Strengths – Best coached team and very well organized. Recruited well with Carle, Jamieson and Reddy and the team is fully fit after playing some great opposition.

Weaknesses – Defence not as strong without Colosimo and have lost a lot of experienced players.

Best Player – Carle
Rising Star – Antonis
Prediction – Top 2

Nick Carle

Strengths – Dutch coach with a good reputation and have recruited well, hand picking players to his philosophy.

Weaknesses – First year club so there will be glitches and they have an unknown supporter base.

Best Player – Skoko
Rising Star – Ibrahim
Prediction – Top 2

Josip Skoko

Strengths – Seasoned campaigners, very experienced team and always around the mark. Celeski returning to pull the strings in the middle of the park.

Weaknesses –No big recruits, Thompson out for half a year and no standout replacement for Muscat if he doesn’t play and will struggle without him.

Best Player – Hernandez
Rising Star – Dugandzic
Prediction – Third

Carlos Hernandez

Strengths – Will be on a high and the city will still have World Cup fever, always hard to beat at home.

Weaknesses –Expectations to do well so they will be the hunted now.

Best Player – Ifill
Rising Star – Pavlovic
Prediction – Fourth

Paul Ifill

Strengths – One Robbie Fowler and Coyne, Burns, Sterjovski  having  concentrated on the Glory and not worrying about World Cup selection. On paper one of the strongest squads.

Weaknesses –The question whether David Mitchell has the coaching style to make this team play to its full capacity.

Best Player – Fowler
Rising Star – Jukic
Prediction – Fifth

Robbie Fowler

Strengths – Have kept most of last year’s squad and added some quality recruits to strengthen the team.

Weaknesses –Went under the radar last year and this year are expected to perform. Have not had a major goalscorer since Joel Griffiths and have lost Angelo Costanzo(Ha Ha).

Best Player – Bridges
Rising Star – Jesic
Prediction – Will fight it out for sixth with Adelaide United and Gold Coast.

Michael Bridges

Strengths – New coach who wants to play attractive attacking football unlike previous years and the best goal keeper in the land in Galekovic who is not heading overseas at this stage.

Weaknesses – Coolen only having been in charge for a limited time and a lot of injuries, especially to captain Travis Dodd.

Best Player – Flores
Rising Star – Leckie
Prediction – Will fight it out for sixth with Newcastle and Gold Coast.

Marcos Flores

Strengths – Miron Blieberg very positive and entertaining off the field and this rubs off on his players on the field.

Weaknesses – No Smeltz or a lot of big names, trying to keep the puzzle together unlike last year and no crowd support.

Best Player – Culina
Rising Star – Mebrahtu
Prediction – Will fight it out for sixth with Newcastle and Adelaide.

Jason Culina

Strengths – Change of coach and philosophy will refresh the whole club and the Daniel McBreen signing after a great season last year.

Weaknesses – See how the squad reacts to Arnolds changes and if he has had enough time with the team having only taken over after the World Cup.

Best Player – McBreen
Rising Star – Bozanic
Prediction – Ninth

Matt Simon

Strengths – Their midfield with Murdocca and McKay are the hardest working tandem in the A League and if fit will control the game.

Weaknesses – Too many changes to the squad in the 6 months Ang has been there and too inexperienced.

Best Player – Broich
Rising Star – Barborouses
Prediction – Tenth

Thomas Broich

Strengths – New Czech coach Franz Staka will add structure and most games in the heat and humidity up north will see most away teams struggle.

Weaknesses – Not a great list and no Fowler will see this team struggle again.

Best Player – Williams
Rising Star – Malik
Prediction – Eleventh

David Williams