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Justin Chadwick

Jets players facing punishment for late fadeout

Newcastle Jets head coach Rob Stanton wants his players to show better game management. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Newcastle Jets coach Rob Stanton says some of his players may get punished this week for their lack of game management during Saturday night's 2-2 draw against Perth Glory.

The Jets led 2-0 at HBF Park following strikes from Clayton Taylor and Lucas Mauragis.

But Glory striker Adam Taggart turned the match on its head with goals in the 72nd and 90th minutes, with Perth almost snatching the win during stoppage time.

Stanton didn't name names after the match, but he expressed disappointment at the failure of some of his players to halt Glory's momentum.

"I'm disappointed. It's a lesson I was hoping we would learn, but we're still not learning that lesson," Stanton said.

"I have to take part of it (the blame), but I think it's time the players own it as well. 

"So there's a few that I'm going to remind. They might get punished for it because it's not good enough. 

"They've had enough free rides to get away with it because they're young and inexperienced, but I think they've had enough experiences now to say, 'I've cost us' or 'I've made some mistakes, I haven't listened'. 

"So we'll see what happens in the next week."

The Jets are still in a fight to avoid the wooden spoon following a campaign that has so far yielded just four wins to go with eight draws and nine losses.

Stanton wants to see his players manage games better.

"Control is not always about possession," he said. 

"It's about where you spend the most time, how many opportunities you create from the amount of possession you have, and then how you manage the game and how you manage your opponent. 

"We lost control of that (against Perth) and then that's where the game started to turn and we didn't recognise the danger to that.

"I was just more disappointed with some of the actions of players when we lost control, (players) who are still trying to play open football when you need to manage the game and change the game.

"The game was getting moved closer to our goal, we need to move the game back into their half. 

"We showed we can do it for long periods, but we can't do it all (the game), and that's why we've had eight draws."

The Jets are back in action on Friday when they host Adelaide. 

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