Category: Jets

The initial diagnosis was bad enough, but now Jets marquee man Ronald Vargas is out for four weeks, following a fresh assessment of his hamstring injury. He’s not the only one on the casualty list, with Johnny Koutroumbis in serious doubt for Sunday’s match against Adelaide.

If the road to the finals wasn’t hard enough for the Jets, they’ll now have to do it without Ronald Vargas. The star midfielder has succumbed to a hamstring injury, ahead of Newcastle’s showdown with Adelaide this Sunday.

It wasn’t pretty, but the Newcastle Jets are into the next round of Asian Champions League qualifiers. They were taken to extra-time by Persija Jakarta before prevailing, in what was another tough night for the already-fatigued hosts.

Jason Hoffman will join the A-League’s 200 club tomorrow night, but that’s an afterthought at the moment. He knows the showdown with Wellington is potentially season-defining, and is confident the Jets can do the job, with or without Dimi Petratos.

The Newcastle Jets are sweating on the fitness of Dimi Petratos. He trained today, but finished early and is a 50-50 chance of facing the Wellington Phoenix at McDonald Jones Stadium on Thursday night. One man who will be playing after overcoming injury, local junior, Ben Kantarovski.

There’s player movement at the Jets, with the club today releasing attacker, Mitch Austin. The 27 year old has moved down the M1 to Sydney FC, hoping for more game time.

As we reported last week – Lachlan Jackson has now signed a two-year contract extension to remain at the Jets. And his goal is clear – he wants to nail down a starting spot in the side’s experienced backline.