Jets preview Rd 5, Newcastle Herald, November 22, 2024

Newcastle Herald football writer with all the latest team news

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00:00It's Unite round in the A-League, which means the F3 derby is being held in the unusual

00:04surroundings at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

00:06Of course, all six A-League games and women's games will be played in Sydney in a festival

00:10of football over the next three nights.

00:13The Jets have made three changes.

00:14Rob Stanton has had enough.

00:15He's introduced Phil Cancar, Clayton Taylor and also Callum Timmons for their first start

00:21of the campaign after a disappointing 4-1 loss to Western Sydney last round.

00:24The players to go are Daniel Woolmery, the Brazilian Wellesol and Ben Gibson up front.

00:29So those changes have resulted in a change in formation, with the Jets likely to go with

00:33a back three.

00:34Interesting to see what the make-up of the top four is, or the top three, strike force

00:38once they get out on the field.

00:39Of course, the Mariners have won five of the last six derbies and ten of the last 12.

00:44They're the defending champions, but they've made a pretty slow start to the campaign and

00:47a witness in three games.

00:49Of course, with it being in Sydney, the only other time the Jets have played the Mariners

00:53in Sydney was, of course, that famous night in 2008, February 24, where the Jets beat

00:57the Mariners 1-0 in the grand final to record their only championship.

01:00The Jets had a bit of a disrupted start to Friday, match day, with the fire alarm at

01:05their inner-city hotel going off at 5am, which ensured an early start to the day.

01:09But while it's in a strange surrounding, there will be plenty and plenty of support there,

01:14with dozens of buses going down from Newcastle and also the Central Coast, and the Newcastle

01:19Jets' ladies team will also be in the stands as they play Western United as part of their

01:25unite round tomorrow at Cogger Oval.

01:27Once again, three big changes for the Jets.

01:29Phil Canker comes into the starting line-up, so does Clayton Taylor, Cullum Timmons, there's

01:33an F3 derby in Sydney, let's see how it finishes.