The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Squad16 Nov 2026
Joel King signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joel King and Brisbane Roar agree another 3 years.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Nick D'Agostino in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brisbane Roar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Jay O'Shea falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Michael Ruhs
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Hosine Bility
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match14 Nov 2026
Honours even between Brisbane Roar and Sydney FC
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Player ratings Justin Vidic changes it off the bench
- Player ratings Milorad Stajić spends the afternoon fouling