I'm pretty sure I don't be getting a call anytime soon from the roar .... or Theo either lol.

It was in the media so its up for discussion in this forum, that's what it's here for right? Secret Agent thankfully got DeVere wrong but a month ago called Ricky correctly. Personally I think this shows Riaf are bring s but more assertive in managing there squad which is overdue, and possibly trying to figure out a way of getting Holman on board.

Dont know about secret agents but have heard that Corona will be getting his slice of lime elsewhere next season.

Hope its not true.

Where'd you hear this?

Could not say.

Edited by clivesundies: 12/7/2016 09:21:07 PM

Consortium will propose $75 million world class super-sporting complex

PETER BADEL, EXCLUSIVE, The Sunday Mail (Qld)
June 25, 2016 9:16am
Subscriber only

BRISBANE’S $75 million super-sporting complex is aiming to attract the biggest teams in world sport, including football giants Liverpool and rugby’s British Lions.

A Queensland consortium will on Monday announce plans for the construction of a facility at Brisbane Airport they claim will be the most advanced sports science unit in Australian sport.

Earlier this month AFL’s Brisbane Lions outlined Brisbane Airport as their preferred training base as part of a $25m redevelopment plan first revealed by The Sunday Mail last year.

Now the BAC have backed plans for the Australian High Performance and Recovery Centre, which will be built next to the Lions’ proposed new training headquarters.

Construction on the 70,000-square metre site will begin before Christmas with the multi-million dollar project to be completed in mid-2019.


Artists’ impressions of the state-of-the-art facility.
The Sunday Mail has obtained artists’ impressions of the state-of-the-art facility. It will feature a gymnasium, medical centre, altitude chambers, pools and football fields as part of a sports-science set-up that can be used by visiting international sporting teams.

The mega-complex will also feature a running track to cater for local and visiting athletes preparing for international athletics meets.

The consortium hopes the facility will one day be the training headquarters of Queensland’s fourth NRL team when the NRL considers expansion for the 2020 season.

AHPRC executive chairman Craig Davison said the High Performance Centre will revolutionise Brisbane as a sporting city offering world-class resources to professional outfits.

Water Polo and Volleyball Australia bosses are currently in negotiations to be permanent tenants at the site.

“This is a precinct Brisbane has been crying out for. We want to be the best sporting complex in the world,” Davison said.

“When the British Lions came to Australia (three years ago), they spent millions having to upgrade facilities at Noosa, but international teams will soon be able to stay at this facility.


Artists’ impressions of the state-of-the-art facility.
“Liverpool played in Brisbane last year and if they return in future, we would offer them state-of-the-art equipment and sports science services.

“It would even benefit visiting NRL teams who travel to Brisbane to play the Broncos. For example, a team like the Warriors, coming from New Zealand, could base themselves here and train all week.

“It’s a project that will make Brisbane a first-choice option for local and international sporting teams.”

Davison is also a driving force behind the Brisbane Bombers’ NRL expansion bid but said the facility could be home to any prospective future league team in Queensland.

“This location would be the perfect training base for the next NRL team in Brisbane,” he said.

“This isn’t about the Bombers. If the Brisbane Bombers got in one day, so be it, but it would be the ideal home for any Queensland team that comes into the competition.”

Queensland Olympic Council President and five-time Olympian Natalie Cook said the $75m super centre was a major coup for Brisbane.

“It’s an exciting project,” said Cook, the gold-medal winning beach volleyball legend. “It provides Olympic sports with access to a facility encompassing high-performance training and administration services. It is the future for Australian sport.”

$75m World class Sporting Complex
By Peter Badel

BRISBANE’S $75 million super-sporting complex is aiming to attract the biggest teams in world sport, including football giants Liverpool and rugby’s British Lions.

A Queensland consortium will on Monday announce plans for the construction of a facility at Brisbane Airport they claim will be the most advanced sports science unit in Australian sport.

Earlier this month AFL’s Brisbane Lions outlined Brisbane Airport as their preferred training base as part of a $25m redevelopment plan first revealed by The Sunday Mail last year.

Now the BAC have backed plans for the Australian High Performance and Recovery Centre, which will be built next to the Lions’ proposed new training headquarters.

Construction on the 70,000-square metre site will begin before Christmas with the multi-million dollar project to be completed in mid-2019.

The Sunday Mail has obtained artists’ impressions of the state-of-the-art facility. It will feature a gymnasium, medical centre, altitude chambers, pools and football fields as part of a sports-science set-up that can be used by visiting international sporting teams.

The mega-complex will also feature a running track to cater for local and visiting athletes preparing for international athletics meets.

The consortium hopes the facility will one day be the training headquarters of Queensland’s fourth NRL team when the NRL considers expansion for the 2020 season.

AHPRC executive chairman Craig Davison said the High Performance Centre will revolutionise Brisbane as a sporting city offering world-class resources to professional outfits.

Water Polo and Volleyball Australia bosses are currently in negotiations to be permanent tenants at the site.

“This is a precinct Brisbane has been crying out for. We want to be the best sporting complex in the world,” Davison said.

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“When the British Lions came to Australia (three years ago), they spent millions having to upgrade facilities at Noosa, but international teams will soon be able to stay at this facility.

“Liverpool played in Brisbane last year and if they return in future, we would offer them state-of-the-art equipment and sports science services.

“It would even benefit visiting NRL teams who travel to Brisbane to play the Broncos. For example, a team like the Warriors, coming from New Zealand, could base themselves here and train all week.

“It’s a project that will make Brisbane a first-choice option for local and international sporting teams.”

