Nick D'Agostino 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.
Squad31 May 2027
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 loan was meant to give him football. 4 games and 0 goals later he is back at Brisbane Roar no further forward, and everybody involved will explain why it was not their doing.
In brief
The dugoutLachlan Wales asks for a word with the manager
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Brisbane Roar, and it is not being withdrawn.
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Brisbane Roar have done the hard part with Melbourne Victory, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jay O'Shea was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The goal that put Western Sydney Wanderers ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Brisbane Roar equalised, 3 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
Brisbane Roar have made the call to HNK Rijeka. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Nick D'Agostino and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Brisbane Roar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jay O'Shea 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.
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Toby McLaren after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Sydney FC in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Pandurii is saying, and nobody at Brisbane Roar is enjoying the guessing.
Nick D'Agostino 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.
Brisbane Roar asked and NK Celje said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jamie Ross has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Connor Lloyd is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hugh Hunter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Toby Smith is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jordan Lauton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Brisbane Roar will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.