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THE Wanderers need to move on from their disappointing midweek AFC Champions League defeat when they host the Newcastle Jets at Pirtek Stadium.
The western Sydney club was comprehensively beaten 3-1 at home by Korean side Ulsan Hyundai on Wednesday night, but their debut in the premier club competition was marred by the behaviour of its hard-core fan base.
Several flares were discharged by a section of the Red and Black Bloc during the first half and, under Asian Football Confederation rules, the club is liable to pay a fine of US$5,000 per flare.
As a result, Wanderers officials have banned the fans involved from bringing in musical instruments, banners and fence posters to games pending an investigation by police and Football Federation Australia into the anti-social behaviour.
Wanderers defender Nikolai Topor-Stanley insists the team isn't focusing on any negatives from the game and is looking forward to putting in an improved performance in front of their loyal fans.
"It's another opportunity to play in front of our fans, who have been amazing since the club's inception and it's always great to play in front of them," he said.
"We try not to focus on too many negatives and let confidence be a player in our games. We try, win, lose or draw, to learn the best we can from the previous game and move on and just try get better every week.
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"The quick turnaround gives us an opportunity to right a few wrongs quicker than normal. It obviously wasn't the best result or performance from us midweek, but we'll be looking to move forward and bounce back from that as quickly as possible."
It's the Wanderers third game in eight days and coach Tony Popovic is likely to make changes for the encounter. But, knowing he would have his club's participation in the Asian Champions League to negotiate, Popovic has been rotating his squad for much of the season.
"That's what the manager has been doing all year and he was coming in for some criticism beforehand for doing it, but he knows what he's doing," Topor-Stanley said.
The Wanderers defender says the club has spent the majority of the week focusing on recovery rather than training and are excited to be approaching the business end of the season.
"We knew what was in store and it's only the beginning," he said.
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"We're well prepared mentally and physically, so it's an exciting challenge for players and fans.
"It's about getting the body right and in the right mind-frame to back up for a game. The coaching staff know what they're doing, they've put us through the motions and the guys that haven't played have probably done a bit more, but that's normal."
The Wanderers enjoy an impressive record against the Jets, with just one defeat from their five previous meetings. And while the western Sydney side head into the game with just one defeat in their last five games, Newcastle have managed only one win from their last nine A-League matches.
But Topor-Stanley insists records and statistics mean nothing.
"I've said it before, we don't believe in them, especially as a club with such a short history," he said.
"But even then, records are meant to be broken, so you're only one win or one loss away from changing the history books. I don't really take much solace from them.
"On their day Newcastle are a good team and they're a handful for anyone. They've probably been a bit inconsistent by their own admission, but we're at home so we'll be looking to take the game to them and impose our will on the game."
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