Murray plays for brisbane city in the npl and is top goalscorer in that competition. Watched the game tonight- very impressed by Dimi-much better display than last week. Diogo also looked decent. Bratts and Miller bossed the midfield first half. Smith and Donachie were solid.

This is the second week in a row that Murray has played. His first goal was a classy flick over the keeper's head from a corner and his second a cool finish from close range. Has an eye for goal no doubt. He comes from Scotland so not sure if he'd take up an import spot. If so, may discourage the roar from signing him.

Others- Steff his usual marauding self. Brown-great finish but needs to work more on his defending. Hingert worked hard all night and was a constant menace. Doe was up and down- some nice touches intermingled with some sloppy work. Liftin was decent when he came on second half.

3 points to Bratts- played the whole game and was a beast.
2 points to Petratos- looked lively all night and was very positive. Perhaps only thing lacking was an extra couple of goals (had his chances)
1 point to Murray- well-taken goals and very sharp in and around the box.

No Broich, Bes, Theo or Henrique (again). Am very excited about Miller- his combo with Bratts is mouth-watering. If we get our classy attacking midfielder import, I'd say we'll be well set for the year.

Bratts, Miller, Broich... oh yeahhhhhh

Murray trialled for us back in 2011:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Murray

Decent read on Murray here.
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=23230765

Danning either injured his ACL or Achilles last season he might be just back in Brisbane recovering. Besides even if he does sign for us we still have plenty of spots.

So if we do't get a foreign CAM, maybe we'll lineup like this instead. In some instances we did play like this with Niljand.



Would be interesting.

Based on his wiki stats he looks like he would be an awful signing and he would be taking up a foreign spot. No harm to have him on trial though

[youtube]c-zFh98dOmU[/youtube]
http://theroarreview.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/brisbane-beat-albany-creek-for-first-win-of-pre-season/

KOSTA! I do remember a rumour saying we were close to signing a kiwi!

Good to see Miller backing up right after the all-stars match.

Kofi Danning - Must be trialling with the club - he and his family are from Canberra so obviously not home for the off-season. Would be better off for him to travel and play in China or another low European league than for him to waste away on the Roar bench.

Jamie Young - Do not need. Acton was developed by Roar and I would prefer that we stick with a youngster that came through our system.

Antonio Murray - Do not need. To be fair, from the video it looked like he played well. But, in the past 7 years he has played for three conference teams and Brisbane City. He is 28, would take a visa spot and push Davies and Keboah out of the squad.

Petratos and Ferreria looks like useful squad players. Would take Barbarouses back in a heart beat. Any word on Aryn Williams? is he still on trial?

Starting 11 is coming along nicely Broich, Berisha, Franjic and Miller are amongst the leagues best. Brattan, North, Smith, Steffanuto and Donachie will be solid. At the moment it looks like injures will hurt us again. Would need to round off the squad with two or three more good signings - can not waste visa spots again.

I personally don't rate Acton, if he's any good and we can pick him up for minimum wage, provided with have the cap space, I'd take him.



As the old saying goes don't judge a book by it's cover. If he performs well during his trial why shouldn't he be signed?

Edited by Roar_Brisbane: 25/7/2013 02:02:55 PM

As the old saying goes don't judge a book by it's cover. If he performs well during his trial why shouldn't he be signed? [/quote]

Do Dong

Every signing is always a risk but if they perform well in the trial and fit in with the club. We shouldn't fear signing them.

Edited by Roar_Brisbane: 25/7/2013 02:03:34 PM

Interesting comments by Dobson at the start. Sounds like something big is in the pipeline.

http://paulytv.com.au/category/2c-brisbane-roar-pre-season-2013

An academy?

That was my first thoughts. I look forward to reading this strategic document.


Will be interesting to see what Mulvey does with Jamie Young.

where was it reported that the Roar were poised to announce a major signing within 72 hours?

The Informer on twitter.

Lamba out for the season. :cry:

Gosh darn it! Really?

Looked like he could have had a bigger role this coming season.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/no-room-for-club-less-matt-mckay-at-melbourne-victory-brisbane-roar-stay-tight-lipped/story-e6frfkp9-1226687073159

Yep. :cry:

Brisbane Roar: 3 (Miller, Berisha, Brown)
Brisbane City: 0

First side to keep Brisbane City scoreless in 2013.

Kofi Danning is officially on the team sheet, safe to say he's now a Brisbane player......

You mean the team sheet from last night? He doesn't need to be on a contract to play, he can be a triallist and still be on the team sheet.

His name was next to No# 9, as an unused player. If he was a triallist he wouldn't have an official number, nor would Mulvey bother having him around the group with 5 months of rehab remaining. Everything points to him being a contracted player without a formal announcement as of yet.

Edited by Mightyroar: 1/8/2013 11:44:37 AM

Edited by Mightyroar: 1/8/2013 11:48:04 AM

I haven't seen Panny Nikas's name lately, must have been unsuccessful I guess.

Just noticed that the R11 match Brisbane v Newcastle will be played at 1300:lol: Stadium

Pretty strange. Won't be much interest up this way unless it's heavily advertised.

Yea that's meant to be our community match.

We don't do advertising. :lol: Will be interesting to see how the locals take it. A fews boos to the FFA maybe?

Bring back Dairy Farmers as well.

Lol that thread title confused me. I was wondering why on earth a W-League match would move to Townsville.

Double header with NQF?

What are you drunk? :lol: