gettyimages-1056634134.jpg Phoenix coach Mark Rudan watches his team in action against the Western Sydney Wanderers at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Photo: GettyMark Rudan says the coming week will tell him plenty about his Phoenix players after their early-season A-League bubble was burst by Western Sydney. It was one-way traffic at a drenched Westpac Stadium on Saturday in a 3-0 win to the visitors, quelling the positive vibes that have surrounded new coach Rudan at the Wellington club. How they respond ahead of Friday's trip to Melbourne City will give the rookie A-League coach a good gauge of his team's prospects. "It's a one-off performance as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't derail anything," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 03, 2018 20:03 UTC