“I still feel that I have definitely a long way to go to be where I want to be, but at the moment I’m happy,” the former Sydney FC striker told au.fourfourtwo.com on the eve of Tuesday’s 1-0 loss to Hiroshima.

“I’ve always said I’m more comfortable playing as a striker… since I’ve come here we play a 4-3-3 and I’m playing as one of the three in midfield.

“I guess it’s different to playing striker although I play central and can drift forward and support the strikers.

“But playing striker where we’re known to be a bit lazy ... compared to running a marathon for 90 minutes and being that extra bit sharper in your decision making.

“But I am enjoying it but I think I’ve got a little while before I’m near my best. In terms of the pace of the game and in terms of how sharp the players are here I’m quite happy with how I’ve adapted.”

And after Tuesday’s home loss, Shimizu sit on four points and in 14th spot. It doesn’t get any easier with Josh Kennedy’s Nagoya Grampus this Saturday for Brosque’s club.

It should be an intriguing clash with Shimizu’s Aussie Eddy Bosnar, 31, a possibility to mark the tall Socceroo hitman.

Following that game, Brosque, 27, plans to hook up with his former sky blue teammates to cheer them on when they play Kashima Antlers in what is now a dead rubber ACL clash mid next week.

Brosque’s club only played once before the recent earthquakes and tsunami hit the country. During this time off he fitted in a quick return to Sydney but he’s also been nursing a groin injury.

It’s been an indifferent start for the club having played just one game before the enforced break. That was an opening day 3-0 loss away to Kashiwa. They got back into games on April 23 with a 1-0 home win over Fukuoka followed by a 1-1 draw away to Yokohama.

 “The last couple of games I’ve felt really good but sort of been battling with my groin over the past month but it’s recovering quite well and I’m doing everything I can to get it 100% again," Brosque said.

And with a Socceroo friendly in early June against New Zealand in Adelaide, Brosque is hopeful of adding to his five caps.

And by playing in the AFC’s top league, he hopes his sharpness might help him get a look-in with Holger Osieck. Perhaps even Brosque’s teammate Bosnar may also be considered?

“It’d be nice but obviously my main goal is to improve my performances here but that would be nice,” Brosque said of his chances.

“But there’s still a while to go and to be fair, the boys who’ve come in, in recent games have done well.”

As for the horrific natural disaster, Brosque was still coming to terms with what has happened in his adopted country.

He added: “I guess it’s been pretty surreal. And as a father it’s really changed the way I look at things.”