Tony Popovic keeping Tomi Juric grounded after striker's brilliant start to the season Wanderer's striker Tomi Juric celebrates scoring against the Mariners. WITH all the hype surrounding Western Sydney's Tomi Juric, Wanderer's coach Tony Popovic is intent on keeping the young striker in check. The 22-year-old returned from five weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury to score a sensational individual goal against Central Coast. But Popovic won't let Juric get ahead of himself, challenging him to maintain his standards. "It's great to have him back and the boy showed he's a talent," Popovic said on Friday. He scored a very good goal and it's our job to make sure he keeps his feet on the ground and keeps working at his game. He's got a standard he has to keep, as all the players do, and we need to make sure those standards are kept daily. If they are, we just keep improving. Juric has scored four goals in six starts, but Popovic won't single him - or anyone - out as a crucial part of the Wanderers' title ambitions. "I think the whole squad is important for that," he said. As a squad we've shown so far that anyone who's played has done a very good job and that will have to be maintained for us to have a chance. After consecutive wins against the Jets and Mariners, Popovic is looking to make it three against Melbourne Victory tonight. He admits it's a challenge playing three games in just eight days, but it's one they will have to get used to with the Asian Champions League coming up in the new year. "At the end of February we'll be doing that regularly and this is a good test to see how we manage the players and how we manage the recovery between games," he said. We want to keep the momentum going. We've had two consecutive wins and we want to make it three, so we'll go there and give it our best and try put on a very good performance. If we do that then we've got a good chance. Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic insists Shinji Ono isn't going anywhere. There will be a big crowd, Melbourne Victory are a very good side and we're looking forward to the challenge. With Mark Bridge and Aaron Mooy back in training after missing the game against Central Coast, Popovic has a full squad to pick from. But he refused to discuss the ongoing speculation surrounding Japanese marquee man Shinji Ono, who has been linked with a move away from the club in the January transfer window. Ono is being hunted by Japanese club Consadole Sapporo and has indicated he would be open to offers from other A-League clubs. Wanderers coach Tony Popovic is keeping young striker Tomi Juric grounded. Popovic maintains he's had no reason discuss the situation with Ono. "It's a rumour - wherever it's coming from I don't know," Popovic said. He's not going in January. I haven't needed to speak to Shinji about it because we're clear on where we're heading and Shinji's fine, he's very happy. You saw how he played on the weekend. He's in a very good place and there's nothing for us to worry about.