WANDERERS' FORWARD LINE

You can arguably say the first half belong to WSW, using the width with extreme precision, Bruce Kamau, getting forward with his trade-mark pace and crosses, from the right-hand side you had Raul Llorente carbon copy like Kamau, causing the Jets all sorts of problems at the back.

Oriel Riera making himself big, the midfield controlling the passage of play, looked very comfortable when in possession, Mitchell Duke driving runs, Alexander Baumjohann just to name a few. The whole team looked the complete package.

MERRICK'S SCANT FINALS HOPES

Ernie Merrick's men can still mathematically, and with all the planets aligning, make the finals if they win all their remaining four fixtures.

The Scotsman said mid-week, lamenting that his side were beaten Grand finalist last season and now unable to make to the finals playoffs.

“When you’re in a situation of waiting for other teams to lose matches, I don’t think you’re in a good place," he said.

“I can’t see anyone losing that many games, two more games than us, so I don’t think we’re going to make the finals and we’re very disappointed by that.

“We feel as though we have let the fans down.”

NEWCASTLE'S SUBS

Inspired Newcastle Jets substitution from the Scotsmen, of Kaine Sheppard and Angus Thurgate, was a major fact and impact Ernie was looking for from his chargers. Boy, they did not disappoint, injection of pace, getting between the lines, linking up well with O’Donovan, Daniel Georgievski came alive, Dimi Petratos creating and find more space to operate in.