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Wanderers hunt for Victory A

HARD-FOUGHT WIN AWAY to Melbourne Heart lifted Western Sydney Wanderers clear into second place on the A-League table with an important match against Melbourne Victory looming this week. After five rounds completed the Wanderers row on the league table reads 3-2-0 for 11 points. Crucially, the Wanderers are the only side with a zero in that third column. Every other side has suffered a loss in the first five games.

Friday night. It took an 89th minute winner by Kwame Yeboah for Brisbane Roar to take the points against the Mariners and vault them back to the top of the standings. A little bit of context will help solidify the good start in the minds of Wanderers fans: last season the first five games earned them just seven points and they went on to finish with 57 at the end of the season. The 11 points recorded after five games this year is actually slightly ahead of the expected result of 10 if last year’s total is

Perhaps more notably, this was a goal not scored by Tomi Juric, who has become the obvious focal point of the Wanderers attack this year. In a long season it’s not safe to rely on individuals to score all the goals and last week against Adelaide United Juric seemed the only one likely to trouble the scorer. Other team members on the score sheet is a good development continuing on from where they left off against Sydney FC instead of last week’s one dimensional attacking performance.

need to emerge if defeat is to be staved off for another week. Victory have polish in front of goal, especially in James Troisi, who was unlucky not to be rewarded for his hot early season form with a Socceroos call-up. Archie Thompson and Matt Nichols are also very attacking players and know how to create and score goals. Put simply, the performance last week won’t be good enough for Wanderers this week against a team looking to rebound

“The performance last week won’t be good enough for Wanderers this week against a team looking to rebound after losing to a 10-man Sydney FC” Looking back on the ﬁxtures already played it will be the draw at home to a young, inexperienced Wellington Phoenix that stands out as the chance gone begging for Wanderers to take more points. An example of the importance of securing wins at home against lower quality sides in the A-League. Wanderers stood atop the table for almost 48 hours last weekend after their second straight win on live free-to-air television on

to be replicated. This season’s early going suggests a similar resilience when behind on the scoreboard as well as a solid defensive structure. One of the best aspects of the 1-nil victory against Heart was the goal coming from Shannon Cole. Firstly it was a welcome contribution from a player getting his ﬁrst start of the season, indicating a desire and competitive spirit in the wider playing squad.

Although Wanderers had at least three clear scoring chances against Heart – capitalising on one – they were far from in control for most of the match. Heart played like a team eager to turn a string of poor results around and outworked, out-passed and continued to spend time in Wanderers’ half. Melbourne Victory will pose more of an all-round threat this week and a clearer plan than “get in front and stop them scoring” will

after losing to a 10-man Sydney FC and a side considered one of the real threats to the Premier’s Plate this year. An area to watch that might decide the match is the defensive midﬁeld-pivot positions. Mark Milligan has been wonderful there for Victory this season. His screening and distribution will need to be matched by Aaron Mooy. This will be a tough one and a draw could be on the cards. WANDERWORLD | 3

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ANDERERS COACH TONY POPOVIC has opened up about dropping inspirational captain Michael Beauchamp for last week’s game against the Melbourne Heart. Speaking with the media at Wanderers training on Tuesday morning, Popovic said the decision to drop the 32-year-old wasn’t a performance-based one. “Michael’s done nothing wrong, he’s

played well, it was just a decision that was made for that game, it wasn’t due to form and he understands that,” Popovic revealed. “He’s an ultimate professional, he’s a leader at this club. He trained that way yesterday and I’m sure he’ll train the same way today. “My thoughts on Michael don’t change due to him not being in the team last week. We’ll see what happens this week, we’ll all prepare well and we’ll ﬁnalise the squad

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closer to the game.” In Beauchamp’s place during last week’s 1-0 victory over a desperate Heart outﬁt was former Socceroo defender Matthew Spiranovic, who made his long-awaited debut for the red and black. Popovic said he was impressed with the 25-year-old’s performance considering he hadn’t played a full game of football in more than six months. “Matthew’s getting stronger, he’s still got a way to go but it was nice to see him get a game under his belt which he enjoyed. The last time he played 90 minutes was back in April,” he said.

“Matty’s still feeling the effects of the game and he’s a bit sore today but in time he’ll get that match ﬁtness and I’m sure we’ll see him perform at his best.” The only dampener to come out of last Friday night’s win was the injury suffered to boom striker Tomi Juric, who went down with what appeared to be a serious knee injury late in the game. “Tomi’s not as good as we thought he would be,” Popovic admitted. “His knee’s pulled up sore and he’s seeing the specialist. We’re hoping it’s nothing serious but we’re still waiting to ﬁnd out the extent of his injury.”

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Things are taking shape ADAM Peacock is a respected sports journalist who is currently part of the Fox Sports team covering the 2013/14 A-League season

IX ROUNDS IN AND things are taking shape nicely. Pressure building in some quarters, questions arising elsewhere, satisfaction difficult to ﬁnd because there is no such thing as a happy coach before trophy presentations. Each team has settled into a certain type of rhythm, and it appears Wanderers have gone straight back into the groove of getting results. By that I mean some teams are playing OK, but getting nothing, but like last season, it seems Tony Popovic (pictured) and his staff are able to get his players to get everything out of whatever performance they come up with. Last Friday night, the woodwork helped against a desperate Melbourne Heart, but

watching the game, you got the impression Wanderers would not be defeated. They wouldn’t allow it, and again the team grows. Conﬁdence in those around you and trust in people you didn’t know not all that long ago are like diamonds – so hard to build up, easy to lose and more valuable than most things. That being the case, Wanderers are laced in bling at the moment. Sydney FC, on the other hand, took the lid off the pressure cooker which had Frank Farina inside. Word was it wasn’t going to be a comfortable week for the Sky Blues hierarchy if Melbourne Victory beat them in the Big Blue. A superb effort with 10 men took the steam out of that argument, for now at least.

