Home 慰安s leave Glory feeling bullish

Perth Glory captain Brandon O'Neill has opened up about the mental (死傷者)数 of the club's 延長するd stint on the road and hopes their return home will 誘発する a 殺到する up the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する.

The Glory will play their first A-League Men home match since November 20 when they host Adelaide 部隊d at HBF Park on Sunday.

Perth's road (選挙などの)運動をする became a stop-start 事件/事情/状勢 after the squad was ひどく 攻撃する,衝突する by COVID-19 and 検疫 必要物/必要条件s.

Spending such a long time away from family and friends was a constant 緊張する for Glory players and staff, and the team fought valiantly to stay within touching distance of the 最高の,を越す six.

"I could 雑談(する) for about 48 days about what we've been through," O'Neill said.

"It's horrible as a player trying to do your best and you don't know if you're coming or going - you're in limbo land.

"I wouldn't やむを得ず say there were people who were depressed on the trip, but we were 井戸/弁護士席 on our way to mentally 存在 影響する/感情d just as a human 存在."

Glory 現在/一般に sit in ninth 位置/汚点/見つけ出す with just 12 points from 12 matches, but with a large number of home games from this point on O'Neill is bullish about what the team can 達成する.

They play five of their next six at home, 含むing the next three on the bounce.

O'Neill says 単に 捨てるing into 決勝戦 isn't a high enough goal.

"We're not 注目する,もくろむing off (finishing in) the 底(に届く) end of the 最高の,を越す six," he said.

"We're at home now, we feel like this is the start of our season. Every 選び出す/独身 home game we 推定する/予想する to 勝利,勝つ.

"If we're playing at HBF Park, we 推定する/予想する three points and that's our main goal until the end of the season.

"And come the end of the season we want to put ourselves in the picture where we can be as high up on the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する as possible, and then from there have a big 決勝戦 series."

Glory will again be without 星/主役にする striker Daniel Sturridge, who will 行方不明になる several more weeks with a groin 傷害.

"It will be how he 進歩s through rehab and through the things he has to 攻撃する,衝突する," Glory coach Richard Garcia said about Sturridge's return date.

"He has to 攻撃する,衝突する a bit of high 速度(を上げる), change of direction, things like that. We have to make sure we do the 権利 thing by him."

Fourth-placed Adelaide made up for their 4-1 loss to Macarthur FC with a 2-1 勝利,勝つ over Central Coast last week.

The Reds 確認するd on Saturday Socceroo Craig Goodwin would take over as captain for the 残りの人,物 of the season に引き続いて Stefan Mauk's 出発 to Japan.

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