Newcastle Jets vs Wellington Phoenix: A-League live scores, blog
Roar Guru By wisey_9, 18 Nov 2012 wisey_9 is a Roar Guru
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Newcastle Jets players celebrate with Emile Heskey after his double against Melbourne Victory in round four (Image: Supplied)
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Newcastle V Wellington HUNTER STADIUM, NEW LAMBTON, NSW, 18 NOVEMBER 2012 |
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| Newcastle | Match Completed | Wellington |
| 0 | FINAL SCORE | 3 |
| 0 | HALF TIME SCORE | 1 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 4 | SHOTS ON GOAL | 4 |
| 11 | FOULS | 12 |
| 11 | CORNERS | 2 |
| 4 | OFFSIDES | 3 |
| 54 | POSSESSION | 46 |
The high-flying Newcastle Jets take on bottom-of-the-table Wellington Phoenix this afternoon as round seven of the A-League continues at Hunter Stadium. We’ll have live scores and commentary from 3.00pm AEDT.
A look at the form lines, and indeed the table, says that this should be a comfortable home win for Newcastle, who came into the weekend sitting in third position, one point behind league leaders Central Coast and Adelaide.
Emile Heskey is in excellent form with five goals from six matches and has perfectly dovetailed with the youthful squad that Gary van Egmond has built.
Despite going down 1-0 to an early goal from Joey Gibbs, the Jets rebounded to lead 2-1 at half time thanks to goals from Heskey and fellow striker Ryan Griffiths and held firm in the second half to take all three points.
But if there is one team in the A-League that can never be underestimated, it is Ricki Herbert’s side Phoenix. A budget squad filled with New Zealand internationals and journeyman players, Wellington can beat anyone on their day.
They may be winless since round one, but the Kiwis have an excellent record against Newcastle and the Phoenix’s hardened professionals could cause the youthful Jets with their physicality.
Prediction
2-1 Newcastle. In a competition where draws are strangely rare, I can see the young Jets snatching a late winner in front of the Hunter.
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44' GOAL - Jeremy Brockie (Wellington)
50' YELLOW CARD - Louis Fenton (Wellington)
81' GOAL - Jeremy Brockie (Wellington)
86' YELLOW CARD - Josh Mitchell (Newcastle)
87' GOAL - Paul Ifill (Wellington)
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8:04pm
Stevo said | 8:04pm | Report comment
Didn’t see match today but from the accounts I’ll be happy if Jets bring their game down to Melbourne next weekend
5:07pm
kelvin g said | 5:07pm | Report comment
i’d like to see perth glory lose at home too, come on mate!!!
5:04pm
kelvin g said | 5:04pm | Report comment
can the australian FA look to see if a possible match fixing here?!
5:03pm
wisey_9 said | 5:03pm | Report comment
FULLTIME Jets 0 – 3 Nix
And it’s all over.
Not the prettiest spectacle today, but the Nix deservedly won. Ricki Herbert executed a perfect smash and grab job, and will be delighted to see his Nix spring from last place into 6th.
It’s back to the drawing board for GVE, as his Jets team were insipid today…
4:58pm
wisey_9 said | 4:58pm | Report comment
95′ Jets 0 – 3 Nix
Totori beats everyone on the break, and then misses from point blank range…
4:51pm
wisey_9 said | 4:51pm | Report comment
87′ Jets 0 – 3 Nix
A streaker has interrupted play… probably the most entertaining move by a Novocastrian today…
4:50pm
wisey_9 said | 4:50pm | Report comment
86′ Jets 0 – 3 Nix
GOAL!
Paal Ifill converts a penalty well won by Totori. Mitchell is lucky to still be on the park…
Newcastle have just not shown up today.
4:46pm
kelvin g said | 4:46pm | Report comment
What a joke! 68 POSSESSION 32 , heskey eat this!!!
4:46pm
wisey_9 said | 4:46pm | Report comment
82′ Jets 0 – 2 Nix
Brown off, Bridges on for the Jets…
4:44pm
wisey_9 said | 4:44pm | Report comment
80′ Jets 0 – 2 Nix
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!
Brockie nets his second! Once again, some pretty dire defence from the Jets allows Brockie to nod home a ball after some scrappy play in the box…
4:42pm
wisey_9 said | 4:42pm | Report comment
79′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
Fenton off, Totori on for the Nix
4:42pm
kelvin g said | 4:42pm | Report comment
bad luck and no determination at home cost the home team and fans ultimate failure and humiliation, shame!
4:41pm
wisey_9 said | 4:41pm | Report comment
78′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
The game just seems to be petering out now… a scramble in the Nix box amounts to nothing…
4:41pm
david said | 4:41pm | Report comment
has the match resume after the injury?
4:40pm
kelvin g said | 4:40pm | Report comment
wellington is going to win, if it stays like this, sorry to all the newcastle jets diehard fans! its not your day, those who bet on the home team, sorry too
4:30pm
wisey_9 said | 4:30pm | Report comment
64′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
Birighitti has copped a stray knee from Brockie… no malice in it, but it looks bad for the Jets keeper. The stretcher is coming on…
4:35pm
wisey_9 said | 4:35pm | Report comment
Mel McLaughlin has confirmed that it looks like it is a fractured cheekbone…
4:29pm
kelvin g said | 4:29pm | Report comment
heskey can also be sub, no bite, no kick, no form, pls …wellington can start to apply more pressure to take the game 0-2 to take home 3 points!!!
