Macarthur FC have 14 days to lick their wounds after their first loss of the season, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Brisbane Roar at Campbelltown Stadium last Sunday.
The A-League goes into a break for an international window that allows the Socceroos to get back into action.
As for the Bulls, it was the usual story on the weekend: they could have easily won 4-2 if they had taken their goal scoring chances.
On the other hand, the visitors could have returned to Brisbane with an even bigger victory margin had their own chances gone in.
The Bulls will now have plenty of time to reflect on what went wrong on Sunday, as well as how their season is progressing.
Their next game is scheduled for Sunday, November 22, a round five away match in New Zealand against Wellington Phoenix.
The Bulls return home to host Melbourne City at Campbelltown Stadium just five days later on Friday, November 27.
One of the positives to come out of their first defeat was that the man they signed up to score goals for them, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, finally found the back of the net.
“Stama’’, who has looked more and more frustrated at his lack of goal scoring in the first three matches, was a relieved man when the ball he got his toe to rolled into the back of the net 65 minutes in.
The Bulls had gone behind 1-0 three minutes into the second half, so his goal was an important one at that stage, even though Roar got a second goal deep into time added on (95th minute).
And it has to be said the Bulls centre forward worked very hard to get to that first goal, and while in the first three rounds he couldn’t buy a goal, the quality was always there.
There’s no doubt he will score a few more as the season progresses.
And who knows, maybe the flood gates will finally open for him across the ditch on November 22!
