Academy quartet in Wanderers' cup squad
Four players are in with a chance of making their Western Wanderers debuts in the FFA Cup Round of 32 tie at Perth Glory.
Coach Markus Babbel has named Academy youngsters Mohamed Adam, Jarrod Carluccio, Lochlan Constable, and Noah Pagden in his squad for Wednesday's Dorrien Gardens clash.
Our training quality is much better and our training intensity is much higher until now I am happy.
Markus Babbel
The Red & Black are without Mitchell Duke, Jordan O'Doherty, Patrick Ziegler and Vedran Janjetovic who are all still injured.
Duke, who along with Ziegler has a knee problem, is set to miss the start of the A-League season.
His absence has underlined Babbel's urgent need for a new striker, with Kwame Yeboah the only viable option at the point of attack for the cup tie.
Babbel said: "We started on a different level because the young ones they improved a lot after the first year we worked together. Our training quality is much better and our training intensity is much higher until now I am happy.
"Now we know we have a difficult game in front of us with the first round of the cup, the best team last season but we go in there and try to get a result."
The coach has confirmed Socceroo Tomi Juric won't be returning to the club.
Juric, who has previously worked with Babbel at FC Luzern, has told him he wants to remain in Europe.
"I want players who want to come (here), not because they don't have another option," said the coach. "I know Tomi quite well - top guy, top striker, but he wants to stay in Europe and this is what I like about Tomi, he's straight, he's saying it."
Reports suggest Babbel is interested in his former Liverpool teammate, Anthony Le Tallec, who is currently contracted to Ligue 2 outfit US Orléans.
Western Sydney are 15/4 to win their next game against Perth, who are 4/6 with the draw 3/1.
Wanderers are 16/1 to win 1-0.
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Four players are in with a chance of making their Western Wanderers debuts in the FFA Cup Round of 32 tie at Perth Glory.
Coach Markus Babbel has named Academy youngsters Mohamed Adam, Jarrod Carluccio, Lochlan Constable, and Noah Pagden in his squad for Wednesday's Dorrien Gardens clash.
Our training quality is much better and our training intensity is much higher until now I am happy.
Markus Babbel
The Red & Black are without Mitchell Duke, Jordan O'Doherty, Patrick Ziegler and Vedran Janjetovic who are all still injured.
Duke, who along with Ziegler has a knee problem, is set to miss the start of the A-League season.
His absence has underlined Babbel's urgent need for a new striker, with Kwame Yeboah the only viable option at the point of attack for the cup tie.
Babbel said: "We started on a different level because the young ones they improved a lot after the first year we worked together. Our training quality is much better and our training intensity is much higher until now I am happy.
"Now we know we have a difficult game in front of us with the first round of the cup, the best team last season but we go in there and try to get a result."
The coach has confirmed Socceroo Tomi Juric won't be returning to the club.
Juric, who has previously worked with Babbel at FC Luzern, has told him he wants to remain in Europe.
"I want players who want to come (here), not because they don't have another option," said the coach. "I know Tomi quite well - top guy, top striker, but he wants to stay in Europe and this is what I like about Tomi, he's straight, he's saying it."
Reports suggest Babbel is interested in his former Liverpool teammate, Anthony Le Tallec, who is currently contracted to Ligue 2 outfit US Orléans.
Western Sydney are 15/4 to win their next game against Perth, who are 4/6 with the draw 3/1.
Wanderers are 16/1 to win 1-0.
View all Soccer betting
Source: bet365.com
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