The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Alasana Yirajang was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 36. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match23 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Brisbane Roar's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Brisbane Roar has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Lawrence Wong 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
No clean sheets in sight for Brisbane Roar
7 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
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.
Squad25 Oct 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.
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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Brisbane Roar come up short against Macarthur FC
Macarthur FC left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Jackson Robinson joins the Brisbane Roar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jackson Robinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Isaac Edwards steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
- Market Patrick Smith steps up from the Brisbane Roar academy
- Market One of our own: Reece Phillips joins the Brisbane Roar first team