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Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay says there’s loads of gas left in his tank for a fourth shot at an A-League Men title subsequent season after bowing out within the first spherical of the playoffs for the second time in three years.

The Phoenix introduced an finish to one other difficult season based mostly primarily in Australia after they fell to a 1-0 defeat to the higher-ranked Western United within the A-League Men elimination closing at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Saturday.

The Phoenix exceeded expectations to end sixth and qualify for the finals collection given all of the obstacles they’ve had to overcome in 2021-22.

But there was nonetheless a way of disappointment that they have been unable to rise to the event in opposition to a workforce they’ve had loads of success in opposition to.

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The loss adopted a well-recognized theme with the Phoenix unable to overturn an early deficit after going behind after simply 10 minutes.

They got here shut to equalising within the 71st minute however Jamie Young pulled off a save of the season contender to deny substitute James McGarry.

The Phoenix have now failed to get previous the primary spherical of the playoffs of their final 4 makes an attempt.

“Right now I’m disappointed but I love this game,” Talay stated.

“This game has given a lot to me as a player and this club has given me the opportunity to become a head coach and I’m thoroughly enjoying the challenge and I still have plenty of fuel left in that tank.”

“I’m disappointed at the end that we don’t continue but I’m very proud of the group.“They showed a lot of resilience and perseverance to get to where we got to this season.”

Talay stated his ardour for teaching had not wavered regardless of the entire challenges which were thrown his method, and he was trying ahead to a return to normality in 2022-23 after taking part in simply 4 video games on residence soil within the final two years.

“We had that feeling towards the back end of last season as well, that we were going to go home and play this season there.

“So, hopefully, things don’t change too quickly with Covid. [But] I can’t see that happening.

“It’s nice to know we’ll be playing home and away. It will be nice to be able to train in Wellington, sleep in our own beds, get ready for a game at home.”

A good chunk of the squad is locked in for next season with 15 players contracted for 2022-23 already, giving Talay strong foundations to build on.

Veteran striker Gary Hooper is the only player the Phoenix have confirmed will be leaving while McGarry and Jaushua Sotirio have been strongly linked with a move to Newcastle Jets and standout goalkeeper Oli Sail and midfielder Reno Piscopo have both attracted interest from clubs in Europe.

Talay said a striker would be top of his shopping list in the off-season as he felt the Phoenix lacked a prolific goalscorer to really challenge for the title.

Hooper was supposed to be that player but his season was hampered by numerous injury setbacks and the Phoenix never saw him at his best.

They will also need to strengthen in the middle of the park with captain Alex Rufer set to miss most of next season with a long-term knee injury.

“We’ve got 14, 15 players signed at the moment and we’ll continue to build.

“To get to the next level for us, it’s consistency with the players. We probably lacked a goal-scorer this season.

“We shared the goals around with a few players but we lacked a real clinical player up front and that’s something we’re looking for.”

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