I spoke to him at the end of last season and he said that for him, reputation doesn’t mean anything. He’s a guy that wants to give young players a chance, he wants to play an attractive style of football. He was a fiery player, I know that much, but he’s a little bit more measured off the field than that.

Last season was just an absolute debacle with the manager being sacked halfway through and him coming in, and it just got worse and worse. “Ruben Zadkovich, it will be a big year for him. That could actually galvanise them, being a smaller field with their home fans closer to the action in a tighter venue. “It will be interesting to see how playing out of Macedonia Park pans out. There’s a clutch of players there that have a lot of potential and I expect improvements this season. Glory made it a policy last season to go with a lot of young Western Australian talent to give the club that identity and I particularly like Giordano Colli, I think he’s got a fair bit of potential like Ciaran Bramwell as well. Importantly there is plenty of experience and wisdom around him.

“With 14 players in and 12 players out that’s quite a turnover. “Last season was a tough baptism for Ruben Zadkovich in his first few months as a head coach but this year he’ll be judged on results.

Download perth glory tickets 2022