Bryce Patterson

Striker - Free Agent
24 Mar 2033
Thursday
Process

Marked for Bryce Patterson

312 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

19 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

Anger at Newcastle Jets spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Newcastle Jets

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Simon Johnson turns Brisbane Roar down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Paul Magit

Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United have settled on $81.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market

Bryce Patterson 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.

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.

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.

Squad

Nicholas Moore stays put

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

The dugout

Dean Miller 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.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Jack Green
  • The dugout Caleb Murray is still being punished for one mistake
  • The dugout When it matters, Andrew Lee plays
Back issues
292 Edition

The Newcastle Jets Gazette

1 Mar 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

Anger at Newcastle Jets spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Newcastle Jets boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

James Delianov stands alone

6 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.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Dalton Wilkins delivers — 7.83

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Dalton Wilkins scored, was marked 7.83, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad

Words exchanged at Newcastle Jets

Dalton Wilkins 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Newcastle Jets

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

Match

Dalton Wilkins’s goal not enough for Newcastle Jets

Dalton Wilkins scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Western Sydney Wanderers, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Bryce Patterson signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bryce Patterson commits to Newcastle Jets for another 3 years.

Player ratings

Dean Miller was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief