Patrick Kisnorbo

And then I think, uh, yeah, to, to get one over those guys, um, at Allianz, at, at our home pitch will, will be massive for us and massive for our confidence to, to go forward and push on in the season.

Jordan, you guys finished last season stru- so strongly under Coach Patrick Kisnorbo.

You made a grand final against Auckland FC, went down one-nil.

Uh, it was a bit like the Knights' run to the NRL grand final.

Once that final whistle went and you, you, you fall just short of it, I think you're now in the stage where you're just, where you're working and, and however much it's hurting in pre-season, it's never gonna hurt as bad as it was to, to fall just short of that, uh, grand final, yeah.

So one of the big ch- one of the big shifts, 'cause we had, um, your head coach, uh, Patrick Kisnorbo, um, uh, I think he was two games in, Fletch.

Remember when we interviewed him, and they kept a couple of clean sheets, and then they went on a bit of a run all the way to the final.

He must've been a huge addition, obviously, because, as you said, the middle part of the season you probably didn't think you were gonna be playing in the grand final, and then he comes on as coach, and then you go all the way and just fall short.

Of course, having said that, if the team is right down the bottom and starting to struggle, which is not yet the case, but we know that Troyes have had a bit of a yo-yo history of recent years.

And there was the Patrick Kisnorbo episode as well, which didn't really paint Australians in the greatest glory in the French top flight, unfortunately for PK.

And hopefully Patrick Beach does a little bit for sort of putting the gloss back on that reputation.

I think it's been a mixed bag so far, but he's learning and the club will stick with him.

You know, if you're a player sitting on the bench thinking you're not going to get a game or if you're an assistant coach or a second assistant, look at victory this year.

You know, it's who is to know at the start of the season that Patrick Kisnorbo is going to move on after such a short time.

When Ange Postacoglu did the same thing, you know, we're into our second season and opportunity came knocking for Ange.

So you have to support that.

I did find in the semifinal against Sydney FC, you know, Gio's there.

He's up against Kisnorbo Reasonably complete sides for, for both teams and a, and a really good sort of hit out going into the league season.

And I was pretty impressed with, with the result and the way we played considering the circumstances.

Uh, if you'll allow me to just talk about that game just for a little bit.