Wanderers coach Tony Popovic hoping A-League goal drought breaks against Jets Tara Rushton and Andy Harper preview Saturday's A-League clash between the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Newcastle Jets. Vitor Saba came close to scoring on a number of occasions on Wednesday night. THE signs are there, but Tony Popovic has warned it could still take some time before the Wanderers reach their potential. A taxing schedule sees the Asian champions take on Newcastle Jets in Parramatta on Saturday night, just three days after hosting the Mariners. Western Sydney have managed just four goals in five A-League games and were held to a goal-less draw by the Central Coast, a result that kept them rooted to the bottom of the table. They had several opportunities to win the game but Popovic is confident his team is on the verge of converting their chances. "If you keep creating, with the players we have, I've got full belief that we'll start scoring those opportunities," Popovic said. We need to keep creating and if we do I'm sure it will turn for us in front of goal. We always love playing at home and we can take a lot out of that Wednesday night game - we're off the mark, so we can start to move forward. New signings Romeo Castelen and Nikita Rukavytsya started against the Mariners and, along with Tomi Juric up front, have shown some promising signs. Popovic says they have all recovered well from the midweek game and they are in good spirits. "But the cohesion will still take some time," Popovic admitted. You're trying to blend in some new players and the more games they play the more understanding they'll have. Along the way that will get better, but we need to pick up points as we improve on that aspect. With the Jets also winless so far this season, it sets up a bottom of the table clash at Pirtek Stadium. But they have won two of their last three games in Parramatta so, despite coming off a heavy 4-0 loss to Brisbane Roar, Popovic knows it will be a tough game. "They had a heavy defeat in their last outing at home - they'll come here really resilient and they'll want to get a result," he said. We'll have to be at our best to get the three points and with our home fans I'm sure they can help us get over the line. Originally published as Patient Popovic retains belief in players