The Sky Blues made a tremendous start to the A-League campaign recording a 4-0 win over Western Sydney Wanderers, however, Arnold says that Sydney will continue to improve.

“We went right through the pre-season with only one loss from 10 games,” Arnold told the A-League website.

“I’ve seen us building from the first FFA Cup game against Wollongong. There’s been a growth in confidence and morale since then but I’d say we’re only 60 percent of where we’ll end up.

“We’ll evolve as the season goes on but for now it’s about getting better and better each day at training and every game."

While Arnold was happy with the 4-0 showing he believes that the Sky Blues' performances need to be at that level every week.

“I think we showed our intent last week, but it’s only one game,” he said.

“As I said to the players last week after the game, we know our challenge is to now show that consistency and performance week in week out and do it at home in front of our home fans.

“We want to back up our performance against the Wanderers. We want to show our fans that we’re strong, that we’re going to be consistent this year and perform at a high level.

“No matter what the opposition is we have high standards and have to perform that way every week.”

Bernie Ibini is also set to return for the Sky Blues in his first appearance since breaking his leg early in the 2015-16 season.

“Bernie Ibini is also ready to play so I’ve got a couple of headaches between now and the game about the make-up of the starting line-up and squad with one eye on the FFA Cup on Wednesday,” Arnold said.

“Bernie is closer this week than what he was last week. He’s working extremely hard and looking like the Bernie Ibini of old so that’s exciting.”