Davison is also a driving force behind the Brisbane Bombers’ NRL expansion bid but said the facility could be home to any prospective future league team in Queensland.

“This location would be the perfect training base for the next NRL team in Brisbane,” he said.

“This isn’t about the Bombers. If the Brisbane Bombers got in one day, so be it, but it would be the ideal home for any Queensland team that comes into the competition.”

Queensland Olympic Council President and five-time Olympian Natalie Cook said the $75m super centre was a major coup for Brisbane.

“It’s an exciting project,” said Cook, the gold-medal winning beach volleyball legend. “It provides Olympic sports with access to a facility encompassing high-performance training and administration services. It is the future for Australian sport.”

With this proposed build is there any chance of a BR/2nd Brisbane A-League team or A-League team having a working partnership?

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/more-sports/consortium-will-propose-75-million-world-class-supersporting-complex/news-story/76f22a34fd9504ac937eabf3ba517b4d


http://www.brisbanebombers.com.au/75-million-world-class-super-sporting-complex/

Here is the media release
http://ahprc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/AHPRC-Joint-Media-Release-FINAL.pdf

I know judging by the BR fb page they are "Queenslands team" as the background picture says.


I disagree with that....

As for the complex, is this just a Brisbane Bombers/Overseas football thing and no Australian soccer teams will be welcome?
Would be handy for trips back from Perth, Wellington, Asia etc



Edited by scott21: 13/7/2016 12:38:18 AM

With this proposed build is there any chance of a BR/2nd Brisbane A-League team or A-League team having a working partnership?

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/more-sports/consortium-will-propose-75-million-world-class-supersporting-complex/news-story/76f22a34fd9504ac937eabf3ba517b4d


http://www.brisbanebombers.com.au/75-million-world-class-super-sporting-complex/

Here is the media release
http://ahprc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/AHPRC-Joint-Media-Release-FINAL.pdf

I know judging by the BR fb page they are "Queenslands team" as the background picture says.


I disagree with that....

As for the complex, is this just a Brisbane Bombers/Overseas football thing and no Australian soccer teams will be welcome?
Would be handy for trips back from Perth, Wellington, Asia etc



Edited by scott21: 13/7/2016 12:38:18 AM

The NRL last month rulled out a second Brisbane team for the foreseeable future so basing plans on hoping to attract a non-existent team probably highlights the usual BS that surrounds plans like this. Why wouldn't they try and attract the Roar there?

so did they lose Theo and Polenz this week or what?

But we lost Corona. This is not going to be a good year.

Antonis is looking to come back isnt he? Would be calling him up pronto. Andreu isnt a bad shout either.

Surely Andreu's phone is ringing off the hook this arvo lol

"Brisbane Roar are aiming to soften the blow of star midfielder Corona's shock departure by bringing Brett Holman to the A-League next season.

Managing director and prospective majority owner Daniel Cobb confirmed the club are in the hunt for the 63-cap Socceroo, who has flagged his desire to join the competition after leaving UAE's Emirates Club in May.

"We've got a lot of irons in the fire. There's a number of player options John (Aloisi) and Craig (Moore) are looking at and he's one," Cobb told AAP on Friday.

Holman, 32, has played in the Middle East since his release from English club Aston Villa in 2013 and would be a handy attacking addition for any A-League side.

With Cobb revealing the Roar intend filling not only all five import slots but the full-season guest player slot recently introduced by Football Federation Australia to help Melbourne City sign Tim Cahill, Holman shapes a prime candidate.

However other A-League clubs, reportedly Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory, are interested.

It comes after Corona's decision to move back to Spain despite being contracted to Brisbane for another season.

The veteran, who is the Roar's reigning player of the year, will return to former home, UD Almeria, where he's been promised a technical director's job when he eventually hangs up his boots, Cobb said.

The Roar did not receive a transfer fee and though it frees up approximately $200,000 in salary cap money, the loss of the 35-year-old midfield anchor will sting.

New recruit Jacob Pepper, formerly of Newcastle and Western Sydney, suddenly looms as Brisbane's best No.6 option.

Cobb, meanwhile, is off to Europe, where he intends to hold talks with potential signings, possible co-investors and a series of clubs - including Portugal's Sporting Lisbon - with which the Roar will look to form player exchange and academy partnerships with.

He says he has built a network of contacts through Melbourne-based private academy Real Football Institute, which has brought a number of Argentinian and Spanish coaches to Australia.

However, the formal sale process of the Roar from the Bakrie Group to the consortium headed by Cobb is not expected to commence at least until after a meeting with FFA next month.

Whatever the eventual outcome, Cobb said he intends becoming Brisbane's sole majority shareholder"

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/32062138/spanish-star-corona-departs-brisbane-roar/#page1

P.s, Holmans Wikipedia profile says current club Brisbane Roar so it must be true lol

Good news I suppose. Particularly about the guest player spot. That's interesting.

It's better than everything else that's being written today. But why does Cobb bury this stuff away in news articles like this? Just stick it in a members mail and say "guys, this is what I'm thinking ...."

Agreed. It's super annoying and there needs to be more direct communication with fans. At least he has #vision.

I don't understand the bit about Cobb becoming a majority stakeholder.I thought he was a bankrupt .
Also weird that a majority stakeholder would be the CEO.
Why do I feel so uneasy about all this?

I don't know. But I think he's had businesses go broke not personally bankrupt. He won't be CEO either it's one of four jobs being advertised on SEEK at the moment. Feeling uneasy? Join the club ... is it better than the Bakries, Coffee Club boys? lions as owners .... we'll know in a few years lol

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Falling from the stars
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The innocent can never last
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Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
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Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
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Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
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