This week in Australian Football Weekly…

Desperate to bust out of the mid-season mayhem, Australian Football Weekly takes a deep breath

Desperate to bust out of the mid-season mayhem, Australian Football Weekly takes a deep breath before throwing itself studs-up into week 14 of the Hyundai A-League.

Miron Bleiberg wouldn-t talk to us after his team-s victory against Melbourne Victory for fear of being seen as boasting, but assistant coach/deputy Mike Mulvey says all of Gold Coast United-s hard work is paying off.

Simon Elliott has returned from more than a decade playing overseas to lend Wellington Phoenix his wealth of experience as they battle to get their season back on track.

It-s not been an easy return to Australian football for Ruben Zadkovich but the Newcastle Jets midfielder says things are about to get better. Matt Thompson admits Melbourne Heart took some time to get to know each other but they-re improving every week and ready to make their mark on the A-League.

How can we bring back the Glory? It-s been a nightmare run for Perth recently, so AFW talks to three experts to find out how Perth Glory can get back to their best.

And it-s been a frustrating time for Ernie Merrick but the Melbourne Victory boss isn-t making any excuses; he wants three points from every game, no matter what. Plus we talk to Westfield W-League star Vicki Balomenos about her push to get Adelaide United firing.

And we discover the Premier League-s break-out players, former Victory goalie Mitch Langerak tells us about life with Borussia Dortmund, and we-ve got all the big news from the big leagues around this big round world!

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