 Roots you've seen plenty in the A-League I guess. Where does that noise rank in terms of the best you've heard in your time? Darby's are the best. Darby's are the best. It's as simple as that. You look around the world You know everyone's sitting here is a football lover and we all grew up on that whether it be on ABC or SPS or whatever But we understood what Darby's meant around the world whether it be in South America or Europe We we live for it and it's important that we Teach that to the next generation next generation next generation and I now understand we haven't got a footballing culture as such But games like tonight You know epitomizes what can be done You know if we if we understand and put the game first, you know, but that's that's up there the Darby's are always up there and it's easy for me to sit here and talk this way because Whether whether winning side but irrespective I've been the losing side last year as well Darby's are the best and We don't want to over complicate it with new teams coming into the cities You know, I think they're there and I was at another Melbourne club last year and we try to create something But it's really hard. This is the original. This is the best as far as I'm concerned What does it say about Midloss Nickovich's character after all that he received during the week and tonight to come up with With that moment that assist for the winning goal. It's exactly what we brought him to the club Exactly why I was surprised that you know, he kept playing on the left-hand side of midfield the last couple of years Particularly, you know, what you've got to do so much leg work and chase down right backs and and I would have played as a 10 He's a classic number 10 for me, you know the way he finds space and and things like that and you know I'm glad that he didn't have many minutes last year because You know the first thing I said to him I said, you're not playing the left-hand side with me be playing higher up I'm gonna save your legs without the ball and make sure that you're fresh enough to do what you can do with the ball It's a little bit different. He hasn't played that position for a number of years, particularly not in this country, but His leadership he won us the game I thought because of the way he started every one of his teammates knew what was going on this week And and if he had put his head down and was hiding when the game started or his touches weren't there or he wasn't You know fighting without the ball The players would have seen that but the fact that he did the exact opposite is the reason We won the game. I thought he was superb and everybody followed him. That's that's why he is Not just a quality person a quality player, but that's why we brought him to the club And that's why he is the leader that he is What were you thinking after his mis-rudes and also, you know the fact that he followed up seven minutes later with the assist Probably speaks a little bit about his temperament and his character. Yeah, and tonight they're character shade on Now last week was just a disaster And we just cannot afford to do to do that, you know, I was disappointed I had to look within myself as well and reflect and find out, you know Why we we did that because they're not that's not the culture that we wanted at this club They're not they're not the the behaviors that we wanted and they made amends tonight Not just because the Derby first and foremost about what happened last week But when you come, you know to to an environment like this and and it was brilliant, you know They their fans, you know came out and in numbers and made the environment all that much sweeter and better But yes, he should have scored the first thing he said, you know when I when I took him off But I had to remind him that because of the way he played and because of the way he started That's why we played as it seemed the way we did tonight, you know, and you let them so don't worry about Not scoring, you know, I didn't buy you to score You know to 10 or 15 goals I brought you here for for other reasons But you know to also contribute and and he started every game and he's playing almost 90 minutes every game And we had an agreement, you know that I'm a very open honest coach and I speak very very honestly and openly and I Don't like to lie to my players and and that's all I asked for and I told him if we have to have that discussion If you're not starting one week for whatever reason, I'll be letting you know And that's a kind of relationship that I have with all the players and especially Milosh The other player you got from Sydney FC and the other player is Calum Youwenhoff, I mean Can you believe that they let him go and be he seems to just be blossoming week on week Yeah, yeah, and it was any and it was relatively easy, would you believe, you know, I've always liked Calum You know when his name was on the list, you know when I when I got to the club and signed along the term You know, he was one of the first guys that I wanted and and He was wasn't offered anything We've changed a lot at the football club, you know, I've certainly got a position. I'm very grateful, you know, that I've got the trust with my boss poor letterer to allow me to to create a staff around me and and I guess pillars at the football club where this club needs to go in terms of being One of the best if not the best in the competition. So bringing ahead a high performance was also important The club never had that and always when something is new People don't really know why but you look at Cassini Yankee who hasn't had was that a checkered or broken last three or four years He hasn't missed a beat He's always up there. Maybe last week was just a little hammy But you saw what he did tonight