The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Squad6 Dec 2027
Jordan Lauton damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The terraces6 Dec 2027
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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
A fracture rules Bailey Shaw out for 85 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Brisbane Roar will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match6 Dec 2027
Every point is an argument now for Brisbane Roar
Position 10 and 8 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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
A falling-out at Brisbane Roar
Dean Bouzanis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Joel King 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.
Match4 Dec 2027
Melbourne City take the points off Brisbane Roar
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
Dean Bouzanis 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.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
Chris Byrne: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Alfie James gets picked when it counts
- Looking ahead A reunion for Youstin Salas
- The dugout Ben Warland left out for tactical reasons at Brisbane Roar