It’s the same old routine from Perth Glory coach Kenny Lowe but so long as his side lead the A-League, he’s happy.
A draw with a rejuvenated Melbourne City left Lowe a happy manager, despite dropping points for just the third time this season.
The chipper Englishman is still dining out on his underdog card, and plans to do so all season long.
“We’re just plodding along,” he said.
“We’ll just plod on to the 27th (game), we’ll just see how we go.”
Thankfully for those sick of the “poor us” act while looking down on the league, judgment day could be at hand.
Glory travel to Geelong to play fellow high-flyers Melbourne Victory on Friday.
Another win on the road would surely confirm Glory as the real deal – if they weren’t already.
Amidst allegations of past squad payment irregularities, Lowe is also moving on improving his squad in January.
“You ask any coach, they’ll want another five players and I’m no different,” he said.
“We’ve got a remit to go out and improve the squad.
“Youssouf (Hersi) – it’s well documented is out for a year.
“We’ll be active if we can.”
He puts Glory’s vastly improved away form down to a state of mind.
“People have got a choice, you can walk into work in the morning and be happy or unhappy. You can actually decide that,” he said.
“Our players have made a conscious choice to be harder to beat away from home and score more goals.
“So that’s what we’re doing and hopefully long may it continue.”
Lowe bit back at the suggestion an ordinary first half with no Glory shots on target suggested they were scrappy leaders.
“We’re not here to entertain you, we’re here to get results,” he said bluntly.
“We’ve come to a very difficult place, (City) beat the best team in the league last week.”
“If you listen to everybody we’re never fluid.
“You chat to people over east, we’re never fluid, we just win games.
“It’s the way we go about our business.
Opposing coach John van ‘t Schip is a pragmatic man – and knows beautiful football isn’t everything.
“They say you can win a league by playing sometimes a poor game and getting a result,” he said.
“I’m not saying that they played a poor game … but Perth is a team that can easily, even if they’re not really in the game, can hurt you.”
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