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Brisbane Roar travelled to Wellington on Sunday for a battle between second and third.  The Phoenix shot to second place in the table after a club-record run of form where they won three away games on the trot.  As with the previous two encounters between these sides, Ricky Herbet opted to sit very deep in defence and play on the ...

After I bitched last week about the Roar’s indifferent mid-season form which saw them concede the opening goal in ten out of eleven games, there finally came some sweet relief in Round Twenty of the competition when the side finally came together and played ninety minutes of football that showed us what they are capable of.  The unlucky opponents?  The ...

BRISBANE ROAR 0 NEWCASTLE JETS 1 When this season is all said and done, maybe we’ll look back on the Roar and decide that it wasn’t former captain Matt McKay that the team missed the most.  Or goal scoring machines Kosta Barbarouses or Juan Carlos Solozarno.  Maybe it was the defenders Milan Susak and Luke Devere. I can barely remember ...

The Brisbane Roar played a competitive game against Melbourne Heart in their Round 18 fixture at AAMI Park but despite playing close to their best, could only manage a draw.  Besart Berisha flubbed a penalty in the first half but then went on to score his 11th goal which cancelled out Jonatan Germano’s goal for the Heart.  Comparatively, the Central ...

I’m just going to leave this right here: BRISBANE ROAR 2 SYDNEY FC 1

Brisbane Roar played Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium in Round 16.  Their first encounter since Brisbane thrashed Adelaide 7-1 at home.  But this was different.  We are no longer the high flying Brisbane team with an undefeated streak and Adelaide United have re-invented themselves under new coach John Kosmina.  In fact, they are now unbeaten in five games.  A rare ...

A few hours after the jubilation of snapping our five game losing streak and beating the Melbourne Victory 3-1 last week, a nagging thought entered into my head and presumably the heads of a few other supporters.  Did we actually improve or are the Melbourne Victory that bad? It turned into more than just a suspicion during Round 15, the ...

The Round 14 clash between Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory took place at Suncorp Stadium on New Year’s Eve.  I had ribs before the game at the Caxton Hotel to celebrate the end of the New Year.  They were delicious. “Harry Kewell will score his first A-League goal (in open play) this game” I predicted to my wife and friends ...

In the Boxing Day M1 Derby clash, the Brisbane Roar marched on with their losing streak, losing 1-0 to Gold Coast United.  The winning goal came via a penalty late in the game when Rocky Visconte was wrongly adjudged to have fouled a Gold Coast player inside the penalty area when in actuality he was about a metre out.  A ...

The top of the table clash between the Brisbane Roar and the Central Coast Mariners marked a turning point in the fortunes of both clubs.  A win for the Mariners would secure their seventh win in eight games and move them to the top of the table.  A win for the Roar would halt their dramatic loss of form and ...