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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
Justin Vidic gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market26 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Brisbane Roar know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market26 Jul 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Emin Duraković may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
George Plusnin: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Brisbane Roar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $360.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Perth Glory drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market14 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Austin Ludwik has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Brisbane Roar.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Frans Deli gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Jun 2027
Joel King linked with a move away
The name of Joel King keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Brisbane Roar say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Brisbane Roar that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
Medin Memeti: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Brisbane Roar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market5 Apr 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Matthew Millar. Brisbane Roar will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Uneasy
Match20 Jan 2027
Western Sydney Wanderers ended it 0-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Jan 2027
6 matches without a win for Brisbane Roar
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Brisbane Roar are no longer polite ones.
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Milorad Stajić has come up in conversations Brisbane Roar were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Justin Vidic
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Brisbane Roar can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
89 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match19 Dec 2026
A 2-0 win over Central Coast Mariners, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Isaac Twum asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
8 matches without a win for Brisbane Roar
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Brisbane Roar are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Dec 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Jay O'Shea asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Match7 Dec 2026
2 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match5 Dec 2026
7 matches without a win for Brisbane Roar
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Brisbane Roar are no longer polite ones.
Match5 Dec 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
“I did not go to Newcastle Jets to sit and watch. I want to come back to Brisbane Roar and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Matthew Millar
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. George Plusnin knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Crisis
Squad16 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match14 Nov 2026
4 matches without a win for Brisbane Roar
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Brisbane Roar are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Nov 2026
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.