Sydney Olympic – 6 Rounds In

Well here we go, after another disappointing loss to start 2021, this time to Mt Druitt, we have another poor start to a season. 3 losses, 2 wins and a match which was washed out, with no sign of when it will be played. Not award-winning stuff.

When it was announced that Ante Juric would be appointed 1^st Grade coach, I’m sure none of the supporters realised at the time, that he was also doubling up as the coach for the Eastern Sydney A-League franchise women’s team. I’m sorry but that is an out and out disgrace, Sydney Olympic is not some xwrio that you just turn up here and there or whenever you want and it should never play 2^nd fiddle to anyone or anything.

For the people at the helm of Sydney Olympic, to have allowed that is seriously concerning and shows a lack of respect for the club, a club that they are supposed to be working for the betterment of and representing.

Onto the pathetic recruitment, in particular and specifically, the club’s fascination since the end of the NSL, with not signing a proven and out and out goal scorer, with the exception of 2 seasons (2011 and 2018). How do you expect to score goals and win games? It truly boggles the mind.

Every year bar those 2 seasons mentioned above, we have had to endure shocking performances up front, we currently have the worst attack in the League.

What is the point in going after and signing a great player like Brendan Cholakian and not signing someone else to benefit off the back of his good play to put the ball in the back of the net? Is there a Centre-Forward at all at the club?

Why is William Angel, who has consistently been our best player for all of the last 10 seasons not playing? Why is Nikola Kuleski, who has been good for us in midfield the last few years, all of the sudden playing at Right Back? Where co-incidentally, William has played for us for the last few seasons?

What is actually going on? Is the coach just not there enough to not know who these guys are and what their strengths are? Is there nobody to get in his ear and say listen, what are you doing?

Then you have another problem and the questions need to be asked. Why does it feel like that the club seems to be more focused on and interested in the well-being of a women’s team from a whole different League, a team that is not Sydney Olympic and a team in the 2^nd division of Greece over the interests of Sydney Olympic?

I said last year, that the people in charge at the club at the moment, could put their money where ever they wanted. If that meant investing into a club in Greece, so be it, just as long as it doesn’t affect things with Sydney Olympic. It looks as though it is starting to effect Sydney Olympic, in a bad way.

Just like last season where COVID saved our backsides from the embarrassment of relegation. People might think that is far-fetched, but I firmly believe that we were in big big trouble last season, before the COVD thing struck. So too will we be saved from relegation this year, if you want to believe the news that there will be some sort of restructure of the NPL at the end of this year and there will be no relegation from NPL1 this season.

Everyone at the club needs to wake up, before this season becomes another one going down the drain.