4:45pm
kelvin g said | 4:45pm | Report comment
as i predicted, the sucker punch to hand the final coffin to the jets funeral!!
4:27pm
kelvin g said | 4:27pm | Report comment
jets cannot win today! draw will be the only hope, dreadful! not nice
4:26pm
kelvin g said | 4:26pm | Report comment
whats happening, already an hour gone, jets cannot do anything but a single shot,so poor! substitute for injury or teactical changes?!
59′
Taggart A. (Virgili J.)
4:22pm
wisey_9 said | 4:22pm | Report comment
58′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
Virgili off, Taggart on for the Jets.
4:20pm
kelvin g said | 4:20pm | Report comment
is emille heskey marked dead, no room to move and create any chance to shoot?! is there a haunt at goal for the home team?! where is the talisman to open the flood gates for the home team side?!
4:19pm
wisey_9 said | 4:19pm | Report comment
55′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
Jets starting to apply some more pressure… no clear cut chances tho…
13, 116 – another solid crowd at Hunter Stadium…
4:18pm
Midfielder said | 4:18pm | Report comment
Is it just me .. or do others think the Nix are lagging behind other teams in that they are still playing that physical hoof the ball style…
4:21pm
wisey_9 said | 4:21pm | Report comment
I think they have the capacity to play some good football – we saw that in Round 1 against SFC. I think today Herbert has come in with a definite game plan – sit back and be compact and hit the Jets on the break… and its worked perfectly for them!
4:18pm
kelvin g said | 4:18pm | Report comment
okay, leaks occuring by fouling, roughing it out could make jets players tired?! or travelling team themselves?!
51′
Wellington’s Louis Fenton has been booked in Newcastle.
4:16pm
kelvin g said | 4:16pm | Report comment
wellington can climb and leapfrog many teams to go 6th?!?…lets see if jets can deny this?! and the bookies…???
5. Melbourne V. 7 3 1 3 12:16 10
6. Brisbane Roar 7 2 1 4 11:10 7
7. Melbourne Heart 7 2 1 4 8:9 7
8. Sydney Wanderers 6 2 1 3 4:5 7
9. Sydney FC 7 2 0 5 11:20 6
10. Wellington 6 1 2 3 7:9 5
4:14pm
kelvin g said | 4:14pm | Report comment
jets cannot find a shot on goal, yet?! what a howler strike force!!! boo boo
4:13pm
kelvin g said | 4:13pm | Report comment
Jets must find their footing all too soon before its too little too late, the nix will surely sit back deeper and do the counter to see if their luck can hold on to squeeze an unlikely win stealing the show, if heskey and company cannot do that, its sayo nara all too early before the hour mark and the away team can celebrate for a good weekend!!
4:13pm
wisey_9 said | 4:13pm | Report comment
50′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
The second half has started like the first… slowly…
4:07pm
wisey_9 said | 4:07pm | Report comment
HALFTIME Jets 0 – 1 Nix
Jets are now paying $5 for the win… Not a bad option?
4:06pm
kelvin g said | 4:06pm | Report comment
newcastle must score early in reply, then work on the 2nd and finish off before injury time, 3-1 should suffice the home fans, the media and hype of a revamp newcastle jets!!! lets see else anticlimax for wellington to kill them off 0-2!!!!
3:59pm
wisey_9 said | 3:59pm | Report comment
HALFTIME Jets 0 – 1 Nix
A pretty dour game so far, having only come to life in the final 10 minutes before halftime.
The Jets only threatened from set-pieces, and even then they looked a little toothless. GVE will no doubt be giving his charges an earful right now.
The Nix will be stoked with how the game has panned out. Having sat back and absorbed a little pressure, they were able to nab an easy goal on the break.
3:58pm
kelvin g said | 3:58pm | Report comment
how can emille encourage the local body to bring beckham here if the standard is not exemplated on the field with his side failing to win at the break?!
3:57pm
kelvin g said | 3:57pm | Report comment
the jets should get a lashing inside as they are dull and jaded, all must pull up their socks for giving a soft goal at home in front of their own fans, some thing must be changed and redeemed for a win, else its dooms day looming!!!!
4 – 3 – 3 Formation
20
Birighitti
2
Neville
3
Calvano
4
Mitchell
12
Brillante
16
Wheelhouse
23
Griffiths
8
Zadkovich
17
Virgili
9
Heskey
7
Brown
Formation 4 – 4 – 2
1
Paston
7
Bertos
18
Sigmund
22
Durante
3
Lochhead
17
Lia
2
Muscat
6
Smith
16
Fenton
8
Ifill
11
Brocki
3:52pm
kelvin g said | 3:52pm | Report comment
LIVE Commentary
44′
Jeremy Brockie scores to make it 1 – 0 at Hunter Stadium.
