With one win and one loss after two rounds, is it too early to be condemning the Jets?

The Jets still sit above Melbourne and Sydney on the table. Even above our bitter rivals down the F3! Isn't that a good thing? Should we be judging the Jets and other more hyped teams in the A-League after only two rounds?

Yes, it's too early in the season to be making bold predictions. Look, even Perth Glory are playing well, so you know things have to change. Melbourne Victory haven't had a goal, Emmo missed a pen. It's much too early to be talking about our season grinding to a halt.

But on the other hand, there are some ailments at the Jets that should be addressed right now.

I think I have recovered enough from the appalling game against Wellington last Sunday to be able to make some more reasoned comments than I made while I watched the game. Those comments aren't fit for publication.

1. Coach. The new coach will be Gary van Egmond who will be on the sidelines reviewing play this Sunday. Even better, we can hope he has a session or two with the players prior to the match. At least passion shouldn't be in short supply, playing against traditional rivals Central Coast.

2. Strikers. The impending arrival of some new players, including one Francis Jeffers and posibbly Joel Griffiths if the new gaffer approves.

Partner those two with Ryan Griffiths and (please?) a trequartista (wow I've been reading football analysis too), then the Jets should have a strong attacking force.

But there's one more area the Jets need to address, and it's one that Branko Culina talked about before he was sacked. The formation and the playing style.

That's something we can look back at Sunday's lacklustre game and discuss. There was just nothing going forward against Wellington. The players, to their credit, were really trying to play out of defence instead of booting it long.

Unfortunately, the play through the midfield was disorganised and random. To play that kind of football and expect to penetrate the midfield of the other team, play needs to be deliberate and consistent. Too often the Jets lost possession, or resorted to playing aimless balls to no-one in particular. The team needs to learn to play the triangles better, if they want to pass their way through midfield.

The attackers were virtually anonymous, which may be nothing to do with how they were actually playing. It was just that the ball wasn't getting to them enough.

When the combination play did work, it inevitably ended with the ball over the top.

This tactic is all too predictable and it was what the team did under Culina when they were struggling and didn't know what else to do. It didn't work then and it didn't work on Sunday.

With van Egmond, at least you can be sure that Newcastle will regain its reputation of playing flowing, passing football.

Finally, our defence has been too easily breached in the last two games (four goals!), mostly due to poor marking and a bit of ball watching. This has to improve, and fast.

In conclusion, it is really easy to be completely disheartened by Sunday's game, and I was, like many of you, but let's just give the team another few games to regroup and then judge them.