Glory confident ahead of Mariners clash It might be top against bottom in the A-League on Saturday night, but Perth Glory are confident some fresh ideas and a new coach will help them take it right up to Central Coast at nib Stadium. The Glory have not won a game since beating Brisbane on December 21, owner Tony Sage finally losing patience and sacking coach Ian Ferguson on Monday and replacing him with Alistair Edwards. It will be a baptism of fire against a Mariners line-up that is four points clear atop the A-League, the Glory having not scored a goal since a 3-2 loss to Adelaide on January 11. Veteran Glory midfielder Travis Dodd admits it has been tough for Edwards to make much of an impact with just three training runs to prepare to for the clash with the league-leaders. I think it's been more than a rough couple of weeks. The results haven't been great for five, six, seven weeks and it got to a stage where the owner wanted to make a change and ever since Alistair Edwards' first session it has been great to have him on board," Dodd said. It is very difficult for the coach to come in at this stage of the season and try to impress upon us his football philosophy. But things have changed a little bit already with our shape and formation. It will take time to adjust, but hopefully we can make an impression this weekend. Edwards was part of the Glory's successful National Soccer League era when he played 93 games between 1998-2002, and he desperately wants to bring that excitement and success back to the club. "The Mariners are an extremely well-drilled outfit, but for me right now it has been about planting a few seeds," Dodd said. "We have five phases to get through before the weekend and usually this is done over the whole pre-season and I've had three sessions to try and get it in," Edwards said. Basically we will have a playing system based on us controlling the play. We want to make sure we are dictating what happens on the field. The team tasks we have are non-negotiable, but the individual tasks within that is where we will see the likes of Liam Miller and Shane Smeltz excel. Mariners captain John Hutchinson signed a new two-year contract during the week and despite Central Coast's cushion atop the ladder, he knows they can't take the struggling Glory lightly. It's going to be a tough game after they got rid of Fergie. We know they will be firing for their new coach and everyone is going to be playing for positions and contracts," Hutchinson said. We need to be on our game and if we play the way I know we should play, we should get the three points.