SEASON 2016-17 is OVER.

So how does every A-League club improve for the next campaign?

In the final Fox Football Podcast of the season, Adam Peacock, Simon Hill, Daniel Garb run through what every A-League club needs to change.

See how this discussion unfolded below, and listen to the full show here.

SYDNEY FC: Blooding youngsters

Daniel Garb

They [the A-League champions] do have some pretty old campaigners in that squad - Vukovic, Wilkinson, Brosque, Bobo.

If I was Graham Arnold, I’d be thinking, ‘maybe I just need a few a couple of young players into that XI’.

O’Neill and Brillante are pretty young, but maybe one or two more to keep the older ones on their toes a bit. Make sure they don’t relax a little bit because they’ve got that medal.

Simon Hill

There’s a couple he’s got coming through the youth team - Patrick Flottmann (central defender), Aaron Calver (defender) is still in the mix if he gets a new contract, and Charles Lokolingoy; the striker who they rate. George Blackwood (striker) is still yet to fulfil his potential.

Milos Ninkovic (right) and George Blackwood. Source: AAP

MELBOURNE VICTORY: A top striker/winger + a left-back

Garb

If [Besart] Berisha goes, they’ll need a top-line striker.

Adam Peacock

He’s not going I’ve heard. I’ve had that was kiboshed by a number of people at Melbourne Victory.

Garb

If Fahid Ben Khalfallah leaves, then they’ll have to go for a top-line winger. I’d love to see them have a crack at Wayne Rooney ... We might not get him, but we need to be in the conversation.

Hill

They [Victory] say the money - they have looked at it - that’s being asked is just unrealistic. They could not make it pay. You’re talking millions of dollars, which I think is a real pity because he would do great things for the game.

Wayne Rooney. Source: Getty Images

Peacock

Fernando Torres?

Hill

How much does he want though? You’re talking telephone numbers.

They definitely need a left-back because [Daniel] Georgievski is going and they lost Scott Galloway midway through last season, so there’s perhaps a little bit of a hole. I know Leigh Broxham can play there.

Peacock

Do they need Mark Milligan back?

Hill

I think they’d love to have Millsy back. He’s such a driving force in midfield. In fact, you think back to the grand final of two years ago and Milligan’s almost superhuman performance in shutting down Milos Dimitrijević. You do wonder, had he played in this grand final, whether he would’ve been able to keep Milos Ninkovic quiet for the full 90 [minutes] and not 55 or 60 minutes as Broxham and Valeri did.

Mark Milligan (C). Source: Getty Images

There’s one or two little areas [to improve with Victory]. I don’t think there’s too many holes.

Alan Baro’s an interesting one. I think he started slowly. I thought his end of season was very good... Do they go with him for a second year like they did with [Mathieu] Delpierre, who gave him big boots to fill? That’s a question mark.

Garb

Rhys Williams will be joining them - so does that mean Baro leaves?

Hill

Does that mean he’s going to play in the centre of defence? Or do they fancy him more as central midfielder? Maybe he’s the Milligan-type player.

Rhys Williams. Source: Getty Images

WHAT YOUR CLUB NEEDS TO DO TO CATCH THE BIG BLUE

How to fix our problems, lads? Source: FOX SPORTS

MELBOURNE CITY: A strong coach and pressure from fans

Hill

It’s that indefinable something with City. You look at their squad, and you go ‘wow what a squad they’ve got’, but they haven’t quite gelled.

They remind me of the parent club... a collection of hugely talented individuals that when they turn it on you go, ‘wow these guys are unstopabble’, and yet too quite often they aren’t quite there.

I don’t know whether it’s complacency or a lack of cohesion.

I think [they need] a strong coach. I’m not being disrespectful to Michael Valkanis, but the coaching selection next year is crucial.

Coach Michael Valkanis. Source: AAP

Garb

I’ve had a couple of players say to me if they played for the Melbourne Victory or Western Sydney Wanderers [fans], we would be a different team.

They need supporters putting pressure on them. It’s too comfortable.

PERTH GLORY: Strengthened defence, work on midfield

Hill

A new defence.

Peacock

Shane Lowry and Alex Grant - their two first-choice central defenders - missed half the season so if they play, their defence isn’t as bad as it was.

Shane Lowry. Source: News Corp Australia

Dino Djulbic is out of there. Diego Castro sounds like he’s going to stay, which is massive.

