Adelaide have failed to make home advantage pay in the early rounds of the season and they make the trek north to Townsville this weekend.

"Two wins out of five games at home (in the opening seven rounds), it's not good enough," Dodd said. "We need to get our act together quick smart because it's getting to that stage now, where every game is becoming a crunch game for us.

"We need to sort ourselves out in front of goal and we've got a lot of work ahead of us. The goals will come, we just need someone to get the first one."

In arguably the tightest A-League season so far, Dodd's call that every game and result is becoming a 'crunch game' is bang on as just seven points separate all ten teams.

Dodd's sentiments are shared by coach Aurelio Vidmar, who said the Reds need to improve their conviction in front of goal.

"We just need to really sharpen up in that area, and it's not easy so we've just got to keep plugging away," Vidmar said. "There is still a lot of the season to play, you've just got to continue to believe, not lose confidence and keep working hard."

Adelaide depart for Townsville on Friday afternoon, giving Vidmar's men added time to acclimatise to the conditions before Sunday afternoon's 5pm AEST (4.30pm ACST) kick-off.