Daniel MacDonald

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
27 Jan 2030
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181 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

14 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad14 Jan 2030

Joel Sacks damages knee ligaments — 37 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings14 Jan 2030

Nobody could get near Will Dobson

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad14 Jan 2030

Faiz Amem says Newcastle Jets went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad14 Jan 2030

Tempers go at Newcastle Jets

Zach Clough was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad14 Jan 2030

Words at Newcastle Jets training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikos Vergos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces14 Jan 2030

Newcastle Jets supporters have found a favourite in Will Dobson

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Will Dobson has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match12 Jan 2030

Newcastle Jets get the job done against Wellington Phoenix

A 2‑0 win over Wellington Phoenix, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings14 Jan 2030

Ninety minutes of Alex Badolato at his very best

Marked 8.38. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Newcastle Jets.

Player ratings14 Jan 2030

A defender's afternoon for Thomas Aquilina

Defensive actions: 12. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

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117 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings23 Oct 2028

Nobody could get near Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues

Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match21 Oct 2028

No end in sight to Newcastle Jets's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Newcastle Jets has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad23 Oct 2028

David Viana is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Zach Clough in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newcastle Jets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

6 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle Jets

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Nikos Vergos 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.

The terraces23 Oct 2028

The crowd has taken to Xavier Bertoncello

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market23 Oct 2028

One of our own: Simon Davies joins the Newcastle Jets first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Davies is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market23 Oct 2028

One of our own: Archie Ross joins the Newcastle Jets first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Archie Ross is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief