Sunbury United is hoping to make Langama Park a winning playground in the back half of the FV state league 3 north-west season.
Sunbury’s home ground had been an unhappy hunting ground in the first half of the season with just one win at home.
That inconsistency has seen some mixed results for Sunbury after having played everyone once.
Sunbury was sitting fourth at the bye weekend.
Coach Jason Hayne said consistency had been their biggest issue early in the season.
“It has been good,” he said. “The first half of the season is done and dusted and we’re in fourth.
“We’ve won every game on the road, but we have struggled at home and we have to become better on the bigger pitch.
“That is what we are trying to do. Put all the pieces together and get the exact same game style at home and have that consistency.”
Hayne said they were playing really well one week and then not so much the next when they’ve had a bit of a drop off.
“I’m not sure if it’s a mental game,” he said. “It’s something we have to be better at.”
Hayne said they had shown some signs of improvement after some big losses earlier in the season.
They had been conceding three, sometimes four goals in games.
“We had been in the negative [goal difference] pretty much from the start,” he said. “We’ve become more consistent.
“We’ve been scoring more consistently and our defence has been a lot better as a team structure and defensive unit.
“Our backline has been playing well and our midfield has been more defensively sound.
“The second half of the first round of matches has been a lot better.”
Hayne said they had added a new signing into the midfield which they were hoping was going to help as well.
Hayne said the bye came at a good time for his side.
Sunbury enters the second round of matches against teams, six points off second place.
Hayne said the focus for them is to continue to stick to their standards.
“We want to play our game style and everything we stand for at Sunbury,” he said.
“We have our eye on the prize and week by week we have to be more consistent across the board.
“We have not played against a team that has outplayed us and I’m worried about going into the second half.”
Sunbury has a big clash on Saturday against Laverton in round 12.
