 in the week after almost the whole squad and Mauro had left the first team and Vesko Zmukic was tasked with the job to pick up the pieces with the few players who stayed he also brought in an array of players who he thought would be able to make an impact on what was going to be a long season.Heavy defeats to Ashfield and more critically, rivals Western Knights, set the tone for the season ahead and they were without a win until almost halfway through the season until they faced fellow strugglers, shamrock rovers.the 2–0 win galvanised the squad and when they faced Gosnells 2 weeks later they lifted themselves out of the relegation playoff spot.