Dean Milosevic using time at Murwillumbah as blueprint for success in new Tweed United role

NEW Tweed United coach Dean Milosevic will use his Premier League success with Murwillumbah as the blueprint for the Marlins’ 2019 premiership assault.

NEW Tweed United coach Dean Milosevic will use his Premier League success with Murwillumbah as the blueprint for the Marlins’ 2019 premiership assault.

Following a five-season stint with Murwillumbah highlighted by an unbeaten run to the 2013 Premier League crown, the 57-year-old joined Tweed this year to serve as coach Jason Buchanan’s assistant.

But with the latter confirming his departure for QPL outfit Ipswich Knights earlier this month, Milosevic has been charged with hauling Tweed out of the top-flight cellar.

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His first task is to assemble a squad capable of improving on the Marlins’ two-win season, with his cause not helped by the likely switch of talented teens Dylan Jeffries and Trad Thelwall to Gold Coast United.

Tweed young gun Dylan Jeffries.

However, the former Adelaide City and Brisbane City star said he was drawing on his experiences with the Warning as he builds on the youthful foundations at Tweed.

“I’ve got about half a dozen good players that are coming over, and they are quality players and they’re Gold Coast boys too. You need players with experience - it worked at Murwillumbah and it’s worked at most clubs that I played with,” Milosevic said.

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“With all the young boys who were there the last couple of seasons, it will auger well for them too. We were a little bit lost at times (this year) because we didn’t have the older heads in there steering the ship.

“We want to create a good environment like we had at Murwillumbah. At Murwillumbah we had a great camaraderie, which we developed over a number of years.

New Tweed coach Dean Milosevic.

“Hopefully it will work out at Tweed.”

After taking a season off from head coaching duties to “recharge the batteries”, Milosevic said he was confident the Marlins could push for the top four in 2019.

“Every club goes in to win every match that they can. We’re the same, we want to win games and we want to win well and play good football.

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“I think if you put your plan in place right at the start of the year and everybody’s on the same page, you can’t go wrong. When people start pulling in other directions and doing things on their own and not sticking to the way we want to play (is when you hit trouble).

“The only way is up from the bottom so hopefully we can climb up that ladder. The players and the committee and the fans want to see the club itself in a good position and if we find that little niche I think we can get in that top four at the end of the year.”