In a dramatic day, the Sky Blues sacked CEO Dirk Melton barely eight months into his tenure, citing serious allegations by club employees about alleged “unacceptable behavior”.

Melton, a former Chief Operating Officer at the Bulldogs NRL club, was Sydney FC’s sixth CEO in seven seasons.

The axing came out of the blue for many Sky Blue fans who took to Twitter and various forums to express their exasperation at the inability to provide stability at Sydney FC executive level.

Now, one of the original candidates for Melton’s job who came close to getting the job is ready to come to the club’s salvation.

“My over-riding ambition is to be a part of the transforming and transition of football to being Australia’s premier sport. That is my career objective,” Taliadoros, a former NSL player, media commentator and corporate figure, told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Taliadoros, 43, sees the Sydney FC CEO job as a way of achieving this goal in the medium to long-term.

“That’s why I applied for the role at Sydney FC originally, as it was one way that I could contribute to that goal," he said.

“And my opinion has not changed. There are a number of roles within the game that could do that and that [Sydney FC CEO] is one.”

It’s understood that Taliadoros and Tony Pignata were in the final three but Melton came in late on to win the role.

And Melton won admirers on the terraces with his passion and dedication.

But Taliadoros has the passion as well as corporate and football background to make a success of this key role.

Taliadoros has enjoyed an impressive corporate career since ending his football career in the late 1990s.

He worked in major roles for ninemsn, Centric Wealth and News Corp. He is also on the board of the Steve Waugh Foundation and is a former CEO of the Professional Footballers Association.

He holds an MBA in Finance, Marketing and Accounting and a Diploma of Sports Management.

Football fans will remember him from his time as a clever striker at Sydney Olympic and South Melbourne in the 1980s and 1990s.

How the new CEO works in with Gary Cole, who Melton recently appointed as Sky Blue football director, and the board, remains to be seen.

But those are the challenges facing the new CEO and it’s a challenge Taliadoros is ready for, saying stability is vital for Sydney FC.”

“The success of Sydney FC in the A-League is crucial to the success of the competition. I certainly believe that," he added.

“As for as the club is concerned and the turnover of CEOs, I don’t claim to have any great insights into why and how that happened.

“But there is no doubt that a stable club which has a medium-to-long-term view on becoming a significant part of the Sydney sporting landscape, would seem to me to be the objective.”

As for the turmoil that’s ripped through the game in recent weeks - and given pro-AFL and NRL media a field day in bashing football with taglines such as “Soccer In Crisis” - Taliadoros has a simple message.

“Our resilience as people and as football people is shown in how we respond to hardship. That’s the test,” he said.

“There’s no doubt it’s been a difficult couple of weeks but the challenge remains for us as a sport to demonstrate that we are hardy.

“Moreover, that we have the vision to continue to pursue the mantle that we believe the game deserves.

“That’s the test to whether the game’s in crisis. If we can’t respond in an emphatic way over the next 12-18 months.”

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