will see the Glory flying high again.
Not happy to merely shore up the defence Glory have added Socceroos Jacob Burns to the midfield and Mile Sterjovski as a partnering striker to cult hero Eugene 'who's you daddy' Dadi. Perth have got some real workers in the midfield in the shape of Sikora and Scott Bulloch. They are going to be hard to knock off anywhere and anytime. Like a lot of people, I'm of the opinion the purple super team are back.
The Newcastle Jets are the team that is set to surprise all the experts this year. After falling at every hurdle last season the Jets went on a recruiting drive and picked up some real quality. The likes of roving defender Ljubo Milicevic and Fabio Vignaroli offered Newcastle some new options during their great performance in the Asian Champions League. The Novacastrians poached Sasho Petrovski from neighbours Central Coast and the guy just revelled in the pressure cooker situations.
Petrovski is one of them guys who you don't want to motivate. Don't tell Sasho what he can't do. He'll just come out and do it and present you with the humble pie and a gift card for you to preach unto other foolhardy sledgers of the Sash. When I look through this squad there is a bit of everything. Costanzo and Milicevic the experienced heads at the back with the younger brigade D'Apuzzo, Thompson and Elrich. Brill. Wiley Italian Vignaroli will take the league by storm and I'm sure young Kaz Patafta will benefit off the experienced campaigner. Wheelhouse is no slouch but his size will allow the Jets to boss teams around in the midfield too.
The attack is nothing to slag off either. You got Sasho as a garauntee of eight goals while Rooney will battle it out with Marko Jesic for the other spot up front. Okay so the first choice manager has walked out. Even before that the 'experts' told us the Jets were a $26 bet to win the minor premiership and at the TAB you can get them with a 13 point headstart for a dividend of $8. It's too good to be true. I'm damned confident that new manager Culina is a pretty easy going guy and he will allow the fiery Milicevic to run the show. The only fragile ego which might be affected by this is Sasho, but he is all the way up the other end of the field so we can safely say they won't have too many issues. Put the Jets down as a top four priority folks.
Today I'm going to give you the run down on the Newcastle Jets and Perth Glory preparations for 2009/2010. The Jets were champions two seasons ago however, one season later they had a massive fall from grace. They collected last place after several players exited the club in bitter circumstances. As for Perth they were a once mighty club on the Aussie football map but back in 2005/2006 when the A League kicked off things changed. In the semi professional NSL Perth had taken out the last two Grand Finals and had appeared in a total of four of the last five Grand Finals.
The big purple super club have gone mad in the off season. It's Perth Glory who has set the transfer market alight with a spending spree that makes you wonder . . . hmmm how the hell are they getting these guys underneath the salary cap. Perth recruited Derby County's Andy Todd and Socceroo Chris Coyne to stiffen up their defence. This is a department that has let the Glory down in recent years. Surely with these two experienced campaigners onboard we will see the Glory flying high again.
Not happy to merely shore up the defence Glory have added Socceroos Jacob Burns to the midfield and Mile Sterjovski as a partnering striker to cult hero Eugene 'who's you daddy' Dadi. Perth have got some real workers in the midfield in the shape of Sikora and Scott Bulloch. They are going to be hard to knock off anywhere and anytime. Like a lot of people, I'm of the opinion the purple super team are back.
Newcastle Jets
Petrovski is one of them guys who you don't want to motivate. Don't tell Sasho what he can't do. He'll just come out and do it and present you with the humble pie and a gift card for you to preach unto other foolhardy sledgers of the Sash. When I look through this squad there is a bit of everything. Costanzo and Milicevic the experienced heads at the back with the younger brigade D'Apuzzo, Thompson and Elrich. Brill. Wiley Italian Vignaroli will take the league by storm and I'm sure young Kaz Patafta will benefit off the experienced campaigner. Wheelhouse is no slouch but his size will allow the Jets to boss teams around in the midfield too.
The attack is nothing to slag off either. You got Sasho as a garauntee of eight goals while Rooney will battle it out with Marko Jesic for the other spot up front. Okay so the first choice manager has walked out. Even before that the 'experts' told us the Jets were a $26 bet to win the minor premiership and at the TAB you can get them with a 13 point headstart for a dividend of $8. It's too good to be true. I'm damned confident that new manager Culina is a pretty easy going guy and he will allow the fiery Milicevic to run the show. The only fragile ego which might be affected by this is Sasho, but he is all the way up the other end of the field so we can safely say they won't have too many issues. Put the Jets down as a top four priority folks.
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