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The official all-purpose trolling bogan scum thread
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Forum Phoenix
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Oh dear... sounds exactly like what we won't need.
Or am I being paranoid?
Or am I being paranoid?
Rowdy
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Jets sign Finnish striker Kokko:
Newcastle Jets have gone to the Finnish league to try to find the right finisher for the upcoming season, signing Aleksandr Kokko to a two-year deal.
Kokko, 29, has scored 54 goals in 102 games across four-and-a-half seasons for Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.
The signing is yet to be announced by Newcastle, who suffered a 3-1 loss to Melbourne Victory in their FFA Cup round of 32 match on Wednesday.
But Kokko’s departure has been announced in Finland, with the club’s fans being urged to come and see him play again in one or two more games before he departs for Australia.
The agent who brokered the two-year deal, Paddy Dominguez, told The World Game: “He’s over the 50 per cent strike-rate when it comes to goals per matches and that’s a very good achievement in anyone’s books.
“It’s easy to have a strike-rate of over 50 per cent if you’ve only played a handful of games, but to maintain it over 100-plus games is outstanding.
“Aleksandr has just got to finish off some playing commitments in Finland, but he will arrive here in the next week or two to link with Newcastle.”
The half-Finnish, half-Russian, 189cm tall forward comes in to replace Milos Trifunovic, who departed the Jets after not being able to give them the return they needed up front last season.
Hopefully, he will finish off in Finland without picking up an injury.
Newcastle Jets have gone to the Finnish league to try to find the right finisher for the upcoming season, signing Aleksandr Kokko to a two-year deal.
Kokko, 29, has scored 54 goals in 102 games across four-and-a-half seasons for Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.
The signing is yet to be announced by Newcastle, who suffered a 3-1 loss to Melbourne Victory in their FFA Cup round of 32 match on Wednesday.
But Kokko’s departure has been announced in Finland, with the club’s fans being urged to come and see him play again in one or two more games before he departs for Australia.
The agent who brokered the two-year deal, Paddy Dominguez, told The World Game: “He’s over the 50 per cent strike-rate when it comes to goals per matches and that’s a very good achievement in anyone’s books.
“It’s easy to have a strike-rate of over 50 per cent if you’ve only played a handful of games, but to maintain it over 100-plus games is outstanding.
“Aleksandr has just got to finish off some playing commitments in Finland, but he will arrive here in the next week or two to link with Newcastle.”
The half-Finnish, half-Russian, 189cm tall forward comes in to replace Milos Trifunovic, who departed the Jets after not being able to give them the return they needed up front last season.
Hopefully, he will finish off in Finland without picking up an injury.
Gratis
Well-Known Member
Our relationship with the scum is a funny one these days. Rivalry and mutual dislike on the pitch and among the fans but a closer relationship seems to be building behind the scenes.
Mutual membership entry to each others games, preseason friendlies etc.
I like it. We need to keep the rage on the pitch but support each other off it to compete with the big clubs
Mutual membership entry to each others games, preseason friendlies etc.
I like it. We need to keep the rage on the pitch but support each other off it to compete with the big clubs
midfielder
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2 - 1 in Tamworth... another victory for us.
http://forum.insidesport.com.au/2396799/Connor-Pain-strike-sinks-Jets-in-Tamworth
http://forum.insidesport.com.au/2396799/Connor-Pain-strike-sinks-Jets-in-Tamworth
Gratis
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pjennings
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Oh dear... sounds exactly like what we won't need.
Or am I being paranoid?
This is the author -
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5765654.Adrian_Deans
He represents himself as a Mariners supporter on the SFCU forum.
Forum Phoenix
Well-Known Member
Ahhh he's great. Well, at least the critiques will be darkly humourous i suspect.
Rowdy
Well-Known Member
Newcastle Jets completed a China tour clean sweep on Friday with a 4-3 win over Hong Kong Premier League (HKPL) contenders Kitchee SC in Shenzhen.
The victory followed wins over Liaoning Whowin FC and Eastern SC earlier in the trip.
Andrew Hoole, Morten Nordstrand, Andrew Nabbout and Jason Hoffman helped the A-League outfit make it three from three in six days.
Coach Scott Miller said the club's offseason recruits had taken the team to a "different level".
But he saved special praise for skipper Nigel Boogaard and goalscorer Nordstrand for pushing their physical limits to ensure the win.
“They wanted to make sure we left China with three wins, and they actually extended themselves physically and that shows their respect for their team-mates,” Miller said.
