Look, I personally think not renewing membership/attending games is not the right approach - the Bakries have done a lot of damage and a boycott will only make things worse. I renewed for the players and myself. That said I won't level any critisism at folk who won't renew - the sh*t Dobson and Fong threw out last season was unbelievable and relentless; I know other people like to chip in with "fickle roar fan" comments but you had to live the last 12 months of bull to realise the last couple of months has broken a lot of people. Maybd think again about your membership? if anyone is going to get us out of this mess it's the players and the fans, but fans at home don't help none !

I've been holding off but I finally renewed yesterday ><

Will still go to most games. They arent going to be taking my cash up front though.

That's good to know. As I say it would be great if 10,000 members signed up but with the Dobson/Fong double act we'll do well to crack half that. Hopefully they do what they say they'll do and we see 3 new names on the roster over the next week or so; that'll at least give us some football to talk about

After that inspiring meeting last night their memberships will start decreasing.

All I hope is that now the ffa experienced how piss off we are, with people directly saying last night will not buy membership. They should now know that one more bad decision they have lost the brisbane market and most of qld.

Sad stuff really I didn't manage to see last nights meeting. Someone did post it up. Who came down to represent the bakries? Was it the owner themselves or someone representing the owner?

I am just struggling to see how blind so many people are as to the root of the problems at roar (those at ffa I mean)

Sorry to heap coals on the fire by CCM now stating their membership at 4552

For real, every team needs a stadium with a 30k maximum cap. WSW have shown how an atmosphere can be created in a smaller stadium. It's so much better to have a smaller, full stadium than a bigger, half empty one.

Tbf wed have the leagues highest attendance figures if it was only half empty.

I think it's time to cut Queensland loose altogether and never speak their disastrous franchises again.

THE “new” Brisbane Roar is coming.
That was the promise from club owners, Indonesian conglomerate, the Bakrie Group at a fiery members’ forum on Wednesday night at Milton.

Angry members and fans who have refused to renew memberships due to the Bakries’ retention of the club’s licence vented their fury at a panel that included A-League boss Damien de Bohun, interim Roar CEO David Pourre, Fox Sports expert Mark Bosnich and Bakrie Group representatives Rahim Soekasah and Demis Djamaoeddin.

Soekasah and Djamaoeddin reiterated the Bakrie’s intention to retain hold of the club, clear the Roar’s debts and restore the three-time A-League champions to their former glory on and off the field.

“A clear instruction from the owner (Nirwan Bakrie) – he is fully committed to bring the new Brisbane Roar,” Djamaoeddin said.

“We found there was a problem with the club … I do believe that Brisbane Roar can do better in the future.”

De Bohun promised that the Bakries will have made all their outstanding payments, which added up to millions of dollars, by January.

“We have set out very clear expectations. They have met major obligations in the last few weeks,” de Bohun said.

“If obligations are not met, we will move (to strip the Bakries of their licence).

“They have put millions and millions of dollars into this club ... they have demonstrated they will meet their obligations.

“Everything will be cleaned up by January.”

However, the lack of trust fans have in the owners and Football Federation Australia was clearly evident on more than one occasion.

There were also complaints about the club’s lack of presence in the community.

Bosnich was adamant Roar players needed to change that situation.

“They’ve got to get out there with them (the fans),” Bosnich said.

Soekasah and Djamaoeddin addressed the Roar squad yesterday and also met with Brisbane coach John Aloisi.

“They (the players) do have some certainty around what the plan is for the first time,” de Bohun said.

Pourre promised a fan day before Christmas as well as another forum with coach John Aloisi – who was absent last night for family reasons – as early as next week.

“John will articulate what he wants to do and how he wants to do it,” Pourre said.

FFA have been garnishing TV money to pay off the License Fee ?

No wonder they didn't strip the license when there wasn't enough to pay players

Good stuff, but you cant really compare because Roar are only selling full season memberships nothing else. Really is strange why the other 3 game, 7 game and global memberships are not on sale yet.

In addition to the fans smashing the ffa for not acting on this situation they also lashed the FFA for being a contributing factor. And they were, but perhaps in their defence, how were they to know incompetent managers would be steering the ship? So along with the ffa effectively garnishing money before it arrived the ATO were also garnishing the same money as soon as it arrived in the bank accounts - poor sods never stood a chance, hence the sudden downfall in May. It must have been like a financial sinkhole opening up!

First I've heard of ATO garnishing, got a source ?

Sorry no, mentioned at this weeks forum.