Dadi is set to make his first appearance against Perth on Friday night since crossing to Wellington at the beginning of January following an unhappy start to the 2009-10 campaign.

During that time, the Frenchman had gone from being a Glory matchwinner, with 10 goals to his name last season, to fifth billing among Perth's forwards as coach Dave Mitchell opted to start Branko Jelic, Mile Sterjovski, Jamie Harnwell and Victor Sikora ahead of him.

The Glory coach has been adamant there was no personal falling out between the pair, saying Dadi's move to Wellington was the best possible way for the veteran striker to continue playing as Glory would not re-sign a 36-year-old player.

But Dadi believes that, despite his age, he could still have produced the goods for Glory if only Mitchell had selected him for more than just the six games he played up to December last year.

"Everything had been great for me here in Perth Glory," Dadi said. "Just one fact, that someone was there and you know, didn't let me do my job and that was it and there was nothing I could do.

"(I was) just being there and working hard, waiting to be picked."

In the games he played, Dadi didn't appear to be playing at the level he demonstrated last season, showing only glimpses of the form that's seen him score three goals in two matches for Wellington, including a thundering bicycle kick that could be goal of the season.

During 2008-09 though, the big striker received good supply from the Glory flanks, particularly from South American midfielders Adrian Trinidad and Amaral, both of whom have now left the club.

Without that supply, Dadi appeared to be floundering up front for Glory, with the forward admitting Wellington's style 'suits him' as he's already formed a good combination with Paul Ifill and Leo Bertos.

Speaking after Dadi's transfer, Mitchell felt an unhappy loan spell at FC Vaduz in the Swiss League last January/February may have also contributed to the striker being distracted going into this season.

But Dadi doesn't believe this was the case.

"I've been to Vaduz in the off season," Dadi said. "I came back full of ambitions and faith and everything. But unfortunately, like I said, maybe people didn't give me the right food.

"I was starving, but maybe my food was a little bit full of poison I would say, you know. That's a shame but you know that's it.

"Of course to leave Glory is painful, it's difficult 'cause I didn't expect that, I didn't expect to feel and to get what I had.

"But you know you have to move on, that's life."

Despite receiving 21 stitches to a cut above his eye after a collision late in last week's 3-0 win over North Queensland, Dadi expects to line up against his old club in what's shaping a finals-defining match for both sides on Friday night.