Newcastle Jets Coach Craig Deans will call on the younger brigade to step up in Tuesday’s clash against the Central Coast.
Missing five players to national team duty and a handful to injury, the likes of Lucas Mauragis and Archie Goodwin will have an opportunity to flex their muscles.
“At halftime last week, it was pretty obvious at who we were going to be looking at to come in,” Deans said.
“Lucas and Archie came on at halftime. They both contributed to the game in a positive way … they’ve trained well again this week.
“It’s a good opportunity for not only those two but some other players who haven’t had much game time to put their hand up in training and earn an opportunity to start a game.”
In a blow to the Jets, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos has been a late scratching despite being named in the squad to face the Mariners.
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“AP is injured,” Deans revealed.
“Small calf tear, strain. Whatever you want to call it. He’s probably out for a week or too.
“Val (Yuel) will come back into the squad. We haven’t got a huge amount of players left now. We’ve had the three Olyroos plus Liridon (Krasniqi) and Abi (Syahrian Abimanyu) are gone. We’ve lost five players to national team duty.”
Tuesday, 1 June 2021 – Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets at Central Coast Stadium – Kick-Off: 7:05pm (Local)(7:05pm (AEST))
Referee: Stephen Lucas Assistant Referee 1: James Cleal Assistant Referee 2: Andrej Giev Fourth Official: Ben Abraham VAR: Kurt Ams
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7:00pm (AEST), Sky Sport 7 (New Zealand) , Kayo Sports (www.kayosports.com.au) and MyFootball Live App, Live Fast and Data Free for Telstra mobile customers
Radio Broadcast: myfootballnation.com (SEN Track Central Coast 801am), Coast FM 96.3
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Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 3.Lewis MILLER, 4.Joshua NISBET, 5.Stefan NIGRO, 6.Gianni STENSNESS, 8.Oliver BOZANIC (c), 10.Daniel DESVILA, 11.Jack CLISBY, 12.Marco UREÑA,14.Daniel BOUMAN, 15.Kye ROWLES, 19.Matt SIMON, 20.Adam PEARCE (gk), 22.Michal JANOTA, 23.Dan HALL, 25.Matt HATCH, 26.Jaden CASELLA, 29.Alou KUOL, 30.Jordan SMYLIE, 32.Max BALARD
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 22.Michal JANOTA (Promoted), 25.Matt HATCH (Promoted), 32.Max BALARD (Promoted)
Out: 21.Ruon TONGYIK (International Duty)
Unavailable: Nil
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 2.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 7 Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 14.Ali ABBAS, 16. Matt MILLAR, 17.Valentino YUEL, 19. Kosta PETRATOS, 22. Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 27. Lucas MAURAGIS, 32.Angus THURGATE, 33. Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 28. Blake ARCHBOLD, 26. Archie GOODWIN, 25.Jack SIMMONS, 18.Jack ARMSON
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 19. Kosta PETRATOS (promoted), 33. Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (promoted), 28. Blake ARCHBOLD (promoted), 25.Jack SIMMONS (promoted), 18.Jack ARMSON (promoted)
Outs: 21.Luka PRŠO (International Duty), 24.Connor O’TOOLE (International Duty), 11.Ramy NAJJARINE (International Duty)
Unavailable: 5.Ben KANTAROVKSI (calf – season), 15.Tete YENGI (Foot – 1-2 weeks), 20. Syahrian ABIMANYU (National duty), 8. Liridon Krasniqi (International duty)
