Would definitely rather they sign someone know, another central defender for cover at least and another good DM now that Kanta won't be back for a while.

Just read earlier he had to have surgery for his injury, what I'd assume last month?

Anyone know when he is expected back?

Edited by ryan2008: 19/1/2011 09:53:23 PM

Kanta's out for the season

Hopefully right for the u20 WC. :cool: Optimistic?

I do remember that his injury was rumoured to be a 6 - 8 month one, so do your math ;)

* Red shows contract ending this year.

Newcastle Jets Squad for 2011/2012 Season

1. Ben Kennedy (contracted till June 2012)
2. Taylor Regan (contracted till June 2013)
3. Adam D'Apuzzo (contracted till June 2011)(Youth Marquee)
4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley (contracted until June 2011)
5.
6. Ben Kanterovski (contracted till June 2012) (u21)
7. Kasey Wehrman (contracted till June 2012)
8. Michael Bridges (contracted till June 2012)(Marquee)
9. Zhang Shuo (contracted till June 2011)
10. Ruben Zadkovich (contracted till June 2013)
11. Tarek Elrich (contracted till June 2012)
12. Jobe Wheelhouse (contracted until June 2011)
13. Sasho Petrovski (contracted until June 2011)
14. Labinot Haliti (contracted till June 2012)
15. Sean Rooney (contracted until June 2011)
16. Jeremie Brockie (contracted till June 2012)
17. Marcello Fiorentini (contracted till June 2011)
18. Marko Jesic (contracted till June 2011)
19. Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (contracted till June 2011)
20. Neil Young (contracted till June 2011)
21. Brodie Mooy (contracted until June 2011)
22. Kaz Patafta (contracted until June 2011)
23. Ryan Griffiths (contracted till June 2012)
24.
25. Sam Gallaway (contracted till June 2013)
26. James Virgili (contracted till June 2013)

Replacement Players
40. Matthew Nash (GK) (injury replacement contract)

Outgoing Players
Confirmed
Ljubo Milicevic (released)
Francis Jeffers (Guest Contract completed)


Incoming Players
Confirmed
Chris Payne (North Queensland Fury) contracted till June 2013

Rumoured
Oscar Gamarra
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)
Paul Scholes (Man United)
Michael Owen (Man United)

Stole that from the Newcastle football website.

Keep Wheelhouse, Puzz, Jesic, Ali and maybe the Italian. Honestly can't split between Youngy and Nash

Pretty much agree.

Still think that puzz should be relegated to squad player and we get in a proper left back.

Puzz is young and most importantly Australian, can't think of any available players that can replace him

We need to keep Youngy simply because he deserves it. After exploding into the first team and pretty much inspiring our players to turn their season around, he got kicked in the nose and ended up fighting for his life. He's spent this whole season in the stands, only returning last week to the youth team. He definately deserves to have another year extension on his contract just so that he has the chance to repay the faith shown in him. We need to get rid of Mooy, Rooney and Zhang. Bring in a young, fast, non-injury prone international & australian marquee. With Tinkler's money, it really isn't unrealistic to want that. We should already be looking for two more centre backs to cover Ljubo and Topor if he leaves, and if he doesn't it's always important to have cover for every position.

Yea what happened to this Oscar guy? Was supposed to arrive like last week. Out of those players I'd only be looking at keeping Wheelhouse, Dapuzzo, Topor, Abbas and Young.

Gamarra missed his flight. No joke, that's what actually happened

So he's not coming over at all anymore?

I thought there were visa issues as well.

Trusty old jets messing up visas

On another note. How do you guys feel about the changing of colours to red and blue?

Depends what they do with the kit. Our away kit is sexy.

If we go red and blue stripes at home, i will buy 10 reebok gold kits and rotate them.

Red & blue should be implemented in some form but stick with the gold because it's our image

I've grown to like the gold but it makes sense to change if only because we're playing in a red and blue stadium. It should go to a members vote or something though.

Before our colours were announced, I was hoping for this, to carry the colours of the old Newcastle United team. I was a bit baffled gold was chosen, but we have come this far in gold colours. It is our identity. The gold colours were cemented into Newcastle history the day this city finally had a national champion. I wouldn't mind seeing red and blue as our away strip. But if it gets changed, it'd be a bit disappointing, but it wouldn't kill me, I guess.

I'm not a Newcastle fan, but....

The Gold looks cheesy. Red and Blue would look much better, and the colours are synonymous with the Hunter anyways. I was baffled when they didn't start off with 'em at the start.

It's not like they're changing the name or anything.

They're synonymous with the knights.

And the Knights are synonymous with the Newcastle sporting community.

I think it's a good idea for A-League teams in parochial towns like Newcastle to associate themselves with the already established teams.

yeah same, i wouldnt resign any of the other off contract players



Edited by Gunners Shot Stopper: 6/2/2011 03:57:39 PM

Marcello Fiorentini will not be resigned for next season

he just posted on facebook he'll be leaving on the 7th of march

tbh he's a cheap squad player and he looked ok, i think he's probs worth keeping

then again i'm not gunna lose any sleep over him leaving

should just change the name to Newcatle knights soccer club too aye.

Its a joke, the knights shat on newcastle tradition when they picked the red & blue, why should the jets do the same, seperate teams seperate identity, Forever Gold!!!

It's not like Red and Blue are foreign colours to the Jets; they're the predominate colours on your badge, and they're on your jersey already.

The Gold kit is by far the worse kit in the league, and as an outsider I'm pleased they're ditching it.

Gold is who we are. If we were to change our colours it should be back to the original Brown and Green.

Gold or GTRO.

for 6 years we have been gold, we are not the Breakers, or then United of old we are a new team made from the ashes of the old. Returning to the Blue and Red (shitty boring uninspired colours if you ask me) we may as well just say Rugby League is the first and formost important football code and we are just a second string outfit.

We have an Identity it should be preserved by any mean necessary.

If the change was to be made to reflect the breakers or even united then fine but its not, its simply to look like the knights. Why give up a good identity? Why give up a unique colour? Why would we even care what outsiders think of OUR colours? Why would we change our unique strip that clashes with few teams to one that clashes with many?Why would we abandon a colour that represents our championship for a combo that means nothing to us?

If anything I'd rather change the badge then the colours, if we are to change colours why not Emerald & cinnamon the traditional Newcastle colours. Colours that would pay respect to early Newcastle history, colours that at least have history in Newcastle football.


Edited by danp638: 8/2/2011 11:08:30 AM