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"We are still hopeful, but I have to have a back-up plan. I have a plan-A, plan-B and plan-C. There has been a lot of work done in the background."

In a breakout season, Thurgate scored a career best five goals and was a driving force in the centre of the park.

"We have faced our challenges over the past two seasons, but there has also been plenty of growth and potential and I'm thankful the club has backed me to continue to do the job I set out to do."

In a week of much footballing news, this is surely the one that resonates most remarkably with Australian football fans? Ange Postecoglou does what he does best, in a season that started as a rebuild and finished with glory, and claimed a fourth championship with, from memory, only his fifth…

Topics: Jets and Knights lose and are tickets too expensive?

THE Newcastle Jets finished the A-League season in the same vein as they started it - a deflated loss to arch rivals Central Coast.

The Lowedown: David Lowe analyses finals weeks of 2021-22 A-League season

Macarthur FC's hopes of A-League Men finals football have been dashed by a 3-0 home defeat to the Newcastle Jets.

Newcastle Jets head coach Arthur Papas has signed a contract extension with the A-League Men's club, committing to the end of the 2023-24 season.