Newcastle Jets defender Mark Natta | November 28, 2023 | Newcastle Herald - video Dailymotion

Mark Natta speaks about Olyroos duties and the Jets’ loss to Central Coast.

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00:00 You arrived on set to go, so you were under siege pretty much straight away.

00:04 How much of a blow was it to concede that goal right on half-time?

00:08 I think the whole first half we didn't play our best football, that's for sure.

00:12 But if we could have gone into half-time a bit more, you can reach set and it's a bit of an easier second half to come out to.

00:17 But obviously that goal couldn't have come at a worse time really.

00:22 But at the end of the day, we only did that to ourselves.

00:26 We had a pretty poor performance that first half.

00:29 I think at half-time we tried to rally up and come far enough for the second half, but it wasn't enough.

00:36 Did you lose the stigma a bit more when it is your rivals?

00:40 Yeah, of course. The derby is one of the matches you look forward to in the year.

00:45 All the travelling fans come down. We know it's a big one for the team and the fans especially.

00:50 Luckily we have two more cracks in them this year to get over on top of them.

00:56 Is there a slight sense of frustration? You've played some tremendous football in periods.

01:00 It probably has to be reflected in your points tally on the ladder at the moment.

01:03 Is there a sense of frustration in the month?

01:06 I don't think it's frustration. I think we all know that we're capable of better things than we've shown results-wise this year.

01:12 I think as you said, we've had some great patches and shown that we can play some good football.

01:16 I think it's just we have to tidy up on the little mistakes that we make and the results will come.