But you get the feeling that type of vibe could return before too long should Sydney lapse into their unimpressive ways again. Brisbane are doing things different, playing a high level of football while coping with injuries to senior players. Central Coast have got off to a sluggish start, just six points from ﬁve games, but the template is there. Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Wellington, for differing reasons, appear to be clubs in development. As for Victory, you get the feeling the transition from Ange Postecoglou to Kevin Muscat has a few more bumps to get over, but the quality is there for all and sundry to see. Some of which, you might see on Saturday night at Pirtek Stadium.

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KEEPING UP WITH COVIC

Defence was the key GOAL keeper ANTE Covic gives us a player’s perspective on the Western Sydney Wanderers

S A UNIT I think we defended quite well against a valiant Melbourne Heart last Friday night. We were under the pump for the first 20 minutes but Melbourne never really got to a point where they were getting clear-cut chances because we limited them to shots outside the box. I think we had small patches where we played decent football and, like I say every week, we always create chances and we put one away. We probably had a couple of clear-cut chances to finish the game off as well but it was one of those games where we worked hard, battled through and got the win. There were a number of standouts last week but I was really impressed with Jerome Polenz, who had one of his best games for us. He was up and down, he was solid in defence and he was always positioned in the right spot. I also think Shannon Cole played well in his first start of the season too. He really put his hand up to show the coaches

that whenever he’s needed he’ll be ready, and he even got the goal for us. We’re back at Wanderland this Saturday night against Melbourne Victory and I’m sure they’ll be hurting a little after their loss to Sydney FC, but having said that, they’ll come out here going for the win. Kevin Muscat (Victory coach) is a very demanding person and he won’t back down. I always look forward to coming up against my old club, Victory, not out of hatred but it’s just nice to come up against a team you have a connection with. I was asked a question this week by reader Janette Charles who wanted to know how often we train. Well Janette, we often train six days a week and only get one day off. One of our sessions is actually a double session where we have a ﬁeld session in the morning and a gym session in the afternoon. The rest of the week is one training session each morning from 10.30am until 12.30pm.

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NOTHER ROUND, ANOTHER THREE points for the seemingly unbeatable Western Sydney Wanderers. Friday night saw the side travel to play bottom of the table Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park, with the Wanderers looking for three wins in a row against a struggling Heart side rooted to the bottom of the ladder. Heart started the brighter of the two teams, with Maltese striker Michael Mifsud getting involved right away, setting up Mebrahtu for a header that the striker put wide. The striker then shot over the bar after Massimo Murdocca won possession and played a great ball through, and immediately the Wanderers knew the Heart were out to cause an upset. The Wanderers responded well to the early pressure from the Heart, and looked to impose themselves on the match in typical Wanderers fashion. Coach Tony Popovic made a few changes to the side that overcame Adelaide last week, with Shannon Cole coming in for Mark Bridge and former Socceroo Matthew

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Spiranovic replacing skipper Michael Beauchamp in the backline. Spiranovic slotted seamlessly into the heart of the defence and looks a quality replacement for Beauchamp or Topor-Stanley. But it was Shannon Cole who made the biggest impact, capitalising on some very poor defence from the Heart to strike a brilliant ﬁnish into the bottom corner of the net. Adam D’Apuzzo was given far too much time on the left, and his cross wasn’t handled at all by at least three Heart defenders with the Wanderers gaining a relatively undeserved lead. It has become a somewhat trademark for the Wanderers, having an ability to weather the pressure of their opponents, then slowly wear them down and delivering a sucker punch. The Wanderers should have doubled their lead just ﬁve minutes later when Spiranovic’s header came back off the bar, falling for Brendon Santalab who somehow managed to miss from point-blank range. Overall it was a typical Wanderers win, bullying opponents out of the game and capitalising on brief periods of dominance to secure the points.

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HE WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS National Youth League side have suffered back-to-back losses as they went down to the Brisbane Roar last Sunday 3-1. The only goal that came from a Western Sydney boot was courtesy of Shannon D’Cunha in injury time. The Wanderers will take on the undefeated Melbourne Victory this Sunday in Melbourne. The Western Sydney Wanderers have earned themselves a lucky draw in the opening round of the W-League which took place at Marconi Stadium last Sunday. After dominating possession and scoring opportunities for most of the game the Wanderers trailed Adelaide United 1-0 until a goal in injury time by Catherine Cannuli saw the home side equalise and share the points with the visitors. Following their draw, the Wanderers sit in fourth position with a match-up against Canberra United this Sunday in the nation’s capital.

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Still on the W-League, my sincere congratulations go to wonderful footballer Heather Garriock who is Western Sydney’s new captain for the 2013/14 season. Garriock is western Sydney through and through having been born and raised over in Campbelltown in south west Sydney. She’s also been a huge star on the international circuit, playing in more than 100 games for the Matildas. This is Garriock’s ﬁrst season as a Wanderer and she was taken a bit by surprise

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