The Jets were made to work hard for their win against Kitchee at the Bao’an Stadium after Li Ngai Hoi spectacularly opened the scoring just six minutes in from a set piece.
Hoole scored his third goal of the tour in the 14th minute, also from a free-kick, to level proceedings, before former Sydney FC Youth player Jared Lum put Kitchee back ahead in the 21st minute - again from a free-kick.
The Jets burst out of the blocks in the second stanza with dynamic Dane, Nordstrand finishing smartly past Kitchee custodian Zhenpeng Wang following superb lead-up play.
Nabbout then volleyed home from close range four minutes later after a Daniel Mullen header had bounced off the crossbar.
Kitchee, who won their 2016/17 HKPL opener against Southern District 3-1 last Sunday, refused to give up and against restored parity to the contest in the 77th minute when Robert Stamp poked home from close range.
But the Jets, as in their previous matches, found a way to win. In time added on at the end of the second half Hoffman rose highest to nod home Wayne Brown’s dangerously placed corner.
Miller said: “I think the result tonight compounds the work we’ve been doing,”
“It’s (resilience), a significant word and one we have been we using quite a lot in terms of the growing confidence in the team.
“I think the personnel that have come to the club have taken the football and the capacity to play good football to a different level.
“But I must admit, the whole dynamic and the respect (the squad) shown to everybody here in China on this tour has been outstanding.”
The Jets will conclude the tour with a promotional visit to the industrial park of club owners, Ledman Group, in Huizhou City on Saturday.
The team will also link up with players and staff from chairman Martin Lee’s other professional club, Shenzhen Renren FC, from China League Two.
Newcastle Jets: 4 (Hoole 14’, Nordstrand 52’, Nabbout 56’, Hoffman 90+1)
Kitchee SC: 3 (Li Ngai Hoi 6’, Lum 21’, Stamp 77’)
Venue: Bao’an Stadium, Shenzhen
Referee: Yamamoto Yudai (China)
Newcastle Jets: 2. Daniel Mullen, 3. Jason Hoffman, 4. Nigel Boogaard (C) (22. Lachlan Jackson 69’), 6. Steven Ugarkovic, 7. Andrew Hoole, 10. Wayne Brown, 15. Andrew Nabbout (26. Ma Leilei (Trialist 75’), 16. Nicholas Cowburn, 19. Morten Nordstrand (24. Kristian Brymora 69’), 20. Jack Duncan (Gk), 23. Devante Clut
Substitutes not used: 1. Ben Kennedy (Gk), 5. Ben Kantarovski, 34. Cameron Joice
Rowdy
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Newcastle Jets weigh up Gardens dog track as home base:
The Newcastle Jets are investigating the Gardens greyhound track at Birmingham Gardens as a new home base.
The future of the greyhound racing venue, once home to the Newcastle Breakers National Soccer League team and Super League’s Hunter Mariners, is up in the air after NSW Parliament voted last week to ban the dogs from July 1.
Newcastle Greyhounds leases the track from Greyhound Racing NSW, and the state government will likely resume ownership of the venue if looming Supreme Court action to reverse the ban is unsuccessful.
Jets chief executive Lawrie McKinna, who is on tour with the team in China, confirmed he planned to meet with NSW government officials to discuss options for the Martin Lee-owned club’s future, and the dogs track could be on the agenda.
“It's entirely possible that the club will seek to develop its own facilities in the future,” a Jets spokesman said.
The Gardens venue would be an ideal home for a professional sporting club as it already has a grandstand, car park, change rooms and office space. It could house a shop and gym and give the club a more visible presence in the community.
The playing field and lighting would need upgrading and the race track removed, but much of the expensive infrastructure is in place.
It is highly unlikely the Jets would move A-League games away from Hunter Stadium, but the Gardens could be suitable as a training base and home ground for their youth team, FFA Cup and pre-season matches.
The Jets play National Youth League, pre-season and FFA Cup games at Broadmeadow Magic’s home ground, and they share their training grounds and clubhouse at Ray Watt Oval with the Newcastle University football club.
Newcastle Greyhounds chairman Brett Lazzarini said the Jets had enquired about leasing the Gardens about 18 months ago when they were owned by Nathan Tinkler.
Wallsend Football Club uses the playing field inside the greyhound track for First Division and Women’s Premier League games and runs popular five-a-side competitions at the stadium during summer.
Former Breakers striker Andy Harper at Breakers Stadium.
