Neill can be the difference: Sydney FC Sydney FC have conceded more goals than any other A-League club but the Sky Blues remain confident late-season recruit Lucas Neill can shore up their leaky defence and propel them into the finals. Despite a lacklustre 3-1 defeat to Melbourne Heart last weekend, coach Frank Farina and goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic both say they have seen enough of Neill at training and on the park to suggest the Socceroos captain is the man to finally plug the holes at the back. "Neill has been a rock there for every team he has played for so with a few more games under his belt he will do the same for us, no doubt about it," Janjetovic said. Now we have Neill there things will start to get better. He has had just the one game and he needs a bit of his own time to get his way back into things but he will be fine. Farina said he had been impressed with Neill's efforts so far. "His fitness is not an issue, as we saw," Farina said. I was not disappointed with his game last week. He will get better as each game goes on. Defence has been a problem for us all year - we all know that. Again no excuses, but we haven't had real stability in the defence all season. If we don't have that, that (the loss to Heart) can happen. We copped three last week and that is an area we have obviously been working on. With five rounds to go Sydney are caught in the logjam of teams fighting it out for the final two playoff spots. The loss to Heart dislodged them from the top six and they now sit seventh, behind the sixth-placed Heart on goal difference. The Sky Blues have conceded 44 goals over 22 games, one more than last-placed Wellington, who have played one more game. They have a goal difference of minus nine. Only the Phoenix have a worse record with a goal difference of minus 18. Sydney travel to Perth to meet the Glory on Saturday night. "We got a good result there last time and are expecting another tough game there," Farina said. They are still pushing for the six as we are. If we pick up points in every game we have a chance. If we win every game we obviously make it. Sydney defeated Perth 2-1 in their round five match-up at ANZ Stadium and the sides drew 2-2 in their round 15 clash in Perth in which the visitors twice came from behind to salvage a draw.