Having watched the rumours develop over the weeks it’s obvious Fowler/Grant have a plan and these players fit it. Whether it’s a good plan remains to be seen. 

The next 4 signings are all Aussies (I think we know who they are) so we’ll have a better picture by Thursday. Although there’ll still be 3-4 signings to go. 

Gillespie , Pepper, Aldred, Bowles , will sign one more CB I’d say if playing 3/5/2

Possibly. Although I’d play Neville in a back 3 - it’s technically one CB and a LB/RB if you’re playing with two DMs in front 

Think it will be more like Perth , 3 big boppers 2 wingbacks , one Six 

Maybe. But the English system is teaching three st the back with two 6’s. 

Theres a realisation that wingbacks are always out of position. 

Two players I was hoping we’d sign but haven’t: 

donachie & Brats 

Jake McGing inbound apparently:

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/ex-mariner-mcging-ready-to-join-fowler-s-brisbane-influx?fbclid=IwAR2871z-f3Ru6KI7D_vkf_1FK_ATiE25S5jxSAdlhV0R34alcv7qqIKJc8U

If Inman signs it'll be interesting to see what RF does with him. IMO he's a big talent and easily the best signing so far - potentially. Injury plus 2 other things have held him back, namely, being played out of position and a poor attitude. He's best at CF/AM I'd say. As for his rumoured poor attitude, welcome to the world of management, Robbie. 

Good signing! 25, European experience, knows the A-league inside out, versatile. Can’t wait to get rid of duds like Bowles for fresher talent.

Getting more excited/ Not only does Fowler have a plan, this dripping pout the names seems to suggest that the back office also have a plan. Good on 'em all round.

Agree. Plenty of debate over whether Fowlers plan is a good one or not but for me that’s not the point - he has a plan and he’s backing himself. We’ll know how good it is by Christmas. 

And the marketing of this has been excellent. Nice to see the back office put some thought in to it and work hand-in-hand with the football department to create an exciting week for fans. 

Memberships go on sale soon (I think the announcement is today) and I’m told there’s a “surprise” in there for the new season so be interesting to see what they’ve come up with. 

Nice BBC invterview with Aldred.  Saying the right things https://twitter.com/tomaldred_20

So the rumours for the next 2 days are 1 defender and 3 midfielders, also when are we going to announce Freke has been signed I can't see us picking up anyone else to deputise Young.

So for the Defender I am expecting Neville and hoping for McGing

Midfielders seem pretty locked in as Inman, O'Neill and Mells.

If we sign McGing that 3-5-2 / 3-2-3-2 is looking pretty likely

According to Roars “Arrivals Board” there are four more signings to come, all Aussies with 2 today and 2 tomorrow. 

The names linked are Inman, O’Neill, Mells, McGing and Neville. That’s 5 so which one is false. 

There was also also a tweet yesterday saying O’Shea was joining Roar (from his neighbour) 

Freck - he’s already contracted to the Academy. Remains to be seen whether hes the back up to young 

We still will need to sign at least 2 more players that have not been announced and up to 6 to complete our squad (depending on how much youth Fowler wants to carry in the squad). I suspect we will sign 4 more with one being a keeper

Yeah agreed, I was just commenting on this weeks activity. So when they start preseason training next week they should have 16 first team players plus the youth. 

Still aways to go 

The dangers of changing the structure of a post half way through, although I will point out that we have Powell listed as a Forward on the clubs website :D:D:D

So I count 15 signed players including the 4 to be announced (16 if you include Pepper, but I haven't seen anything official), plus Powell on a scholarship. Assuming we sign O'Shea as well that leaves us with between 3 and 6 senior players to sign as well as 2 potential scholarship players as well. Still plenty of signings to come.

I would hope we add Akbari, Freke and Muratovic and possibly a couple of NPL players to fill out the squad

FWIW, this is the squad according to wiki.  It appears to be updated by someone within the Roar (names were added as tweets were coming out)

4 DF Daniel Bowles
8 DF Jacob Pepper
13 MF Stefan Mauk
19 DF Jack Hingert
21 GK Jamie Young
23 FW Dylan Wenzel-Halls
24 DF Connor O'Toole
34 DF Aaron Reardon
38 DF Izaack Powell (Scholarship)
–DF Tom Aldred
–FW Aaron Amadi-Holloway
–FW Roy O'Donovan
–DF Macaulay Gillesphey

Reserve Squad (??)

31 GK Macklin Freke

Add the 4 Aussies scheduled for announcement, and you have 17 confirmed plus Freke.

Scholarships don’t count towards the first team squad 

Membership update:

https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/brfc-201920-memberships-sale-july-9?fbclid=IwAR32ZpeXZs5v7q6DGyGtwk3IfoZPkdQ0Xzg8H77xrKuUuwM2MZU2fypvJ7Q

Three games to Dolphin Oval's a smart move.  Take the lower drawing games (Nix, City, Mariners) there and also let Suncorp know that they're not totally irreplaceable for regular season games.

Exactly. They’ll have to be arvo games as the Lux isn’t right for Fox Sports. 

Perfect!  An afternoon will be good to get the families in.  Guessing Redcliffe wont mind the extra pokie revenue either.

Going to Dolphins and the packages for memberships. Looking Good Brisbane!!!!!!!!

I hope so, if the games aren't in September I will definitely take the family.

Glory just announced Neville's departure, so Roar announcement incoming...

Yup

Done musings I've Fowlerbeen having. 

Fowler seems to have a plan that these players fit. It makes me nervous, with very little to go on, it could be a complete flop but if it works out he is a genius.

Time will tell which way it goes but at the moment I would rather this something radically different to the absolute garbage of repetition we had with ja (and to an extent other managers since Ange).

And let's be honest if it fails then the HAL gets firmly placed at above league 2, most of league 1 and SPL standard. Players who excel here should be held to a higher standard when transferring looking at championship or bigger SPL clubs.

 If he succeeds then Fowler has shown to be a great manager who can identify unutilised players worth a shot at a higher level and probably gets picked up by a championship club making the HAL look good for any one looking to make a name for themselves or to pick up a wobbling career.

Let's face it if Fowler fails that is his management career over. He has more to lose than anyone else no matter the outcome the HAL should come off well. (It might just suck for us fans for a year). The worst outcome for everyone would be for Fowler to be middle of the road and finish 5-9 without challenging anyone

Forget the “lower league” but for a moment. 

Modern English football is built on quick play, rapid transition, and getting as many people forward as quickly as possible. 

The speed of play is way higher than the HAL. I loved Ange but watching his teams play was like watching a chess match at times. 

Can Fowler pull this off is the question? 

I think we’re all nervous with Fowlers recruitment so far, well at least I am.

Unless there are more skilful players from other football cultures in the team the Roar will not be a top contender. If we’re happy just to be fast and competitive then that’s all we’ll be, fast and competitive. I’m concerned.