The Red Devils have applied to be part of NNSWF’s revamped NPL competition in their 130th anniversary year next season.
A Wallsend representative said the club provided football for 1300 players throughout the year and had a contract in place to lease the ground in 2017.
The low grandstand on the north-east side of the Birmingham Gardens field has been demolished since the Breakers played there in the 1990s and the Mariners played in the Super League in 1997.
The venue also hosted former state league club Newcastle Austral, the precursor to the Breakers.
Esala Masi at Breakers Stadium.
The complex was known as Breakers Stadium and Topper Stadium in the ‘90s.
The Newcastle Jets are investigating the Gardens greyhound track at Birmingham Gardens as a new home base.
The future of the greyhound racing venue, once home to the Newcastle Breakers National Soccer League team and Super League’s Hunter Mariners, is up in the air after NSW Parliament voted last week to ban the dogs from July 1.
Newcastle Greyhounds leases the track from Greyhound Racing NSW, and the state government will likely resume ownership of the venue if looming Supreme Court action to reverse the ban is unsuccessful.
Jets chief executive Lawrie McKinna, who is on tour with the team in China, confirmed he planned to meet with NSW government officials to discuss options for the Martin Lee-owned club’s future, and the dogs track could be on the agenda.
“It's entirely possible that the club will seek to develop its own facilities in the future,” a Jets spokesman said.
The Gardens venue would be an ideal home for a professional sporting club as it already has a grandstand, car park, change rooms and office space. It could house a shop and gym and give the club a more visible presence in the community.
The playing field and lighting would need upgrading and the race track removed, but much of the expensive infrastructure is in place.
It is highly unlikely the Jets would move A-League games away from Hunter Stadium, but the Gardens could be suitable as a training base and home ground for their youth team, FFA Cup and pre-season matches.
The Jets play National Youth League, pre-season and FFA Cup games at Broadmeadow Magic’s home ground, and they share their training grounds and clubhouse at Ray Watt Oval with the Newcastle University football club.
Newcastle Greyhounds chairman Brett Lazzarini said the Jets had enquired about leasing the Gardens about 18 months ago when they were owned by Nathan Tinkler.
Wallsend Football Club uses the playing field inside the greyhound track for First Division and Women’s Premier League games and runs popular five-a-side competitions at the stadium during summer.
Former Breakers striker Andy Harper at Breakers Stadium.
The Red Devils have applied to be part of NNSWF’s revamped NPL competition in their 130th anniversary year next season.
A Wallsend representative said the club provided football for 1300 players throughout the year and had a contract in place to lease the ground in 2017.
The low grandstand on the north-east side of the Birmingham Gardens field has been demolished since the Breakers played there in the 1990s and the Mariners played in the Super League in 1997.
The venue also hosted former state league club Newcastle Austral, the precursor to the Breakers.
Esala Masi at Breakers Stadium.
The complex was known as Breakers Stadium and Topper Stadium in the ‘90s.
MrCelery
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Jimmy James, the Breakers Team Manager\Groundsman\Gear Steward\...etc. would be turning in his grave at the thought of the Scum taking over his 'hallowed ground'. The article also twists the knife by having a photo of Harper, who was regarded by many as one of the key people behind the demise of the Breakers.
Only one good thing came out of the death of the Breakers. The opportunity for many ex-Breakers fans to follow the mighty Mariners.
Only one good thing came out of the death of the Breakers. The opportunity for many ex-Breakers fans to follow the mighty Mariners.
rbakersmith
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It looks like the scum have re-taken the mantle of the A-League's most dysfunctional team, sacking Scott Miller less than a month out from the start of the season...
http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4021...t-miller?utm_referrer=https://t.co/oaBlssQLYb
http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4021...t-miller?utm_referrer=https://t.co/oaBlssQLYb
nebakke
Well-Known Member
Holy s***!
I mean, I know they're a bit s*** up there but I swear they do everything in their power to try to ensure that they perform worse than us...
priorpeter
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It was only a matter of time... A lot sooner than I thought though!
He was always going to be under massive pressure from the new ownership there. They want to bring in a Chinese coach apparently.
He was always going to be under massive pressure from the new ownership there. They want to bring in a Chinese coach apparently.
midfielder
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FMD
style_cafe
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Lawrie must be thinking about his position too.
The lads under McGowan bridge might have been the safer option for him
The lads under McGowan bridge might have been the safer option for him
Blackadder
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I hear Phil Moss is looking for a job... 
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