Tara Murray
Melbourne Knights have started to find their feet in the National Premier League this season.
After taking four rounds to get their first win, the Knights have won five of their last six matches to move into the top half of the competition.
Coach Ben Cahn said things had started to fall into place the last few weeks.
“We’ve gone on a run and we’re looking good,” he said.
“It was going to take some time to come together the first couple of rounds with a new side, and a tough start in terms of opposition.
“The boys have been relentless in believing in what we have done.”
Cahn said while they were pleased with how they were playing there were still a lot of things that they needed to improve on.
He said they wanted to be more difficult to play against.
“We’re heading in the right direction,” he said. “We want to be more consistent in games.
“We’ve had the second most chances and the second most shots on goal that are on target in the league.
“We now need to be a bit more resilient on the other end.”
Cahn said while they had reduced the number of lapses they had in games, they still had small lapses which proved costly at times,
He said they were getting better game by game.
Cahn said the focus at this time of the season was each week at a time. They are set to face Green Gully on Monday night.
“We prepare well with a full focus on whoever we play next,” he said.
“Green Gully is two points behind us, we jumped them on the weekend in the league table.
“It’s a team I’ve watched a lot of this year. They play really good football and we’re confident we can get the win and put on a good show.”
As well as focusing on continuing its good run in the NPL, the Knights are still alive in the Australia Cup competition.
They will face Box Hill United in round five on May 9.
“It’s a priority for us, we take the cup seriously,” he said.
“The players and coaches are taking it seriously. The club wants to play in big games.
“We had a good result in round four. We go to Box Hill in round five and hopefully we’ll get a good result.
“The goal is to target the national stage.”
