The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Boardroom7 May 2029
Brisbane Roar put Derlis Valdez on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
The dugout7 May 2029
Dean Walker keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Brisbane Roar may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 May 2029
Giorgos Vrakas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Giorgos Vrakas and Brisbane Roar agree another 4 years.
Squad7 May 2029
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Luke Brattan 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.
Squad7 May 2029
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dimitris Valkanis 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.
Squad7 May 2029
Cooper Patterson is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Cooper Patterson has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
In brief
- The dugout James Fenton gets it from the manager
- The dugout A promise honoured for Nasiru Lawan
- The dugout Cooper Patterson without the man who signed him