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Coach Tony Popovic admits Western Sydney are not in an ideal position on the table more than a third of the way through the A-League season, but insists theres no need to panic just yet.The Wanderers slumped to a 3-0 loss to Melbourne Victory at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night which, apart from Besart Berishas hat-trick, again highlighted the final-third issues and individual mistakes that continue to foil this campaign.After 10 rounds, some promising displays have delivered an undesirable two wins, five draws and three losses.They are now sixth and are at serious risk of being leap-frogged by Wellington, especially if the Phoenix win their game-in-hand against Victory in January.Of the teams 13 goals, five belong to super-sub Brendon Santalab, who was uncharacteristically wasteful against Victory and could have had his own hat-trick before halftime.That striker Kerem Bulut was yet again left out of the matchday squad in favour of inexperienced 19-year-old Lachlan Scott casts further doubt over his future at the club and only increases Popovics urgent need for a consistent centre-forward.Goalkeeping issues were also revisited, with dropped No.1 Andrew Redmayne recalled to fill in for suspended second choice Jerrad Tyson and using his return to lay Berishas first goal on a platter.Theres not a lot wrong, but obviously were in a position (thats) not where we want to be and weve got to get better, Popovic said.Im not sure anyone has created that many chances in one football match against Melbourne Victory - clear-cut from six yards out - I doubt thats been seen by them for a while.But in the end we didnt take them, so next step is that those clear chances go in.The midfield is the Wanderers strength and again the bright spark was Argentine playmaker Nicolas Martinez, whose intelligence and deft touch showed more signs that with added fitness he could become the leagues biggest foreign star.Im much happier that were playing well every week, and if that continues Im sure well finish in a very good place at the end of the season, Popovic said.If the performances change, theres no chance of being there at the end when it counts. 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Even before her oar touches the water in the single sculls at the 2016 Olympic Games, Kim Brennan has created history. The current world champion heads into the event as the favourite -- a first for Australia in womens rowing.However, in spite of her current international standing and on the back of a silver medal in the double sculls and a bronze in the single sculls at London 2012 (as Kim Crow), she remains modest and calmly focused on the weeks ahead.While acknowledging that the Olympic Games are the pinnacle for her sport, Brennan says only she will know if she has completed the perfect race, and no medal or public acclaim will change that.To be honest, public attention is not one of the reasons I row, Brennan tells ESPN. I love the purity of my sport, and if one day I race a perfect race, the innate satisfaction to me would be completely unchanged by whether anyone else was there to see it.Brennan must be a particularly hard self-marker. Her performance in France 2015 that won her the world championship in her event looked to be pretty close to perfection and put her firmly in the frame as the one to beat -- another point she dismisses, even though shes unbeaten since 2014.For me, it is irrelevant who is the favourite, she says. All rowers in the race start at the same point, and the winner will be the one who does the best job in that particular race. All I focus on is doing my best possible job in that particular race. Nothing else matters.Striving for perfection seems to be part of Brennans DNA.With a father (Max) who ran out 188 times for Essendon, St Kilda and Footscray in the AFL/VFL, mother (Susan) who has a successful history in sports administration, and a brother (Justin) who is a high-performance manager at Essendon, Kim was perhaps always destined for great things.She graduated from Melbourne University as Dux of her year, which is equivalent to being Valedictorian. Brennan earned a double degree in media/communications and law with first-class honours that were accompanied by success on the athletics track, where stress fractures put an end to her future as a hurdler.Brennan hasnt looked back ever since coaches at the Victorian Institute of Sport invited her to try rowwing.dddddddddddd What makes her inspirational, though, is her ability to juggle a multi-faceted life with aplomb.Aside from spending considerable time on the water honing her craft, she is chair of the Australian Olympic Committees Athletes Commission.Explaining what drives her out of the water, she says she is passionate about encouraging young people to live fit and healthy lifestyles and enjoy working together in cohesive teams.Im also an ambassador for two programs: the Good Sports Program in Australia, which aims to reduce risky drinking and drug use in sporting clubs, and the Kafue River and Rowing Project,?which is a joint partnership between the Worldwide Fund for Nature and World Rowing to build a facility aimed at researching how to improve accessibility to clean water worldwide, Brennan says. Scott?(husband) and I are travelling to Kafue in Zambia after the Games to visit the site; were really excited!Kafue might be somewhat of a busmans holiday for?Scott?Brennan, who was a gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the mens double scull. The couple married in December 2015 and are yet to manage a honeymoon. While her husband is now a doctor in the emergency department at Canberra Hospital, his knowledge and achievements in the rowing sphere make him the perfect foil for his wifes complicated life.My husband is a wonderful support, and one of the things I am most proud of is how well he has done post-retirement, forging a new path in the medical world, Kim Brennan says.We are both busy people but love nothing more than taking our dog out for a walk or a play and enjoying each others company.First, though, theres a big regatta in store for Kim Brennan. Despite the expectations of her country, in her own inimitable way, she is keeping what happens at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in perspective.Racing is like being in a bubble, Kim says. I try not to think too much, but just concentrate on making the next stroke better than the one before; I very much focus on the process. The outcome is a bonus. Only I will know if Ive truly executed my perfect race. ' ' '