The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Giorgos Vrakas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Brisbane Roar
Angus Thurgate 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Brisbane Roar
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Jay O'Shea 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Caleb Hall steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caleb Hall 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Rhys Harper steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rhys Harper 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Brisbane Roar promote Dean Jackson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dean Jackson 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Brisbane Roar promote Keanu Murray from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Keanu Murray 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Dimitris Valkanis signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dimitris Valkanis commits to Brisbane Roar for another 4 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Joel King stands above it all
- Squad Dylan Peraić-Cullen dropped after a run of poor form
- Match Point won or two lost for Brisbane Roar?