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Fight. Fight. Fight. This is what local sports reporters and writers in Newcastle are saying about the Jets.
The fans of the club are voicing the need for fight until they are hoarse.
Phil Stubbins preaches the notion that his team should fight as doggedly as they possibly can.
However, at the bottom of the A-League ladder, with only a single victory to their name and clearly the worst defensive record in the league, it is clear that the screams of ‘fight’ are not being heeded.
They are a club that simply do not know what their goal is. They do not know how to win, and they do not know how to play football in a way that can make them successful.
Stubbins can talk all he likes about facts, or what he believes are facts, saying that the team has made improvements, but the team has made little to no improvement.
I felt sorry for him when I wrote an article last year about the Newcastle Jets’ poor performance when they lost by four goals to nil against the Brisbane Roar. I said in that article, “If I was Stubbins I would resign from my position – it is clearly untenable.”
I attended a pre-match press conference the day before the recent match against Sydney FC, and watching Stubbins the only constructive word he could say to describe his team’s playing style, or playing goals was “fight”.
So, how can the Newcastle Jets as a club turn their fortunes around?
The answer is simple. Rebuild and restructure the club from the grassroots level up to the first team.
The Newcastle Jets must be built on developing players from a very young age. The players progress up the levels, and hopefully play in the first team. Then, the club can sell the players to clubs which are hopefully not in direct competition with the Jets at a price much greater than what the Jets paid for them. Use the profit to improve facilities at the club, so then you can develop better players, and sell them at an even greater price, gaining a larger profit, and repeat the cycle again.
It is the snowball effect. No elaborate recruitment strategies, just simple, smart and effective work.
However, to do this you must have each and every team in your club playing the same way, in a modern playing style. And that comes from the manager.
Phil Stubbins has shown that he can’t teach good professionals the right way to play, and Nathan Tinkler must sack him.
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