and Calum new and off just because his body wasn't responding, you know We've created an environment where You know, we believe in what we do and and he hasn't missed a beat either and he's a young kid with a very mature head and football wise And again, you know, I know he keeps putting the performances in but he's such a level headed kid That's it's our job to protect him and make sure that you know footballs first and and the noise is external and secondary, but it's not just about, you know those two But I understand the question because of the game tonight You know, there's others there, you know, there's a young Zach Sapsford who was a top goalscorer in the MPL who I watched many times Sat then watched the MPL games and watched them and watched them and I don't know why he didn't get a chance Either even to train with the first team, you know, and and and he's come on for me as well And he's another good young young kid from from that club and Like I said at the same time where we're creating our own MPL Institute, so to speak and you know I've got a lot of passion for the young kids and and we're gonna create the MPL sector or that MPL space where You know, we put a lot of investment in there and we're gonna make sure that they're the future for our football club as well because I'm like a lot of people in terms of the recycling. You don't necessarily want to do that You want to create and produce your own and And we're starting to do that How valuable is it to have an experienced veteran in Marcello really lead the defense and how important is he off the field as well? Incredible that's why I made him captain and then he was the reason why he was the last And I've said this before part of the puzzle for me. I needed a really strong leader And he certainly is that and now I've said this when I spoke to him I knew he was gonna be the guy for me You know, he was so open to to coming here and his attitude and He's brilliant first-class and you see him out there tonight. He loves the occasion for him He just he was just dusting up your shoulders. He wouldn't have a bit of fun and no different to me, you know We are in the entertainment industry. We don't we don't forget that. All right, you guys love it as well So it's it's it's important We give you those little bites or that you guys are looking for but Marcello is the same You know, he's loving football. He's loving life here in Australia loving Sydney loving the football club and the environment we've created but you need guys like that because You know when you look at your both teams Yeah, these are the sort of games where you need those hardened Professionals to look after the Calum Newnoffs and the younger ones around you. I believe anyway, you know Gabrielle Clure no one talks about he's a young guy who's played in the alley for the first time and You know, he's he's just getting bigger and better. So you need that that that mix but Marcello was great I agree with you. He was fantastic tonight Marco, you've been quite strong on sort of restoring the trust in the wondrous bandays up to some difficult years Is there a hope that's sort of seeing a crowd like that and a game like that that it might have a Fly-On effect in getting some hype around this team. Yeah, I'll say that before we need them We bet we really need them tonight was of what tonight was for them Tonight was important that we you know, we I told the players the story of the West You know, and they how how many of them came here as immigrants to a beautiful country like ours not just for freedom, but to start a new way of life and And they were it wasn't easy for him and I know this story You know because of the language they spoke or the food they ate or The faith that they believed in and and they'll kicked around from pillar to post looked down upon for a long time And they had a choice that could have packed up and gone back to their homeland But they stayed and fought and their story is our story and We're needed to remind them that this game is not just about us. It's bigger than that. It's about them, you know and You know when it's tough They went through a lot of pain, but they showed a lot of courage to fans in terms of their story And that's what we needed to show tonight that that Our story is their story, you know, we're together with him Michael you've been obviously Melbourne victory away from home now Sydney or see away from home Does that sort of adjust your expectations for the team or are you still just taking it? Our expectations is to Is to understand the culture the environment and and be relentless with that and it's still very early Very very early, but the signs of decent for such a team that it would have been Easy if we were on five or six points after six rounds because of the amount of changes that we've made to the club And that's not just the person playing personal. That's that's the staff around me. That's everything, you know from from top to bottom You know, it's been huge amount of changes. So It's it's been a good start and they're gonna. Okay, I'm an extra day off After tonight's game and they were cheering so they deserved it It's important to reward when they you know good behavior as well and they left everything of themselves out there Like I said, we haven't really spoken about the game as such. We thoroughly deserve tonight's win I really believe that, you know, I thought we'd play some really good football It's done to understand now the kind of football that we want to play the combinations, you know playing through lines You know and also having a bit of diversity and playing behind when we have to a bit of alrighty is important too, but um I was happy with them and really happy with them tonight Thanks guys