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I do not have the answer to how Sydney FC fix their problems, but then again it isn’t my job to know the answers.
The issue with Sydney FC is the people that should know the answers just have no idea. CEO Tony Pignata has no clue, chairman Scott Barlow has no clue, manager Frank Farina has no clue.
Sydney FC have been the proverbial yo-yo since day one and no matter how many Dwight Yorkes or Alessandro Del Pieros they buy it will still come back to the same old problem.
It isn’t that Farina does not have a style of football – it is bigger than that.
Sydney FC do not have a style of football. They are not a team known for a style of play.
Sometimes they are a possession-based team; sometimes the focus is on counter attacking. And sometimes they may as well reenact Will Ferrell’s comedy movie, Kicking & Screaming, where their only route to success is kick it to the Italian and hope for the best.
Sydney FC can be great – their 5-0 win over Melbourne Victory was emphatic to say the least – but that is backed up by a 2 – 1 defeat to 10-man cellar dwellers Melbourne Heart and a crushing defeat to Adelaide United on Saturday night.
If you were a Sydney FC supporter I can only see two options: you laugh or you cry.
Laugh, because you know that your club is rich and every few seasons you will bring in a former European sensation and with a bit of luck win a toilet seat. Or cry, because you know with the players that the club has they should be on top of the table by a length.
Farina himself is an enigma. He could be a good coach but no one is really sure.
If he gets the boot from Sydney FC, as the Twittersphere has been suggesting, then I don’t see him getting another gig on Aussie shores.
He has in part been in the process of digging his own grave at Sydney FC.
His recent signing of Milos Dimitrijevic was a waste when you have the likes of Matt Thompson on the bench and Terry Antonis in your youth squad – the same Antonis that was on the cusp of a transfer to Serie A middleweights, Parma, in the winter.
Meanwhile, youngster Dylan Caton may be alright but he shouldn’t be starting ahead of Nicky Carle – Sydney FC’s best player besides a 39-year-old, World Cup winning Italian.
Sydney FC are a frustrating team to watch and it is safe to say that if the Sky Blues do not win the grand final this year then Alessandro Del Piero will be out of there – which could be a blessing in disguise.
Twitter: @dylaneloi
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