Tony Popovic douses flame of pressure WESTERN Sydney coach Tony Popovic has turned the heat back on Central Coast, suggesting the Mariners, and not his team, are the ones under pressure heading into tomorrow's A-League grand final at Allianz Stadium. For most of the week, Mariners boss Graham Arnold has done his best to push the focus away from the club's poor record of three losses from three grand finals on to the competition's new boys. Not only has he made the point the Wanderers are unbeaten in their past 13 matches and deserve to go in as favourites, but he has also tried to put doubt into their minds, claiming they could be underdone for such a big game as they will have played just one game in 22 days come tomorrow. But Popovic and captain Michael Beauchamp were not buying into any of it yesterday as both produced passionate arguments to suggest the Wanderers will handle anything and everything thrown at them in their quest to top off one of the great fairytales in Australian sport. "To be honest, I've not given any thought to what the Mariners are saying," Popovic said. This week has been all about us, about preparing well and enjoying the week. All the talk about the pressure and expectation being on us . . . this football club and the players have had that from day one. We have gone through different stages and different types of pressure. We had the pressure of going unbeaten in 13 games, staying top of the table and having to win the Premier's Plate in the last round of the season. We had pressure going into our first semi-final last week against a very good team (that had won the title the previous season). We have handled it all and we will handle it again on Sunday . . . I have no doubt. Whatever Central Coast say or do, we can't control. But I know this group of players is well prepared and is ready. Beauchamp described the mind games as "only words." They are saying the pressure is on us? Of course they'd say that," he said. We have a lot to gain and nothing to lose. We have been determined from the get-go. This is their fourth grand final, so there is more pressure on them. Western Sydney opened the doors to the media for the last time yesterday, leaving a few questions to be answered in terms of its injury situation. Midfielder Aaron Mooy (knee), defender Jerome Polenz (foot) and attacker Mark Bridge (ankle) remain in doubt for the game with Popovic declaring he will make a final decision today. Bridge trained for the first time yesterday after being given a cortisone injection on Monday. Popovic is confident he will play but was coy about Polenz and Mooy, who both did some fitness work before the media was ordered away after 15 minutes. Popovic will have some serious thinking to do regarding both players as well as a replacement for the suspended Youssef Hersi. Mooy has not played for five weeks while Polenz had to come off after 30 minutes against Brisbane Roar last week. The way assistant coach Ante Milicic geed up Mooy before training would suggest the midfielder, capped as a Socceroo last year, will start instead of Yianni Perkatis while Polenz looked untroubled in the warm-up. "In their minds they are fit and ready to play, but we need to tick all the boxes in terms of them physically," Popovic said.