Jets W-League coach Ashley Wilson has not given up hope of having Nicki Flannery in her side to face Perth on Thursday night despite the attacker having her injured ankle in a moon boot on Monday.
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Flannery, who scored the opener in Newcastle's 2-1 win in Perth, which remains their only victory of the season, limped off in the 13th minute of the 2-0 loss to Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Saturday.
Newcastle have a short turnaround to prepare for the Glory in round 11 at McDonald Jones Stadium on Thursday at 7.30pm but Wilson was hopeful of having Flannery available.
"The physio after the game wasn't overly concerned about it," Wilson said of the injury on Monday.
"But obviously we're still looking at it and trying to figure out exactly what it is.
"At this stage there's still a possibility she might be right for Thursday."
If Flannery is out, Teigan Collister shapes as a ready-made replacement after coming on for her against City.
"I thought Teigan did well," Wilson said. "Obviously she wasn't probably expecting to get on that quick but she didn't take too long to work into the game. She did a lot of running defensively and kept the ball a little bit better than she has in the past.
"Obviously if Nicki is not available we've got Teigan and some other girls who can come in and do a job as well, so I'm more than confident about that."
The loss left Newcastle on four points, 10 off the top four with four games to play. Perth are two points behind the Jets in second last spot.
"Obviously the girls were disappointed with the result and the situation it puts them in in the competition," Wilson said of Saturday's defeat.
"But they had a very positive week of training, they took a lot of positives from the game and now they are determined to win and get as many points as they can coming to the end of the season.
"Perth were our only win and we put in a good performance there so hopefully the girls can take some confidence from that, but they have to be mindful that Perth can jump us if they beat us so there are going to be hungry too."