It’s unreasonable not to expect fans to have an opinion on the players in their team. 

Lol , good to see you have moved on from calling people trolls , Karen is a much more 2020.

Oh we still have trolls. And dickheads. All self appointed I might add. 

I'd go with troll this time Waz. The deliberate misspelling of his name in consecutive posts is too clear an indicator of a troll being obvious over a genuinely outraged person.

I really hope Dylan (just for those who don't know and out of respect for him) has turned that magical corner and we see more of that type of performance in future games.

I was really impressed to see some of his softer touches.

Watching Atkinson last night for City reminded me of DWH somewhat (not in actual playing style) - the way he carried the ball forward with speed and at times quite a silky touch then showed the final disjointed or telegraphed touch or pass of a relatively unskilled player just learning their craft. Really jarred to my ignorant senses. Perhaps all adrenalin building as he wove his way through then affecting his final effort.

Atkinson himself aside, as a coach is it common to see players with really well developed, silky dribbling skills but who struggle with simple passing? I have seen so many kids walking round at local football games dribbling a ball by themselves and wonder if interest and enthusiasm for football without structured training would produce that one-sided combination of skills.

FYI I wasn’t the one who misspelled the lads name , I am and have been in the past one of Dylan’s biggest supporters . 

Now I'm genuinely confused notarobot.

I thought his name was Dylan, and that you have spelled it Dillon.

Either you have misspelled his name (which you deny) or his name is misspelled Dylan everywhere I have looked.

Happy to be set straight on this...

Lol , I don’t blame you , I were taking the piss out of waz who spelt his name Dillon, but now that post is DWH. 

Apologies - I had posted Wanderers goal difference for WU. Adelaide are looking gone by the shape of the Perth v WU game on now, and a subsequent draw to WU after tonight likely to put them in 5th as our opponents in the first final we play.

And despite us being so shite, we are in the finals while Adelaide’s off season has already begun. Go figure?

Lol Adelaide will struggle next year , rookie coach with youth players , not gonna end well .
Love giving the youth a go but for 18-19 yr olds to preform week in and week out at the top level is a big ask.

”....Veteran Brisbane Roar striker Scott McDonald is under investigation by Football Federation Australia after leaving the club’s Hunter Valley base to work as a commentator for Optus Sport....”

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/exsocceroo-scott-mcdonald-under-investigation-over-possible-aleague-double-biosecurity-breach/news-story/62b6a771773e83291ca86b554fc2a56f

Obviously hoping it is all above board.

Comparing Macca's 'work' as a commentator and playing a game with someone going to watch an NPL game is a bit steep.

Yes....I'm going Macca hasn't stuffed up because I'd be pretty off him if he has!!

we all out there coaching and playing at amateur level and if a professional makes stupid decisions ......gonna be some unhappy people.....all giving their time and effort mostly free.

It’s all BS. FoxSports unhappy because he’s done work with Optus. 

I thought there was a condition of his release that Scotty Mac could not play against WU?

If so, would that apply to finals games?

From The Australian article:
"The veteran forward, who played a leading role in the Roar’s 2-1 win over Adelaide United at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, has revealed a clause in his contract will prevent him taking on his former club."

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/mcdonald-cant-play-western-united/news-story/d5659b11648cb7489a56d6648bb441bf

Flower claiming to have been unlawfully sacked? Wouldn't be a Brisbane Roar season without some back room drama. 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/not-a-quitter-liverpool-legend-fowler-claims-he-was-unlawfully-sacked-by-brisbane-20200814-p55lt5.html

Well, let's put it this way - he doesn't need the money, which is suggests to me that his account is probably accurate.

But why would BR management terminate his contract?   Moon could simply have gone into caretaker role.  

The whole thing seems bizarre. 

This was reported on 29 June:

Sometimes it’s more than money. Some people just hate to be seen to “lose”. 

So perhaps Fowler said he wasn’t going to come back  for the restart but would be back next season and the club decided that wasn’t good enough, which is understandable. Can see how Fowler might think that was unreasonable.

I though I saw a tweet that Grant posted after they did not return saying something along the lines of people can not know how difficult it was to have family back in England during Corona Virus ..and this seemed reasonable to me too.
I took from that that they both decided not to come back because of their families .
Anyone else remember that tweet ? Did I get the meaning right ?

Definitely understandable from an individual’s perspective, but the club has to consider the wellbeing of the entire team and playing staff... who’s to say Fowler and Grant’s circumstances would be any better/different come start of next season?

Looks like Fowler paid his own fare home but expected the club to pay for his flight back.

“Then [they] wanted me to pay my own flight going back. I said ‘if you want me to come back, you’ve got to at least pay for my flight’. Regardless of how much money [they] think I’ve got, if I’m stood down and I’m not getting paid … it [would be] costing me money.

If this is true then it is pretty devastating as a fan. it makes Fowler and the club both look like total cheapskates. Seems that neither Fowler nor management thinks the good of the club, the team and the fans is worth a measly $5k. Seriously?

mr Fowler walked out of NQ Fury, and then had contract dispute.
A red flag to the Roar if there ever was one

Whats going on with the club?

This doesn't add up at all. I'm hearing different things.

Given Roar vs WU is quite likely does anyone have an answer to this?

Clause doesn’t apply for finals according to Fox last night. 

err, nothing most likely? 

Roar have a bit of form here too. Think Mike Mulvey. 
 
Quote from Judge Reid in his decision to allow Mulvey's case to proceed:   

"There is however an unusual aspect of the matter. Indeed, I am reminded of: 'Curiouser and curiouser’ cried Alice, (she was so much surprised that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Chapter 2"

Also got to the academy games yesterday, been a while. I notice this year the Roar teams are no longer playing up an age group. I thought it may have been an FQ directive but apparently not, decision made by WM in the interests of development ???

How did they look?