Welcome, Luke.

Brisbane Roar i think has needed a fresh set of players for a while now anyways. As long as you lose some of the old dead weight this could be a good thing for you in the long run.

I half agree with you. It just that it really lost that roarcalona feel to it. But a player like brattan is a big hole in our midfield. But he is 25 and really should be pushing for overseas as he is quality.

As long as we keep donachie and devere we got a solid defensive pair.

But who knows

Brattan really should have moved straight after you won the 2nd Double.

He was supposed to be going to Brighton and Hove Albion in England in the Championship at the end of last season but was injured at the time, hence why the club pulled out of the deal.

Hopefully can move to a decent club.

OH, AND THIS IS A FUCKING DISGRACE. FUCK OFF BAKRIES.

Just numb now. Still don't know why they sticking around.

Apparently they're reluctant to hand in the licence while, as it's stands, they haven't made a profit from BR.

Wonder if Bratz will get a gig overseas.

-PB

Unlikely Bratten will be the only one leaving.

Disregard his midweek comments. As good as a mv player. Ffa trying to stop it though.

Edited by tsf: 28/8/2015 09:59:06 PM

I know he's a free agent so can sign outside the window, but as most clubs will have finalised their line-ups by September 1st and he'll be with the national team, wont it be hard for him to get an overseas gig?

Edited by maxxie: 28/8/2015 09:13:48 PM

Bakries will need a 1000 a month to pay the wage bill.

If football clubs turned a profit we'd all own one wouldn't we ?

Brisbane press conference shortly. It will be announced that the entire squad love the business and footballing philosophy of the Bakries and Fong, but are all leaving because they fear that Mulvey might return and want to win another 'double'.

You heard it hear first.

Fella I work with is in this boat. He has been a member for ages. Started going by himself, then got his family involved.
ATM he doesn't want to put the money down because he is genuinely worried they wont have a team for the whole season. I explained the fox sports contract demands a team in brisbane so he would be safe, but he wont buy a membership while the Bakeries are still involved.

Cant say I blame him though.

Wow. 3442 is pretty bad for the 3rd largest market in Oz...

A similar scenario to when Roar dramatically increased membership prices years ago.People left then and some never came back.
Last season ,members were screwed by Roar ,FFA and mother nature.
The complete disregard to members has consequences.
As they say ,Fool me once shame on you .
Based on last year ,it makes much more sense to rock up and buy a ticket on the day.It's not like there will be a lack of seat availability.

Just buy a Den or Orange ticket and go sit in Platinum. :lol:

Edited by MrBrisbane: 31/8/2015 12:41:43 PM

Decent point, It is like Melbourne city why get a membership when you can rock up game day.

WSW and Victory **to their credit** play out of stadiums they fill the need for a membership/reserve seat is greater and you are less likely to rock up and get a seat when they play. Still it is a huge alarming drop off in numbers by Brisbane.

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Poor brissy, back to getting drunk and watching blokes smash each other in the NRL. It was good while it lasted.

Roar fans have always been cheap and fickle.
The record membership was last season on the basis of winning it was going to be down this season but not to this extent.
The other thing people have failed to mention is the effect of the friendlies.
There is no way the cheapskates in Brisbane can afford Liverpool + a season ticket around the same time.

Brattan taking the piss now



http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/football/a-league-luke-brattan-fronts-teammates-about-departure-but-roar-determined-to-keep-him/story-fnk6pqhe-1227504397977

There's enough talent to make the top 4 and the finals anything can happen but under Aloisi it wont happen.

It's a point that has come up a few times in the past and it's one to certainly consider.

a) There is no pressure to sign up, you know that the stadium won't fill out.

b) The only thing that clubs like these can do to motivate fans to purchase season tickets early are little incentives such as price freezes and relying on impulse purchases after performances and signings.

Of course there'll be a late flourish of memberships for Brisbane, I just fear that this whole Bakries saga will have turned off a lot of Brisbane fans and perhaps caused them to lose interest in the upcoming season.

Football is going from strength to strength in Melbourne and Sydney, and the A-League needs a strong Brisbane as it's the third largest Australian market. The league particularly needs a strong Brisbane if we want to ever have a hold of QLD.

Matt McKay on ABC radio denying reports he's next.

:lol: As if he would leave, getting paid too much as it is.