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INDIANAPOLIS -- It is one month into the NFL season, and the concern in Indianapolis is already growing.Coach Chuck Pagano is still trying to get his offense in sync, looking for ways to pressure opposing quarterbacks, working on convincing players to avoid preventable penalties and focusing on getting his team to function well at the same time.If Pagano didnt have enough to contemplate before last weekends trip to London, the eight-hour flight home certainly drove home the point.Obviously you cant keep spotting teams the leads and the points that we do and expect to have these comebacks, he said Monday.(We were) down 11 at half and then got down 17 and then finally caught fire in the fourth quarter and played good football. But you cant play three quarters of football the way that we played.The troubles have become pronounced that even players are speaking freely about whats gone wrong.After Sundays 30-27 loss to previously winless Jacksonville, Andrew Luck offered a rare, general critique by calling on the Colts (1-3) to be more professional.He also blamed this seasons sluggish start to bad ball and a lack of focus. Other players shared similar sentiments in the locker room.And the usually cautious Pagano hasnt held back, either.Too many penalties. Too many missed opportunities. Too many dropped balls, he said Sunday. We didnt tackle well, they ran the ball well. We didnt do our job on the defensive side when it had to be done.For the Colts (1-3), these are not new problems.Last season, they finished 18th in the NFL in penalties and routinely found themselves trying to dig out of early deficits.Everyone from team owner Jim Irsay to Paganos assistants spent the offseason discussing the need to better protect Luck, and general manager Ryan Grigson responded by using four of eight draft picks on offensive linemen.So far, little has changed.Indy has allowed a league-high 15 sacks and Luck is on pace to be hit nearly 200 times this season -- far more than anyone wants.While part of that could be explained by the infusion of rookies, three of whom started Sunday, the bigger concern has been the play of left tackle Anthony Castonzo, a six-year veteran. Thirteen months ago, Castonzo signed a four-year, $43 million contract, but struggled most of last season and is off to another poor start this season.But the problems run deeper on offense.The Colts have self-destructed often because of bad hands, poor decisions and ill-timed penalties -- all of which sabotaged their hopes in London.Its not on one person. Its on the unit, Luck said. Its sloppy and it has to be fixed. We know that. You overcome it in some games, you dont in others.Defensively, there are other concerns.Only nine teams have fewer sacks than Indy (seven), only five teams have allowed a higher completion rate than Indy (68.1 percent) and only two teams have allowed more points than the Colts (125).And they didnt help themselves with a spate of penalties that included three unnecessary roughness calls plus a pass interference call and a holding call during a four-play sequence that led to a Jacksonville field goal at the end of the first half.Its enough to baffle any coach, especially one such as Pagano, who had previously coached the secondary and served as a defensive coordinator.Penalties, poor execution, just fundamental things early on got us in the hole that we were in, he said. Again, we had opportunities. There were plays to be made and we didnt capitalize on them.So, before the Chicago Bears (1-3) come to town this weekend, Pagano will spend his waking hours looking for those seemingly elusive solutions.All you can do is keep coming to work, keep working to get better, Pagano said. Weve got to improve, got to find a way to play better early and youve got to finish.Game notes Because of the long trip back, Pagano gave his players some extra rest Monday. Players were not available to take questions. ... Defensive lineman Art Jones returned to the team complex following his four-game suspension for violating the leagues policy on performance-enhancing substances. Pagano has not said when Jones might be able to play ... Pagano also sounded hopeful about getting three injured players back this week. He said cornerback Darius Butler (hamstring) should return to practice Wednesday. 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The Wollongong Wolves are bracing for an A-League turf war against a renewed push for a third Sydney team based in the citys south.The former National Soccer League champions will consider an expansion bid once Football Federation Australia releases its criteria early next year, according to new CEO Chris Papakosmas, who began in the job on Monday.But the Wolves, who won back-to-back titles in 2000 and 2001, appear to be wheeling in the big guns to stave off FFAs favoured option of a super club encompassing the Sutherland, St George and Illawarra regions.Papakosmas joins the Wolves after 25 years in the media industry and is closely aligned with Wollongong-based television mogul Bruce Gordon, his former employer at WIN Television.Billionaire Gordon has long been touted as a potential A-League investor and its believed he met with former FFA chairman Frank Lowy last year when the governing body was considering removing Wellington Phoenix from the competition.For the time being at least, Papakosmas said the Wolves will be purely focused on their immediate vision - to stabilise the clubs finances and roll out a new, low-cost junior pathway program.But once FFAs expansion framework is made public, theyll take a serious look.If guidelines come out in January or February, of course were going to look at those guidelines very, very closely, Papakosmas told AAP.Papakosmas said it would be presumptuous to assumee Gordon, who held talks to buy 50 per cent of NRL club St George Illawarra earlier this year, is keen to fund a Wollongong A-League bid - or that he is the extent of the clubs corporate connections.ddddddddddddruce is a very well-known, successful businessman down in this region and hell decide whats in his best interests, he said.But in saying that, we have some very, very significant contacts and connections within corporate Australia, here on the South Coast and right across the country, and we intend to leverage those when its most appropriate and suits everyone involved.Football South Coast has been involved in regular meetings with FFA over the concept of a third Sydney franchise and chairman Eddy de Gabriele told SBS the association is not foolish enough to chase a stand-alone team.Its expected a new Sydney side would split games between Wollongongs WIN Stadium and Cronullas Southern Cross Group Stadium.However, Papakosmas believes that would be the wrong way to go.I cant speak on anyone elses behalf, but eventually when FFA decides whats in the best interests of football in the country, is it a truly expansive league that incorporates all the major football-loving regions in the country, or is it a dilution of certain areas that already have representation? he said. 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