So I've done some thinking and have come up with a 2 team rotation system that we could (should) be implementing... at least partially, given our current workload.


Leaves Clut, Litfin, Jackson to come in for either side.

At the minimum would be a sick full training game to watch.

Ummm Devere?

Did any of you go to the Q&A session that was hold recently. Just read the post on reddit r/aleague, it seemed to be a pretty open and frank discussion on this season events. I think it also gave more clarity on the whole philosophy and up front said frans won't be coach next year.



Edited by lolitsbigmic: 31/3/2015 02:50:33 PM

Q: Why is Mulvey not the coach anymore?
Sean Dobson: there's a way we want to train, play and a lot came from our time with Ange. There were concerns at the end of the last season. Mike wasn't getting the most out of his staff.
Ken Stead stuck to these methods and was focused mainly in preparing the youth team. Mike was in charge of the senior team. Youth team finished equal first playing our philosophy/style.

Q: Who sets the philosophy and how is it being met?
SD: philosophy is a broad subject. Not just football played (inherited from Ange) but also engagement with fans, fellow staff, backroom practices etc.
Football dept wise Ange had the right balance, Rado did too much analysis, Mike didn't use it and forced Luciano Trani to provide analysis to players without Mulveys knowledge.
It's not easy but we've been active in the January window. Ultimately the youth is the best indicator at the moment. Senior team isn't there but realistically we're not far off.

Q: You could have saved a lot of criticism by giving a better explanation of what you're doing while you're doing it.
SD: Yeah, we dropped the ball on this. However the FFA also have a history of leaking information ahead of A-League clubs being able to provide the info to its members.

Q: what's the long term goal of the club and if not please justify your position as CEO.
SD: 15K members, 20K attendance, 2-3 youth players per year (few other targets as well) This is the starting point to building towards long term success. (Summarised. May have missed some points here re: long term goals)

Q: Vision of the club is top 2 as stated. How are we selling this club to prospective coaches (given our position)
SD: Different club structures around the world create different expectations from prospective coaches. It's about finding the right coach to fit this and that undrrstands their responsibilities, club structures and philosophies.
Vidmar was offered a spot on a short list not the coaching job. He wanted to stick with Olyroos.
Frans is a great example. Knows philosophy ans what is wanted to be achieved but comments on wellington game showed he's not aligned with al of the nuances of the Australian game. Preference is coach with Asian experience

Q: Teams pulling out of NYL - talk from many clubs. Is it going to happen?
SD: No. It makes no sense to. 12 month program allows club to rest players when necessary, not when season dictates.

Q: What has the non football dept done to improve member numbers?
SD: We've tried to bring a human element to our operation. Again, we've not been to the right level on this but we've got some challenges around this such as inconsistent game times, and total engagement with the Den and other fan areas (Pauls Family Area etc).
We need to have more avenues to engage with more people than a limited group that the likes of post match functions may allow. More open training sessions, online chats, player autographs post match etc.
KB: One Goal program is a key program that was killed and shouldn't have been.

Q: 40000 on Grand Final day, 6800 on Wednesday. How are you getting the message out to theae people for rescheduled games.
SD: Social Media is a great driver. Tv and radio isn't the greatest return on investment. Eg Wellington game after Asian Cup. FFA spent $75000, ticket sales $35000
KB: Wednesday was ananomoly. Combination of performance and timing.

Q: Why was there no push from the club to restart game at a later time?
SD: We don't air our dirty laundry in the media. To be taken seriously with the FFA we'll generally have to lodge written piece to FFA for a response. Otherwise they just don't respond to us.

Q: Stadium - you can tell it's suffering from over use (concerts, other codes.)
SD: Suwon game officially announced 1 hour after approval from FFA and AFC. Suwon were very cooperative.
Club fought for games in Brisbane for ACL but AFC said other teams would have loat competitive advantage of Beijing to play second and third games in Brisbane.
Club has decided that they have to use this situation to their advantage to engage GC community. Round of 16 onwards back in Brisbane. We know that Nov-Dec will se a full field replacement after concerts. Question is do we take regular season matches elsewhere for this period given the reward at he end of it. Where can we take them? It's a question we honestly want the input of our supporters on

Q: What's the club doing to celebrate our 10 years?
SD: It's on our radar but it's being worked on.

Q: Perry Park is leased. What's the likelihood of it being owned by Brisbane and developed into a stadium in the future.
SD: There's currently alot if people involved in PP (Strikers, BCC, etc) that have an input. It's run down currently and needs work. Easier and more coat effective to have 3 parties contribute to the improvement than to take that burden on our own shoulders alone.

KB: Member satisfaction survey to be sent from independent source to help with the assessment on how the club id performing. Please complete it.

Roar_Brisbane and Roar fans, what are your thoughts on potential squad over-haul required, come new regime/off-season? I guess there's potential to come with the right new regime in-place.

This team needs to fire and be back up top again, while Broich is still quality/there, as too the current owners etc... Broich, DeVere, JCS... they have the spine of a top side, but some standard has dropped drastically elsewhere. Glory has Nichols on-loan, would you have him back? What's the feedback on Kaluderovic? Hardly a Berisha, but a step up from Kurtishi atleast? LB may require VISA quality at this rate.

Nichols is a very smart player but dosn't have the skills to match, which is why sometimes he does amazing things and other times he just a potato.

I think JCS is finally getting back to when he was first at the roar. As i said in the match thread, mckay north theo and even broich needs to be replace. they are not getting younger and we need to start thinking ahead, mckay and broich got 1 or 2 years left. front 3 up for grabs and we need a left back. Also ricky will be getting older, but he could last forever with 20-30 minutes off the bench and now an aussie too.

I would like to see a freshening of the team, probably another year of pain as we transition new players in. I think it would be great to see a team of pretty much all brisbane players bar the visa players.

Roar_Brisbane and Roar fans, what are your thoughts on potential squad over-haul required, come new regime/off-season? I guess there's potential to come with the right new regime in-place.

This team needs to fire and be back up top again, while Broich is still quality/there, as too the current owners etc... Broich, DeVere, JCS... they have the spine of a top side, but some standard has dropped drastically elsewhere. Glory has Nichols on-loan, would you have him back? What's the feedback on Kaluderovic? Hardly a Berisha, but a step up from Kurtishi atleast? LB may require VISA quality at this rate.

We lose Clut and Borello if all Brisbane/QLD based players is the strategy.

Nichols would be a good signing :)

Nichols>McKay

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They could play together, Brisbane have been sorely lacking creativity in midfield.

Theo
Polenz-DeVere-Donachie-New LB
Brattan
Mckay-Nichols
Borello-New ST-Broich.

+Competent manager.

A team i'd be fearful of once again.

This season for Roar has been a clusterf..k
Management have to take the blame for most of this mess.It's pretty much typical that bad management leads to bad results .
After the bad start I just question as to the desire by management to win anything this year.I compare Roar to SFC.It's clear they have left no stone unturned to win.When a player recieved a long term injury.A new quality player was brought in.Yet compare that to Roar ,where Broich ,the marquee player was injured for half a season and yet no replacement came in.Same with Theo.
You can then go through a raft of other decisions,from the new non coach,GC games and turning up in Korea the day before an ACL game with a tired squad and expecting to win.
I just hope there are major changes all round for next season or membership numbers could drop off significantly.

I know he is a scapegoat and rightly so but how long has Petratos got left on his contract?

Dat some scary shit

Anyone get that membership survey they sent out?