 Well it's been another off-season full of change in Western Sydney but in appointing new head coach Carl Robinson the club feel as though they've made a big step in the right direction. A football reporter James Dodd sat down with the Welshman to see how the Robinson revolution is coming along. I am yes, there's definitely a progression. I'm challenging them on a day-to-day basis, trying to install some new ideas with them but they've been very engaging, very positive and it's been a good start. Can you give us an insight into the sort of things that you're trying to change at a new club? Is it purely physical and tactical work or is it the mental side of things that you're trying to change as well? Well the first part of it is physical we need to get them up to speed. Obviously we've got 12 weeks of pre-season so it's important you don't get too much into them too early so they don't plateau. Within that I'm trying to drip feed them the tactical ideas of how I want to play with them without the ball so we try and do that whether it's in in early phases of the session or later phases of the session and then also adding some football components which is part and parcel of the game which is strictly not tactical which is freedom to play in certain areas and things like that so trying to give it a mixed bag at the moment but the engagement that I've had from them, the willingness, their attitude has been spot on. We've spoken before about your interest in giving young players a chance. Have you liked what you've seen from those players that you've been integrating into the first team set up so far and also are you any closer to bringing in some of the new players that you've been mentioned and spoken about in terms of new transfers coming into the club? Yeah that's an ongoing process you know what I'd said from when I walked in is that I don't want to rush into and jump into a sign in which I don't think we need so I've took the first three weeks at the moment four weeks I'll do to evaluate what we have internally and there's some exceptional young players I will say that obviously some people know about some but there's others that I think that can certainly push some players we've got in this squad who are who haven't been featured prior with young players it's important you look at what they can do rather than what they can't do I'm sick and tired of people saying you know well he can't do that or they can't do this but let's focus on the positives and there's you know the positives of these young players I have in this group are very very good what my job now is to teach them what I expect for each position the player profile what I want and the position specific of what I want in that role and then to work on it you know we do a lot of individual unit training group training based upon that so we've got a good group of young players and they're challenging they're very competitive I like the intensity I train hard because if you train hard you play hard and I want them to have that fight in them you know an example of the boy Ali you know he gets kicked around and when he's on the floor I say to him don't let the senior boys kick you around because when you step into the a league they will do that because they will try and affect you mentally not as well as well as physically so he's got to learn to deal with that in training and he has he's been bouncing around and he gets up with a smile the worst thing senior player hates is if a young lad's got confidence not arrogance confidence and he's got an edge about him and so I'm trying to develop that edge for these young players but we've got some exceptional young players here and my job is to coach and develop them and try and push them through in the first team because a senior player does not want a young player breathing down their neck and especially a coach that actually believes in young players as well as a new coach coming in I'm sure you've you've reviewed elements of last season and where it went wrong and some of the good things as well but how much of that do you actually focus on Carl is it a lot of past work or are you more clean slate for everyone and we get going with my ideas it's for me it's a clean slate for everyone the the day I walked in I said to the guys in my very first meeting it's irrelevant to me what happened before it's none of my business whether there was good bad or in different things what I require what I expect is a certain standard this is how I work there is no gray areas it's black and white I want it done this way I'll work with you if you don't understand I'll teach you that's my job but there's certain non-negotiables which I won't put up with or I will accept and they're aware of them so it's a clean slate for everyone I think it's great for some obviously others will be a little bit hesitant because when a new manager comes in they don't know where they stand but it's down to the players who pick themselves you're still young as a head coach Carl but is this job at the western Sydney Wanderers arguably the biggest challenge of your career so far possibly when people say I am a young coach I'm 44 years of age now but you know unfortunately I have to have managed over 220 odd league games so you know it depends which way you look at it every new club is a challenge you know I look at that it's a it's a fantastic football club here it's an unbelievably big football club and with big football clubs comes expectations and you know whether it's players or coaches they all want to try and test themselves at the highest level at big clubs and I've got an opportunity to do that here so it's a challenge I want to embrace I will embrace I'll enjoy it I will give it you know my maximum effort as will all the staff as will all the players and we'll see where that takes us but I'm a firm believer in good things happen to good people and if you stick to the process it doesn't happen overnight there is a plan in place and if you stick to that then you get the rewards longer later down the line now this next question winning isn't allowed to be the answer but I'm always fascinated to know if Carl Robinson could hear what other people think about his team what would you like them to say about Carl Robinson's side I think the the the general answer from most coaches would be you know a super exciting fast entertaining attacking team you know there are very few at far of them around you know so you have to be realistic with what you got sometimes it's dictated about the players you have the squad you have before you're able to rebuild and restructure what you want I want an intense team I want a very organized team there's always structure to to my teams with and without the ball you know I like to play a certain way with the ball I think that's shown already over here in Australia and that will be maintained again here you know will we do it slightly differently possibly based upon the personnel we have and but the more ball you have the more opportunities you create the more opportunities create the more goals you score having said that you also have to be aware of you know defense wins titles so I'm not blinded by that either so it's about picking and choosing what you want to become and how you become that based upon the personnel you have so but intensity hard working enjoyable to watch and play it's playing with a smile on the face I'm sick and tired of watching people unhappy in teams and things like that I don't train like that you don't see me with a miserable face on the sidelines I'm over smiling I want my team to play with a smile on their face because it's an enjoyable we're very lucky to do the job we do