3. WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS

Speaking about pressure, the club that have the most keen-eyed sceptics on them in the W-League this season is undoubtedly Western Sydney Wanderers.

Wanderland has a makeover, the club are espousing a new direction, they are perennial W-League underachievers, reigning poor performers, with a new high-profile coach and assistant coach on board.

It's enough to make your head spin if you're part of the Wanderers set-up this season, but that's why they had to splash big in the off-season and they've clearly had the biggest turnaround of any club heading into this campaign.

We'll get the big three out of the way immediately so we can move on to the stuff you might not already know:

Lynn Williams - USA superstar. One of the top three biggest talents we've ever had in the competition.

Kristen Hamilton - Equally deadly NWSL goal-scorer, likely to be a USA international striker for years to come, late bloomer but in her career peak at the moment.

Denise O'Sullivan - Irish superstar, one of the finest defenders in the world. Once again, a reigning NWSL champion, marshalling the best defence in the league.

Okay, so now we've covered why they've got the biggest imports, here are the rest of the details.

Amy Harrison is a huge coup for the club. She has an awful injury history but a brilliant W-League pedigreee. If she's kept fit and carefully managed, she's a shoe-in for a starting Matildas midfield berth.

Meanwhile, Kyra Cooney Cross, Susan Phonsongkham, Courtney Nevin are three of the best young talents we have in Australian football.

The Wanderers have star names here and abroad, proven goal-threats, a talent-packed midfield with excellent versatility.

However they do have weaknesses when you start to look at the ancillary starting positions, which is one of the reasons why they're still out of the top two.