For a club that prided itself on being the A-Leagues benchmark, there was no escaping that the 2021-22 A-League Men campaign represented a calamitous fall from grace for Sydney FC. Winners of almost half the trophies on offer in the preceding five years, the Harboursiders crashed to eighth to miss finals for the first time since 2016 last season and leaving the club at a crossroads.

Set to lead the club in their efforts to return to the A-Liga's summit after he shook off speculation surrounding his own job and signed a new contract, Sydney boss Steve Corica sat down with Joey Lynch to discuss how he was planning on changing his side's approach this season, what had guided his recruitment during the offseason and what went down with Sydney FC legend, and now Western Sydney Wanderer, Milos Ninkovic.

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