The wooden spoon is beckoning for the Jets in the A-League but as thoughts turn to this week's ACL draw, van Egmond won't allow his players to think they can switch off from the domestic action.

They have three games left to give it their all and finish the campaign on a positive note.

He said: "It's one thing to miss chances, but it's another thing to drop your bundle and not do your defensive work. At the end of the day you can't single out certain individuals, as it's a team thing, but this has been a widespread thing over a period of time.

"We've got Champions League football coming up, and we need to ensure that the players here are players who want to improve the Newcastle Jets.

"We need to finish the season in the right vein, and prepare for ACL football."

"If players and people at the Newcastle Jets don't want to do that, then we don't want you - it's as simple as that.

"There are players coming in for the ACL and there will be a few unhappy boys in our squad who will be displaced. We're not a transit lounge for players."