Noah Maieroni was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad8 Aug 2033
Lachlan Wales 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.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Austin Ludwik and Brisbane Roar agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Brisbane Roar has been clear about where Monty Rufer stands, which is more than many ever get.
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
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.
Squad8 Nov 2032
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Vítor is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2032
A place in the month's best eleven for Diogo Vítor
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Diogo Vítor has come out of that comparison in the side, and Brisbane Roar have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Brisbane Roar has been clear about where Monty Rufer stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
BoardroomBrisbane Roar sign a deal worth $169.5K a year
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.
Squad27 Sep 2032
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Vítor is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Diogo Vítor was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The mood at Brisbane Roar has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Position 10 and 22 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad31 May 2032
A season's verdict on Gavin Moore: the best of his age
Brisbane Roar have a 20-year-old the division has just voted its finest young footballer. The club's next problem is that everybody else now knows it too.
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Brisbane Roar is running low.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ashton Rinaldo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Brisbane Roar the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
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.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sebit Ngor and Brisbane Roar agree another 3 years.
Squad6 Oct 2031
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Vítor is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.