Glory Women must find desire I NEVER find it easy having to sit on the sidelines and watch. I always feel that I am letting my teammates down and cannot shake the sense of helplessness given the fact that there is nothing I can do to influence or alter the course of the match. However, it is made even harder when my teammates decide that they don't really want to play! What I mean by that is, instead of taking some responsibility for their own performance, they sit back and expect other people to do their work for them. Football requires all 11 people on the pitch and those waiting to come on to get stuck in, have pride in the shirt they are wearing and do their job. On the weekend in our 3-1 loss to Melbourne, there were too many Perth players that simply decided not to turn up, and to have the coach question your desire at half time should be an indication that attitudes need to change and performances need to improve. I think some of the players need to appreciate just how much it means to be wearing a Perth Glory Women's shirt. There are over 6,100 registered female footballers in Perth and only 19 are fortunate enough to be a Glory player and with that comes responsibility - a responsibility to your team, to the Westfield W-League and to women's football in Australia. Most of all there is self-responsibility; each and every player needs to be doing everything within their power to make sure they are prepared, focused and willing to give their all for 90 minutes. The harsh reality of this league is that you don't have time to find form. Three losses and that is it, no finals football. So the girls really have no option this week - they need to decide just how badly they want to be involved come the end of the year. Do they want to be sitting and reflecting on what could have been, or change their focus and turn things around? I know given the group that we have, they are more than capable of beating any team, and they are a great bunch of girls who love paying the game and more importantly representing Western Australia. The international girls are a great example of just what is required to be successful; they have come from all over just to play football. They are dedicated, passionate, hard-working and most importantly have a desire to win. I just hope that our local girls can bring that same outlook into this Saturday's clash against Adelaide United and turn things around so that come February, the Perth Glory Women are playing for the W-League title! See you all on Saturday at Percy Doyle Reserve in Duncraig for our 5pm kick-off.