The Brisbane Roar Chronicle
Squad2 Jul 2040
A knee injury of the worst kind for Justin Vidic
62 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Brisbane Roar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad2 Jul 2040
Dimitris Valkanis breaks a bone — 120 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 120 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market2 Jul 2040
Noah Burns puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Brisbane Roar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Jul 2040
Dimitris Valkanis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dimitris Valkanis and Brisbane Roar agree another 2 years.
Squad2 Jul 2040
Dimitris Valkanis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brisbane Roar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market2 Jul 2040
Auckland FC are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Brisbane Roar will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Boardroom Brisbane Roar sign 8 boys into the academy
- Market Patrick Bailey told to find a new club
- Market Still no ink between Brisbane Roar and Callum Edwards
- Boardroom The Brisbane Roar board put their names to it