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WESTERN Sydney Wanderers return on Friday <span channel="!Print">night </span>to where their remarkable journey truly began - Suncorp Stadium.
Cast your minds back a little more than a year ago when the Wanderers visited the famous Milton venue for the first time.
Awaiting them were the then-champions Brisbane Roar, who despite the departure of master mentor Ange Postecoglou, were at that stage still considered favourites to win a third-straight title.
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In contrast, the Wanderers had a ragtag look about them.
Hastily assembled by Football Federation Australia following the decision to punt Gold Coast United, the Wanderers came to Brisbane not only winless and goal-less after three games.
The last thing FFA need was for another expansion team to flop. But something special happened that night in Brisbane.
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The Roar were odds-on favourites, while the Wanderers were a double-figure shot.
There is no doubt Brisbane underestimated their opponents, but that was irrelevant at the end of the 90 minutes.
Not only had Western Sydney scored their first goal, they won their first match, against the champions no less.
The Wanderers haven't looked back since.
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Despite losing last season's grand final, the Tony Popovic-coached side was truly the champions in the eyes of most of the football fraternity because they finished on top of the ladder.
And they have well and truly put to bed any second-year blues theories.
Going into Friday's top-of-the-table clash against the Roar, they are the competition's only unbeaten team and have added new dimensions to their style of play.
Following the departures of Ange Postecoglou and Graham Arnold from the A-League coaching ranks, there is no doubting that Popovic is the best club coach in Australia.
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How the Roar respond this week will be intriguing.
The Wanderers beat them four times from as many matches last season, but this seems a different and more motivated Brisbane team, despite their loss to Newcastle Jets yesterday.
We are only six rounds into the season but don't be surprised if Friday's clash is a grand final dress rehearsal.
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