 The NRIMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers answered their critics at the weekend with a one-year win over Newcastle Jets at Hunter Stadium on Saturday night. In a dominant away display, Mark Bridge scored the only goal of the game, killing any reports of a slump in form for the Wanderers. I know there's been a lot written about our form slump and our droughts, but nothing's changed for us. I mean, we've still been coming in very positive. I feel like we've been improving every week and it's good signs for us. We're coming off two draws. One against a Melbourne heart team that were lucky to get points against us and another one a tough trip to Wellington. So yeah, of course everyone loves winning, but it's not like we've been in deep depression for the last two weeks. I mean it's always a good feeling after a win, regardless of when you get that win. I think it's just standard that everyone wakes up feeling a bit better. But overall, we felt that that win was coming. We've been pleased with our performances and I'm delighted for the players that they get a reward for how they've been playing with the three points as well. Western Sydney face Central Coast Mariners who suffered a four-nil defeat last round and have a game this Thursday before their visit to Perdax Stadium on Monday night. But Tony Pofick still expects a tough test. I'm not sure how tough it will be for them physically. I think they showed last year with the ACL. They played through that difficult period, which we haven't experienced yet, so we don't know what they went through, but they seem to handle it very well and they won a grand final. So we won't underestimate them one little bit. Just due to their congestion of games, we still expect a really tough match on Monday. It's tough to say. I mean, it's still a very good side. I mean, they're obviously changing coach and Liam Reddy coming in goals since we played them. So they're a good team and they're always going to be a good team. They have a great squad, so it'll be an interesting game come Monday. With the busy festive season of fixtures, Popovich sees it as a positive preparation for the upcoming Asian Champions League. Obviously with those games in a short turnaround, it will be more about recovery for the players. So it's a good opportunity for us to work on a few things to prepare us for that difficult period. But as a playing group and staff, it's something we're looking forward to and something we need to get used to in February. At the end of February, it will be pretty much constant. Every week or second week, we'll be playing three games. After several weeks of injury doubts, the Wanderers could finally have a full squad to choose from come Monday night. We've got everyone fit and available. Possibly Shannon Cole's the only one that will be a doubt. But the rest are all training today. And with a long week, that actually gives us a good opportunity to see whether the players that have been out, whether they can be made available. So that includes Tommy. He's already trained now three sessions with the team. Now once he gets this week in, if all is well and the medical department clears him, then he has a good chance to be available.