damn great night. dont care what the others say. It may have been a crap call, but its the refs fault, not Berishas.

Absolutely, brilliant night. Back to back Championships. One decision that people will talk about, but we still ahd to get to this point.

We're still back to back A-League Champions ;)

You guys never did any better :-"

Apparently not. Finals culture is more important in Australia so i was told and all that matters is the GF.




Personally i think the league is better, but such is the system.

how beautiful was Broich acceptance speech, i know he didnt actually win the award, but that speech was just class.

Needs a meme tbh

Hey guys - we're after a Roar fan to come help rant about the Grand Final on the round table tonight after Scouse had to pull out. More info here http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=70496

Whats everyones views on the season and what lies ahead. Anyone going for the ACL games?

Also any word on contracts and so on and so forth?

well ive read that 7 roar players were very upset about ange leaving and many only signed new contracts under the assumption he would be with the club. this could lead to a disaster and i hope the playing group stick together. 1 player in particular berisha was very upset. anyway will probably head down to the acl games even though their dead rubbers

Thats not really the clubs fault, its actually more Anges. Everyone was under the assumption that Ange had a contract and was saying and he never told anyone otherwise, so really the blame falls with Ange.

Be interesting to see how things pan out. Wonder who the seven players are, hopefully Broich isnt one of them.

None of the players are upset at the club, they were really happy that they were listened too in appointing Rado because that was the players choice.

The players who were upset were upset with Ange, some VERY upset with Ange as he had assured them he was there untill at least the end of his contract.

Apparently Rado has eased a lot of those concerns however, at least to the point were they are willing to give him a go. No one is packing their bags put it that way!

The thing I'm worried about most with Ange leaving is that we'll lose some of the important players as well. To hear that some were upset with his departure and the fact that they weren't aware of it before now is a worry, but it's good to hear they're happy with Rado taking over.

Players are lost and new ones come in every off-season, and I expect the same this time around. I have faith Rado can bring in the right people to keep the team strong.

In terms of the remaining ACL game, of course I'll be going. I see no reason any Roar supporter wouldn't want to go and support the team in only our third ever home ACL game. Not to mention it'll be Rado's first game in charge and we should all be going along to show our support to him and the players.

He was there until the end of his contract.

When announcements are made that a new 3 year contract has been signed, Ange uses phrases like 'long-term vision' and 'build a dynasty', I'll admit I took him at his word. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

With hindsight we now know he was a dirty liar.

I think if you take what he has actually said (actual quotes, not perceived quotes) vs. reality you will find that he's not a liar at all.

So he really is going to build Brisbane into one of the leading clubs in Asia and build a dynasty?

Funny, I thought he'd just signed for Victory...

I heard we might be playing a 4231 thoughts?

so things like

"Lets make it 3"

"Weve still got two more champions league games which we are all focussed on and will go out to win"

"Ive got a chance to build something special at this club and continue it for a long time. "

So he clearly didnt lie in any of those statements?


But who cares, we have Rado, and im he can do the job.

I wouldnt mind if we played this.

could set up something like



---------------theo---------------

franjic----smith----adnan----steff

---------erik------brattan------------

henrique-----nichols---------broich

-------------berisha---------

I really hope Hingert replaces Steff next season, a great talent who can make various types of runs, he is dynamic compared to Steff's static play. Don't get me wrong I like Steff but I would be very disappointed if he is playing ahead of Hingert next season. I also think Fitzgerald is a good talent and adds great depth due to Henrique being prone to injury. Great depth in midfield but we will need another game breaking midfielder to challenge in Asia next season if we keep most of this squad.

Technically speaking yes, but there is no doubt that the players THOUGHT he was signed for another 2 seasons, the fact he wasn't if anything was a deception, because he was happy for the players to think he was when they resigned.

It's a valid gripe that Paartalu in particular has.

He has said there will be two midfield holds, but never confirmed it would be a 4-2-3-1, thats just the Courier Mail's assumption.

My take of a possible lineup:


---------------theo---------------

franjic----smith----adnan----steff

---------erik------nichols------------

henrique-----------------------broich

---------fitzy-------berisha---------


I think Mitch could do quite well in the midfield hold position, he loves coming back to collect the ball from defense like erik does, and arguably does his best work in an attacking sense when he is lurking around 25 yards out as opposed to attacking the box

Edited by RJL25: 26/4/2012 06:59:58 PM

Also agree that Hingert > Steff in attack, but as fucked as Steff can be going forward sometimes, he really is very solid defensively and ultimately as a defender that is a pretty freekin major part of it! I don't know, its a tough call...

fuck it were going to be knocked out anyway 343

THEO
Smith- Adnan - Jurman


Broich Pants Brats Mass



Henrique - Berisha - Fitzgerald

BOOOM! would destroy

Edited by Mrmcjewpants: 26/4/2012 07:07:16 PM

Edited by Mrmcjewpants: 26/4/2012 07:07:58 PM

lol I love the subtle Mitch hate in this post.... 8-[

I like the idea of having the two defensive mids. As the majority of the goals we have conceded this year have been from counters and mistakes. So hopefully they can disrupt these threats. I'd really like Brattan to be played more next year. Hopefully we can get McKay back and we will get another foreign player for Issey.

i just dont like how inconsistent he is whereas brats is solid everygame

I want brattan to feature more, hes passing is far more accurate than Erik and does a brillaint job of finding that piercing pass.

I dont think dropping Nichols is a good idea, he has a better control than Mass and Mass seems to turn the ball over a fair bit. Not sure we can play 2 up front with 2 holding mids as that leaves too much of a gap in the middle of the park and effectively makes up 4-4-2.

I really like Brattan, but I just think Mitch could possibly offer something in the DM role... How about fucking things up totally then!

----------------Theo----------------

Steff--Adnan--Paartalu--Smith--Franjic

----------Brattan---Nichols------------

Broich-------------------------Henrique

-----------------Berisha---------------

With Steff and Franjic playing as proper wing backs and attacking high up in the park, like the role they played when we played a 5 man backline against MV earlier this year.

Hingert is only slightly behind Steff definsivley due to experience. But going forward Hingert is miles ahead, just smarter and faster. Shame he is injured. If we apply that formation you need speed behind your wing backs.