Aaron Smith

Left Forward - Newcastle Jets
6 Jun 2028
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95 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces22 May 2028

The mood at Newcastle Jets has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Market22 May 2028

Senzelumusa Sibiya asks to leave Newcastle Jets

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market22 May 2028

Only the photograph left for Florent Guilavogui

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Florent Guilavogui will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Newcastle Jets the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad22 May 2028

Tempers go at Newcastle Jets

Daniel Wilmering 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.

Squad22 May 2028

A row about effort at Newcastle Jets

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ronaldo Barrett was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout22 May 2028

A promise honoured for Lachlan Rose

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Newcastle Jets told Lachlan Rose something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Loan watch22 May 2028

Oscar Fryer wants to come home

“I did not go to Auckland FC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Newcastle Jets and fight for my place.” 12 appearances in 49 matches say the rest.

The dugout22 May 2028

Lachlan Rose knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Newcastle Jets, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout22 May 2028

Joel Bertolissio gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Joel Bertolissio is on it.

In brief

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94 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout15 May 2028

Samuel Kyereh 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.

Squad15 May 2028

Joe Lolley out for 27 days

The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Joe Lolley, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad15 May 2028

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.

Squad15 May 2028

Words at Newcastle Jets training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lachlan Rose 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 dugout15 May 2028

Daniel Wilmering has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Newcastle Jets will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout15 May 2028

Patrick Wood knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Patrick Wood trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout15 May 2028

No hiding place for Aaron Smith

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aaron Smith, and the manager let it.

Loan watch15 May 2028

The goals keep arriving from Alex Badolato’s exile

6 goals in 21 games at Perth Glory — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Newcastle Jets updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Market15 May 2028

The James Delianov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until James Delianov signs something — a contract at Newcastle Jets or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

65 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match23 Oct 2027

10 matches without a win for Newcastle Jets

The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Newcastle Jets are no longer polite ones.

The dugout25 Oct 2027

Lachlan Rose keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newcastle Jets may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom25 Oct 2027

5 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.

Squad25 Oct 2027

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.

Match23 Oct 2027

Newcastle Jets come up short against Melbourne City

Melbourne City left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market25 Oct 2027

One of our own: Darren Marshall joins the Newcastle Jets first team

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

Market25 Oct 2027

Newcastle Jets promote Declan Wallace from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Declan Wallace has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market25 Oct 2027

Rhys O'Neill steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rhys O'Neill has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market25 Oct 2027

Aaron Smith steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aaron Smith has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief