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After round seven, people were calling for Josep Gombau to be sacked.
Today his team sits third on the ladder and is a serious dark horse in the race for the ninth A-League championship.
Following a surge of good results, majority of Adelaide United fans are now starting to hail Josep Gombau as a genius tactician, a lot of these people the same fans who wanted him gone after it became evident to those who understand football realised that the blue print he had in store for United was not going to be created overnight.
His claim that Australians ‘do not understand football, only results’ was met with harsh criticism weeks ago that he was only concerned about his own job security rather than the state of the team.
Recent performances have seen Adelaide play some of the most devastating football seen in the competition this season and arguably over the short history of the competition.
One touch tika-taka football is now being successfully played and the depth of talent in the squad are now starting to gel. Players such as Fabio Ferreira and Marcelo Carrusca are now looking like one of the most dangerous attacking partnerships in the competition.
Adelaide’s playing style and current form now means they can go blow for blow with teams such as table-topping Brisbane as seen when they grabbed a last-gasp win over them a few weeks ago at Suncorp Stadium and has leapfrogged them into serious championship contention.
Gombau’s claim mentioned earlier about Australians only understanding results is incredibly true.
Himself being an example of it.
We witnessed Brisbane fans wanting Mike Mulvey sacked just a few games into his stint as Roar coach and how silly these fans look now with Roar setting the benchmark for the competition this season and showing glimpses of their championship-winning form from previous years.
Already fans have jumped on new Victory manager Kevin Muscat after a string of inconsistent results.
Despite sitting just four points off second place, comments of ‘Muscat out’ still litter social media when Victory do not get three points.
The same fans who wanted Muscat out after consecutive 5-0 drubbings in recent weeks were the same ones kissing his feet after a drought-breaking away win over the Mariners last weekend.
The Victory and United are both legitimate threats for the title yet they are only ever one loss away from the arm-chair know it alls being being on their backs yet again.
Patience is a skill that more A-League fans need to learn, believe it or not, you are not going to win every single week in a league that is evened with a salary cap.
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