New Adelaide United signing Dylan Pierias believes the Reds are well-equipped to challenge for major honours this season.
After having the bye in Round 1 Adelaide will finally kick-start their Isuzu UTE A-League campaign on Saturday at Coopers Stadium when they face reigning champions Central Coast Mariners.
Pierias was one of five new faces brought into the squad this year alongside former Melbourne Victory attacker Ben Folami, ex-Newcastle Jets striker Archie Goodwin, former Adelaide defender Jordan Elsey (Free Agent) and highly regarded Dutch defender Bart Vriends.
Predominantly an out-and-out winger during his time in Western Sydney, Pierias looks set to play a different role under head coach Carl Veart this season.
“I’m a pretty versatile player, I can play a lot of positions. I started off as a winger here but now there was a position open as a fullback, more of an attacking wing back role.
“Carl (Veart) has trusted me to put me there and I think I’ve done well. Wherever Carl wants to play me throughout the season I’m just happy to play to be honest.
He continued: “Whether it’s a fullback, wingback, wing – wherever he wants, so we’ll see what happens during the season.”
Whilst it was no doubt frustrating for Pierias and his teammates to have to watch on from the sidelines as round one of the Isuzu UTE A-League kicked off last weekend, the 24-year-old admits he used the time off to take in as many games as he could.
He added: “I feel like there’s a bit of a buzz about the A-League this year that I haven’t seen in quite a long time. It was good to see Auckland FC and their fans and also the other games there were really good crowds so I was happy to see that.”
