Despite defeat season not lost, says optimistic Heart coach John Aloisi Goals to Dario Vidosic and Iain Ramsay help Adelaide United put a massive dent in Melbourne Heart's finals hopes. Heart coach John Aloisi gestures to his players during last night's 2-0 defeat to Adelaide United. MELBOURNE Heart hasn't given up hope of making the top six, coach John Aloisi declared in the wake of a 2-0 home loss to Adelaide United. The loss leaves Heart languishing in second last and three points adrift of Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets, which occupy fifth and sixth. Heart produced one of its worst performances of the season, showing little desperation in the second half as it was chasing the game with its season on the line. But Aloisi said Heart would fight in its final three games, while also defending his decision to drop Patrick Gerhardt and Jonatan Germano whom he claimed were both fatigued. "We won't give up, we're still close and we've still got a chance of making the six and we just have to believe that we can pick up points," Aloisi said. Patrick pulled up very sore from the trip from Dunedin, he could hardly walk off the plane. He ended up training towards the end of the week but I thought I needed someone fresher in there and Davey (Vrankovic) played really well against Sydney FC. Germano had a pretty torrid pre-season and he started to dip with his energy last week and I thought I needed to freshen it up a bit. If things go well everyone will say smart thinking, when they don't it's a bad decision but I'll live by it. Aloisi said the game may have taken a different turn if Heart finished its early chances. "It was disappointing but the first 20 minutes wasn't, Eugene Galekovic kept them in the game, three great chances," he said. They weren't really causing us problems then they got the penalty and from there we struggled, they were better than us after that. Adelaide coach Mike Valkanis said the players discussed remaining focused at a metting during the week after a dip in form. "We've had our ups and downs in form and we spoke about it during the week that we have to flick the switch on and keep it on," Valkanis said. It was a good professional performance.