Jetless v Roarless...but Joel won it 90+2!!

Queensland Roar Nil Newcastle Jets One

There was no Roar in the Jets and no Jet in Robbie Kruse or the Roar tonight.

Simon Lynch missed a penalty. No surprise there, not when you saw how he stepped up to it. A bag of nerves!



And with Michael Zullo out..for six weeks, watch the bore Roar slip down the table.

Super Mario was off at half-time. Tactical of course. The Jets like to motor, to cover the ground and Mario, sadly, can't fit in, despite his nice touches and first time balls.

The Roar struggled because Zullo was out. And Robbie Kruse may as well have been. Though in truth the Roar forgot to use their most potent attacking weapon.

And so the game huffed and puffed and went nowhere.

The Jets defended in numbers, all night, and played as though they were too scared to win the game or more importantly to lose it.

Danny Tiatto played well. Tarek Elrich was quiet. The Roar had most of the play but they couldn't make any inroads.

Marcinho threatened much as he's done all season. But no-one but no-one could break through the very fit Newcastle back eight!

The Jets don't really attack in numbers and with Mark Bridge out they lack forward movement, link play, and options.

We needed entertaining.

Bring on Steve Laybutt, we cried. But he was suspended! Send Adam Griffith off. The ref should have. A storm came over Canberra and I lost the pictures for ten minutes. I missed nothing. In the second half I prayed for another storm.

It was all petering out amicably.

Ben Griffin and Noel Spencer came on. Well that was when hope was finally crushed.
Denni, Jardel and even Reinaldo had gone off.

And then Tarek Elrich got a cross in and Joel Griffith soared and powered a wonderful wonderful header past Liam Reddy.

And I went to bed happy!