3:51pm
wisey_9 said | 3:51pm | Report comment
44′ Jets 0 – 1 Nix
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Brockie scores the simplest of goals. Ifiill serves up a great cross, and with the Jets failing to execute the offside trap, it meant that Brockie had an age to slide it past the helpless Jets keeper….
3:51pm
kelvin g said | 3:51pm | Report comment
ref can blow the whistle any time soon, not much injury time to give, call the break! hope there is a wake up call in the locker rooms within the interval…..come on to home & away teams!!!
3:49pm
Pete said | 3:49pm | Report comment
Loving it
3:49pm
wisey_9 said | 3:49pm | Report comment
41′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
Alex Smith drills an excellent ball across the face of goal…
3:49pm
kelvin g said | 3:49pm | Report comment
4 corners but cant put it on goal nor on target, disappointing , no thrust and rhythm, where are their scoring boots?!
3:47pm
kelvin g said | 3:47pm | Report comment
possession drops from jets, wellington already getting warmed up nicely, will there be a climax till half time? jets not performing well at home, jaded?!
3:46pm
wisey_9 said | 3:46pm | Report comment
39′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
Good period for Newcastle… 4 corners in a row.
No one can force it home tho – Wheelhouse’s delivery hasn’t been great tho…
3:45pm
kelvin g said | 3:45pm | Report comment
the jets should be motivated to win to get into 2nd place …..
# Team MP W D L Goals Pts
1. Adelaide Utd 7 5 1 1 10:4 16
2. Central Coast 7 4 2 1 13:6 14
3. Newcastle Jets 6 4 0 2 11:10 12
3:47pm
wisey_9 said | 3:47pm | Report comment
the excellent crowd should spur that motivation too…
3:44pm
wisey_9 said | 3:44pm | Report comment
36′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
Paston spills a soft shot out for a corner… he’s looking a tad rusty today…
3:42pm
kelvin g said | 3:42pm | Report comment
somebody need to quickly score before the curtains draw for the break, the 2nd half would be a cracker for the fans and media, come one fellas!!!!
3:41pm
kelvin g said | 3:41pm | Report comment
good stats! but 2012 teams are diff from yesteryear, agree?!
Newcastle Jets have conceded in each of their last 10 matches.
Newcastle Jets hasn’t won any of their last 5 games against Wellington.
Wellington haven’t won any of their last 6 away matches.
During the last 17 meetings, Newcastle Jets has won 4 times, there have been 3 draws while Wellington has won 10 times. The goal difference is 30-14 in the favour of Wellington.
3:40pm
wisey_9 said | 3:40pm | Report comment
33′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
First chance of note!!!
Alex Smith nods wide after some good lead up play from Paul Ifill
3:39pm
kelvin g said | 3:39pm | Report comment
heskey need to turn up the screw further more to find the gap and thread some dead ball with half a chance to poke the ball at goal asap!
3:38pm
wisey_9 said | 3:38pm | Report comment
31′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
Quite a few of the lads out there are sporting some nice Mo’s for Movember.
That’s about as far as it goes in terms of action on the park tho…
3:38pm
kelvin g said | 3:38pm | Report comment
nobody take a shot at goal, nothing means nothing to translate the majority of possession share by jets, wellies playing safe to wait n see, 2nd half might need a killer goal to set the mood for a better entertaining soccer, thumbs down to wellington as jets cannot find as the door is shut tightly
3:42pm
wisey_9 said | 3:42pm | Report comment
Herbert will be happy with how this is going…
3:35pm
kelvin g said | 3:35pm | Report comment
will it be a dull stalemate till half time? looks very likely as jets unable to penetrate wellies tight defence
3:39pm
wisey_9 said | 3:39pm | Report comment
0-0 at halftime is almost a certainty…
3:33pm
wisey_9 said | 3:33pm | Report comment
27′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
The Fox Sports commentary has just described each team’s approach today as “cautious”…
I think that is being polite…
3:25pm
wisey_9 said | 3:25pm | Report comment
17′ Jets 0 – 0 Nix
slow start here… both teams are just feeling each other out at the moment… a couple of corners apiece have resulted in nothing…
3:32pm
Big Trav said | 3:32pm | Report comment
Man Wellington look like they are here to play a nil all draw. Seriously Newcastle just have to take one chance and they will win.
4:02pm
wisey_9 said | 4:02pm | Report comment
having nicked a goal, expect the Nix to sit back even more this half…
3:22pm
wisey_9 said | 3:22pm | Report comment
Jets: Birighitti, Neville, Calvano, Mitchell, Brown, Zadkovich, Heskey, Brilliante, Wheelhouse, Virgili, Griffiths
3:20pm
wisey_9 said | 3:20pm | Report comment
Nix today: Paston, Muscat, Lochhead, Smith, Bertos, Ifill, Brockie, Fenton, Lia, Sigmund, Durante
Subs: Moss Totori Boyd Clarke
3:19pm
wisey_9 said | 3:19pm | Report comment
Good Afternoon all!
We’re already 11 mins into the match on what looks like a beautiful day up at Hunter Stadium!
Nil all with the Jets holding most of the possession…
Starting teams coming soon…