Coach Tony Popovic today named his squad ahead of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC match against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium this Sunday afternoon.
Coach Tony Popovic today named his squad ahead of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC match against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium this Sunday afternoon.
Twenty of the possible 22 players in the Hyundai A-League squad have been named and are in with a chance of playing.
Popovic will finalise his squad 90 minutes prior to kick off.
Fullback Jerome Polenz is suspended for the match after being sent off against Melbourne Heart last week.
Polenz was given the minimum one match suspension for bringing down David Williams in the penalty box.
Tahj Minniecon had an operation on his injured foot last week and will not play again this season.
“Apart from Tahj and Jerome we have a full squad to chose from,” Coach Tony Popovic said.
Asked about who would replace Polenz at right fullback – Popovic said he would make his mind up later in the week.
“We will assess everyone at training today and tomorrow,” Popovic said.
“We have shown that we have players in the squad that can fill that position, and do that job and they have done it in the past.”
The squad is as follows:
1.Ante Covic (GK), 2. Shannon Cole, 3. Adam D-Apuzzo, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Michael Beauchamp, 7. Labinot Haliti, 8. Mateo Poljak, 9. Dino Kresinger, 10. Aaron Mooy, 11. Tarek Elrich, 13. Joey Gibbs, 14. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi, 15. Reece Caira, 16. Rocky Visconte, 17. Youssouf Hersi, 18. Iacopo La Rocca, 19. Mark Bridge, 20. Jerrad Tyson (GK), 21. Shinji Ono, 23. Jason Trifiro *five to be omitted
Ins: Cole, Caira, Elrich, Gibbs, Trifiro, Visconte (all promoted)
Outs: Jerome Polenz (suspended one match)
Unavailable: Tahj Minniecon (foot indefinite)