Up front you’ve got [Andy] Keogh, [Adam] Taggart, and Castro. You don’t even need to look at that area.

Hill

Midfield area needs some work ... With Rhys Williams going as well I think there’s a need for a little bit of mobility to help Rostyn Griffiths. He can’t do it all on his own. Nebojša Marinković is a super player - where do you fit him in?

I think there’s a couple questions marks for Kenny Lowe.

Garb

They need discipline... knuckle down and with their talent they can do anything.

BRISBANE ROAR: Training ground and striker

Peacock

1. They need a stable off-field situation, i.e. training ground.

2. A number nine. Jamie Maclaren [and Brandon Borrello] is out of there so does he find a Fornaroli, because they need that guy who is going to score them 20 [goals] a season.

They’re [the Aloisis] off to South America so is he going to try and find a Fornaroli over there? Or is there an Australian playing somewhere playing second division, not quite getting a start, who could come back and play well in the A-League?

Hill

Someone like Apostolos Giannou. He’s playing in China at the moment. I know he hasn’t been a prolific scorer in China, but he was in Greece.

Apostolos Giannou in action for the Socceroos. Source: News Corp Australia

We talk about an ageing team. Brisbane have got a few players who are in that regard - Jade North, Michael Theo, Matt McKay, Thomas Kristensen, Brett Holman.

Garb

They’ve got two kids though - Joe Calletti and Nicholas D’Agostino - who will slot straight in as regulars.

ADELAIDE UNITED: New coach and keep Baba Diawara

Garb

A new coach and keep Baba Diawara.

Baba Diawara. Source: Getty Images

Hill

They finally got they recruitment right [later in the season], but it was too late for their A-League campaign, so they need to have a much better pre-season.

The sooner they can decide the future of Gui Amor, the better. Because the longer you leave it - as we’ve seen with coaches in the past... you’re starting from way back.

Garb

I reckon they’ve stolen the march of a few getting Paul Izzo [from the Mariners]... I thought he was wonderful this season.

If they can keep Riley McGree and Jordan O’Doherty, they’ve got a pretty talented midfield.

NEWCASTLE JETS: Merrick to be a steadying influence

Hill

Ernie Merrick [newly appointed coach]will bring a decent style of football to Newcastle. Perhaps he’s the steadying influence that that club needs. They’ve been through so many coaches in the last few years.

Ernie Merrick. Source: AAP

He’s Lawrie McKinna’s [Jets CEO] choice. He chose Mark Jones. This one’s got to work otherwise Lawrie’s in trouble.

Peacock

Hopefully owner Martin Lee comes out and says he’s going to back up his intention to spend a bit of coin and a guy like Ben Khalfallah ends up there.

CENTRAL COAST MARINERS: Experienced players to guide the youngsters

Garb

A couple of experienced heads just to help out the kids.

They’ve got some really real talent there, they’re going in a really good direction under Paul Okon.

Thomas Broich - have a crack at him!

Thomas Broich. Source: News Corp Australia

Hill

Some good imports.

Garb

They [Jacques Faty and Mickael Tavares] did nothing.

Hill

I know Okon is over in Europe as we speak. I hear he’s going over to Belgium and the Netherlands.

WELLINGTON PHOENIX: Crowds, membership, players, coach

Hill

They need to improve their metrics by some distance.

The worst crowds in the competition, the lowest memberships, Gui Finkler a marquee? No, sorry. Sort the coaching situation out.

Gui Finkler. Source: News Corp Australia

Wellington Phoenix - given they’ve got a whole nation behind them, theoretically - should be one of the strongest, most vibrant teams, powerful clubs in the A-League.

If they’re happy finishing outside the top six three season out of the last four, well there’s something wrong and that conversation about whether Wellington should be part of the A-League is going to grow and grow and grow until they sort it out.

Garb

They [Wellington] are a quality team in the NBL, they’re a quality team in the NRL, they are dragging the A-League chain.

They’ve got to get it together.

Peacock

They let themselves down. That Wellington squad isn’t one that should be finishing outside the top six.

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS: Sort Popa’s future, get a top striker

Peacock

It might be up to him [whether Tony Popovic leaves].

Hill

I hear [a whisper] that if Popa moves on, the Wanderers might make a play for Josep Gombau.

Garb

Get a striker. I’d love to seem them sign a big-name marquee. They’ve got the capabilities to do that. They could use the lift in that regard.