The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Emin Duraković: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Brisbane Roar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brisbane Roar
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match23 Oct 2027
6 unbeaten for Brisbane Roar
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Brisbane Roar did not have in the autumn.
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Sam Sutton 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Brisbane Roar
Sebit Ngor and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market25 Oct 2027
Jarrod Hill steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jarrod Hill 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
Luke Evans steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Evans 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 Hugh Morgan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hugh Morgan 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Lachlan Rogers joins the Brisbane Roar first team
- Squad 100 appearances for Axel Kayombo
- The dugout The view from the dugout