 After Culina's sacking the club saw a late resurgence, and by the end of round 22 the club was sitting in 7th position just a point outside a top 6 finals spot.The club fell away from finals contention as it struggled in the remaining 4 matches, only picking up 3 points.Despite the poor season the club saw some positives with even more new talent emerging in Mark Viduka, Steve Horvat, Adrian Cervinski and David Cervinski (David joined the club in the following season) and Vinko Buljubašić, as well as the signing of Fausto De Amicis.