Mark Milligan rd 3, Newcastle herald, October 31, 2025

Jets coach Mark Milligan on his first meeting with midfielder Max Burgess

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00:00Max Burge is obviously up against Sydney FC.

00:02When he, for all intents and purposes,

00:04he was frozen out there for seven or so months.

00:07What did you see in him that you thought he could do a job here?

00:09Have you ever discussed that with him?

00:11No, look, I've known, obviously I've played against Max.

00:13I've known Max for a long time.

00:15And I guess, you know, in terms of being able to get him here,

00:18the stars aligned a little bit because I had a clear vision

00:21for what I thought his role would be.

00:23And part of that was bringing through and showing the young ones

00:26what it takes to be a professional.

00:28Because, you know, what he did go through was not easy.

00:31But the way he went about things, I think, you know,

00:33stayed professional, kept working.

00:34When we got him in here, he was in good shape.

00:36He had a hunger that he wanted to keep going.

00:39And that was what was most important.