Its all just a case of Bad luck - Things will improve

By: Mitchell | October 11th, 2008

Well, it happened again. Disappointed Jets fans poured out of the stands of Energy Australia Stadium. Puzzled was I at the crowd attendance, but post match I can now understand the frustration that fans are feeling.
A Shane Smeltz’s double gave Wellington Phoenix a valuable away point and left a sour taste in the mouth of Gary van Egmond. The Jets led the match thanks to a Tarek Elrich strike and a Kaz Patafta poach, but the joy was short lived as a tired Matt Thompson brought down Leilei Gao, giving the Phoenix a 90th minute penalty and therefore a share of the spoils.

2-2 it remained.

‘Bad luck’ would best describe the season so far. With injuries, distractions and last minute equalisers, surely the footballing gods will begin to show us some mercy. It was obvious that Monday’s fixture was sorely missing the impact of our missing stars. With a two week rest upon us, it is vital we fix any injury issues and regroup before the important Jets v Victory clash.

Obviously, this season has not gone according to plan for the Jets. We cannot exactly boast of our start to the season, with only the one win from seven attempts. But we should not be reading too much into this statistic. We have recorded four draws, all of which could quite possibly been wins with the Jets dominating much of the match. Therefore, as agreed by most of the Newcastle faithful, it comes down to our final third. If the likes of Edmundo Zura, Jesper Hakansson, Jin-Hyung Song and of course, Joel Griffiths can start hitting the net, then the Jet’s season will begin to turn. It is all in the finishing.

Despite the FIFA Match Day break, the Newcastle Jets Youth team will take on the Queensland Roar Youth team at Perry Park on Sunday. Good luck to the boys and hopefully we can go one better this week and record a win.

On Saturday 18th October, Melbourne will travel north to Newcastle hoping to extend their lead at the top of the Hyundai A-League ladder. It will be a massive test for the Jets having recorded our worst ever lost at the hands of the Victory only last month. As seen in the past, the Jets feed off their support. So I urge you, if you’re in the area, get to the game next Saturday night. We will need all the support we can get. The victory will be dripping of confidence and are turning out as the team to beat this season.

Good luck to the boys and hopefully we can record our first home win next week.