This week, Nathan tinkles into the Jet's pot, Con's tears make nobody cry except Con and Branko plays anti-football. But the Jet's Bridges wobbly joints last at least until half-time, which is more than can be said for the Commonwealth Games bridges.

So where to start? There's so much to cover. I'm not going to look much at the saga of Con Constantine and the new Jets owner yet.

First, I don't know enough about Nathan Tinkler at this early stage and secondly, the bizarre game tactics against the Gold Coast really dominated the day's news and spoiled the relief felt by knowing the Jets were financially secure, at least for the time being.

The first half against GCU was like having your teeth slowly pulled out. By the end of 45 minutes, I had realised that it was a deliberate tactic of Branko, defending with most players behind the ball and only breaking forward on the counter on rare occasions. That, in combination with the empty stadium, was no advertisement for the Jets, and no advertisement for the A-League.

Looking at the notes I was taking during the game, I keep coming across the words "what is happening here?" "Are the Jets doing this on purpose?" I can only speculate that Branko thought he would play away games like Jose Mourinho.

But this is not the European Champions League, and the Jets are not Inter Milan. We don't have Milito and Wesley Schneider, no offense to the current Jets front line. It was a dangerous tactic, and Branko got found out at the wrong time. He tried to be too clever by half, and it didn't work. It nearly worked, but for a lack of concentration for 90 +2 minutes. And the fact that they lost it so close to the end may be a big psychological blow.

The Jets won't play in the finals if they continue this sort of football. They don't need to play so defensively, particularly in a place like the Gold Coast where there really isn't much home ground advantage to GCU. If anything, GCU players would be embarrassed by their home ground, which would act as a disadvantage. I would venture that across the A-League, except for a few venues, the home ground advantage doesn't really exist. This is not the EPL.

Secondly, why did Branko change the line-up so much from the team that totally dominated Perth? Some of the changes worked out, but putting Brodie Mooy in Tarek Elrich's position? Why? Starting Haliti was not the best way to use him either.

Labi seems best coming on as an impact player, throwing his vast energy at teams in the last 30 minutes when they are tiring. His combinations with a front line of three, seems to get the best results. With only him and Michael Bridges up front, they didn't have much joy at all. Maybe Branko wanted to reward him for last weekend's efforts, but I don't think it worked. Not when you are playing defensive football anyway/

Yet Trimmers on Fox suggested that both coaches said they were going to play attacking football. OK, so maybe Branko wasn't being completely honest with him. And to their credit, the Gold Coast did try to play a nice, fast paced passing game but were totally stifled by the Jets back four and the two screeners in front of them.

The second half did see a noticeable improvement from the Jets. Ali Abbas, who should have been on from the start of the game, replaced Michael Bridges, who Abbas should have been creating play with. Instead, one went off and the other came on. Nevertheless, Abbas was the provider for the Jets' best chances, many of which fell to the feet of Ruben Zadkovich.

From the 50th to the 66th minute, the Jets attacked with purpose and could have had a couple of goals, including yet another shot from Ljubo. And once again, a great save denied them, when Zadkovich fired at goal.

Zadkovich needs to improve his composure in front of goal. His first shot was class, but on his second chance, when the goal was there for his taking, he went for the glory shot and blasted wide with an open net in front of him. Composure will come with time, and with more opportunities in front of goal. And he will get them, he is making them for himself.

Composure is the difference between talented, and world-class. I predict he will have a goal within the next two games and I hope he can cool himself down to slot a goal away under the keeper's outstretched hand instead of trying to kick the skin off the ball.

Alright, what can you say about the 89th minute microsleep? Four letter words that I can't write in a blog, that's what.

A last minute loss of concentration, and perhaps some complacency that they couldn't be breached was the cause. You can see why they would think that too, because it really took a cannon blast to breach the Jets defence. But you know, that's not the point.

The team shouldn't have been playing how they were in the first place. Had they been more courageous in the first 45 minutes, they might have had a two goal cushion. Counterattack might be acceptable once you're a goal up, not from the start of the game.

I'm still scratching my head. After a great win against Perth, with a line-up that provided a good attacking threat and had some momentum going, the line-up and the philosophy of play was changed. And the game is lost. I hope the lesson is learned before the weekend. I wouldn't say I'm disgusted with the way this game was played, but very disappointed.