Wanderers climb to second spot on A-League ladder Western Sydney Wanderers striker Mark Bridge reacts after a near miss against Newcastle at Campbelltown Sports Stadium Source: Getty Images WESTERN Sydney's dream debut A-League season continued as they climbed to second spot with a 2-1 win over Newcastle at Campbelltown Stadium. A change away from their regular home base at Parramatta did little to halt Western Sydney's momentum tonight, though they were made to work hard by the Jets. Popovic was delighted with how his side continued to be positive, despite the Jets controlling stages of the game. "It was a crucial three points and I thought it was a very good performance," Popovic said. You've got to give credit to the opposition ... you come away to a place like this and you've got that kind of noise - you lift and they lifted today, Newcastle. I'm still very pleased with the performance and we continue our great run. The coach did not want to get ahead of himself and said a crucial run of fixtures against the Victory, Perth and the Mariners in the next three weeks would decide their premiership hopes. "We've won five in a row and we're second on merit," Popovic said. Twenty games in, obviously we deserve to be there but there's some big games coming up now and it can change quite quickly. Jets coach Gary van Egmond felt his side's mixed performance was reflective of their season. "I'm not going to say it was fantastic, but it was OK," he said. I thought overall we were more in control of the game but lacking the killer punch in the front third. WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 2 (Youssouf Hersi 45+1m, Mark Bridge 84m) NEWCASTLE JETS 1 (Ruben Zadkovich 90+1m) at Campbelltown Stadium.