Sunday’s demolition of Victory 4-1 has launched the Glory into fifth spot on the A-League ladder after back-to-back wins in Wellington and Melbourne.

Glory are now just four points off second placed Brisbane Roar as the WA fans – over 12,000 on Sunday – begin to jump back on board with the club.

But Burns, 33, is a wily customer and said while the players soaked in the feel-good atmosphere on Monday, the A-League is too evenly matched for any side to get too far ahead of themselves, he said.

“It’s one of those things, you don’t want to put the jinx on yourselves by talking and hyping you up then not getting the results,” he told au.fourfourtwo.com.

“I’d much prefer to go quietly about my business, keep plugging away and keep getting results.”

Plugging away is very much how Burns sees this Glory side. He said the team hasn’t gone to another level due to a radical rethink. It’s more a case, he said, of results not going their way rather than a major change in the tactical or training approach of previously under-fire coach Ian Ferguson.

“To be honest, in the majority of games barring maybe two or three matches, we haven’t had what we deserved.

“Our style of play and the manner in which we’ve played has been up there. We’ve been playing a good brand of football but just a few individual mistakes have cost us along the way,” he said.

“Really there have been times when we’ve walked off the pitch wondering how it’s all happened.

“We haven’t changed anything in particular,” the former Barnsley and Wisla Krakow star added.

The 13-times capped Socceroo hailed the league's even-ness as being fantastic for fans. And its overall strength was something that his former Leeds and Socceroo teammate Harry Kewell has also realised since arriving in September.

“It’s definitely a league that you can’t just show up and not perform. You can’t live on your names or reputations,” said Burns.

“I think too many teams thus far have found out the hard way doing that.

“That said the boys are full of confidence and results breeds confidence. And things are kind of starting to turn as we get players back we get more depth.

“And there is a buzz. I’ve had so many messages and people coming up and saying well done. Not so much in the wins but the performances and the manner of them.”

Burns and Kewell were team-mates at Leeds a decade ago including during the club’s golden run in the UEFA Champions League and in the EPL.

There was some banter on the pitch Sunday, but Burns played it down.

“H is a tremendous player and tremendous bloke and you see in this league how competitive it is with the quality.

“I had a few words with H but it’s obviously very hard to catch up. But it’s fantastic to have him back in the league.”

Glory take on John Kosmina's Reds in Adelaide this weekend.

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