A wealth of talent puts pressure on Farina to get team's balance right Set to face the Heart ... Lucas Neill. SYDNEY FC now have Lucas Neill in their ranks but difficult questions lie ahead for Frank Farina as he wrestles with the embarrassment of riches at his disposal. For this weekend's match against Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park the Sky Blues will have three of the A-League's biggest names, Neill, Joel Griffiths and Brett Emerton, vying to claim a place in a team that has won their past two matches. Griffiths has missed the past three matches through suspension after being outed for abusing a match official while Emerton was ineligible for Saturday's win over Adelaide United after picking up five yellow cards. Also on the sidelines was the rapidly improving Ali Abbas, who missed the game after accumulating too many yellow cards. However, with the team in impressive form, and several younger players beginning to bloom with more game time, it will be a tricky balance for Farina to work out. He has, however, confirmed that Neill will be coming straight in to the starting side against the Heart and is expected to hold his place for the rest of the season. "I wouldn't sign the Socceroos captain if he wasn't going to play," Farina said. We haven't got him here for his looks. He's here to play and to give this team something. Farina said Neill's biggest strength was that he could instantly cope with the exceptional pressure of playing for Sydney. Sydney is one of the biggest, if not the biggest club in this country. Our board, our chairman, our owner and fans expect and demand to win at the beginning of the year of every season," he said. We didn't start that well this year. Other clubs want to win but they don't expect and demand as this club does. It's a huge expectation and we need players who understand that and can play under that pressure. If Neill comes into the side at centre-half, that means Sebastian Ryall or Adam Griffiths will have to make way. Ryall could be shifted to right-back, but that's the preferred position of Rhyan Grant, one of Sydney's most consistent performers this season. A more likely solution is that Adam Griffiths, an accomplished defensive midfielder - a role he occupied during his stand-out period with the Newcastle Jets in the early years of the A-League - could be pushed into such a role. That in turn causes another squeeze, with both captain Terry McFlynn and Peter Triantis showing in recent weeks they have what it takes to fill the position. Triantis has been a surprise developer this season and McFlynn, with his playing career on the ropes, has become an increasingly robust and tenacious contributor, the qualities that should be enough to earn him a new contract. Emerton won't have it all his own way, either, with young Terry Antonis putting in a fine shift against the Reds at right midfield. Joel Griffiths, with two goals in his first two matches, will be slotted immediately back into the primary striker's role.