The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Squad16 Nov 2026
Flynn Bailey breaks a bone — 17 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Newcastle Jets
Daniel Wilmering and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Lachlan Rose falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Player of the week: Patrick Wood
Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Nikos Vergos goes back to face Melbourne Victory
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Nikos Vergos’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Newcastle Jets needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A door opens for Joel Bertolissio
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Looking ahead An away day at Melbourne Victory next for Newcastle Jets
- The dugout Zach Clough keeps his manager's vote