The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar make their move for Bailey O'Neil
$19.0K on the table at Adelaide United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sebit Ngor 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar rebuffed over Beckham Baker
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Melbourne City have kept their man, and Brisbane Roar go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Dimitris Valkanis 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kane Russell joins the Brisbane Roar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kane Russell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar promote Riley Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riley Wright has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar promote Kai Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kai Bell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Patrick McGrath joins the Brisbane Roar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick McGrath is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Brisbane Roar
9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad No place for Michael Ruhs in the new shape
- The dugout Ben Warland knocks on the manager's door