Dean Morrison

Central Defender - Free Agent
19 Apr 2036
Saturday
Process

Marked for Dean Morrison

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The Newcastle Jets Gazette

15 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Newcastle Jets

A 0‑3 beating by Melbourne City was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

James Delianov stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

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.

Market

Dean Morrison hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Newcastle Jets can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets

Adam Ward due for a Newcastle Jets medical

Everything agreed with Melbourne Victory, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Michael Clark 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.

Match

Newcastle Jets cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets

Melbourne City tell Newcastle Jets: Oliver Evans is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

A row about effort at Newcastle Jets

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

In brief

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The Newcastle Jets Gazette

25 Sep 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A row about effort at Newcastle Jets

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

The dugout

Gabriel Cléùr is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Squad

Dean Morrison 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.

Squad

Stefan Mason stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Stefan Mason and Newcastle Jets agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Keanu Stewart

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Newcastle Jets and Keanu Stewart are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Boardroom

The Newcastle Jets production line keeps running

116 graduates out of an academy now rated 11 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

The dugout

Stefan Mason 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.

Market

Still no signature from Hayden Reynolds

5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Newcastle Jets could get for him.

In brief

411 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

12 Jun 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Terms done: Hayden Reynolds is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Auckland FC waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Newcastle Jets is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Blake McGrath 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.

Transfer targets

Emmanuel Amankwah due for a Newcastle Jets medical

Everything agreed with Central Coast Mariners, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

A falling-out at Newcastle Jets

Dalton Wilkins and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Newcastle Jets make their move for Michael Ruhs

$26.0K on the table at Central Coast Mariners. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

Western Sydney Wanderers tell Newcastle Jets: Alou Kuol is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Ben Reid 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.

Market

Talks stall between Newcastle Jets and Ben Reid

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Dean Morrison signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dean Morrison and Newcastle Jets agree another 3 years.

In brief