This season’s team may sport the same crest on their shirts, but that’s about all they have in common with the side Tony Popovic created four years ago
Almost from day one Western Sydney Wanderers assumed a distinctive identity. Thanks to Tony Popovic the red and black hoops quickly came to represent hard work, organisation and resilience. Shinji Ono shone as a marquee playmaker but even he bought into Popovic’s mission. “We work tirelessly on our formation and our defence, and that all comes out of his mind,” the Japanese international said in 2013.
In their first A-League season the Wanderers conceded the fewest goals in the competition. The following year they conquered Asia through sheer bloody mindedness. This season’s squad may sport the same crest, but that’s about all they have in common.
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