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2019/2020

Brisbane Roar

In

Max Crocombe (gk) Salford; Jake McGing (def) Wisla Plock; Tom Aldred (def) Bury; Macauley Gillesphey (def) Carlisle; Scott Neville (def) Newcastle Jets; Aiden O'Neill (mid) Burnley; Brad Inman (mid) Rochdale; Jay O'Shea (mid) Bury; George Mells (mid) Fortuna Sittard; Jai Ingham (mid) Melbourne Victory; Aaron Amadi-Holloway (att) Shrewsbury; Roy O'Donovan (att) Newcastle Jets;

Out

Matt McKay (r) (mid) end of career; Luke DeVere (r) (def) Wellington Phoenix; Thomas Kristensen (r) (mid) Helsingor; Alex Lopez (r) (mid) Ferrol; Brett Holman (r) (mid) released; Eric Bautheac (r) (att) released; Ruon Tongyik (sp) (def) Central Coast Mariners; Dane Ingham (sp) (def) Perth Glory; Joe Caletti (sp) (mid) Floro; Tobias Mikkelsen (sp) (mid) Helsingborg; Henrique Silva (sp) (att) released; Nick D'Agostino (sp) (att) Perth Glory; Emilio Martinez (mid) released; Bryce Bafford (att) released; Charles Lokolingoy (att) Hong Kong Pegasus;

For second consecutive year last term Roar were without play-off football. In fact if anything the results and the stats from last season were poorer than from year earlier and the downward trend really disheartened the fans. Conceding lots of goals, losing way too many games at home and generally playing some poor football Roar had to press the reset button and they did that in the summer. Many question the changes that took place though and currently the doubters in terms of Roar’s play-off chances in 2019/20 are definitely more than the believers. In more marketing move than anything else Roar’s Board decided to appoint Liverpool’s legend Robbie Fowler in charge, but the Englishman lacks any experience as head coach. Fowler’s ‘revolution’ saw many of the ageing players in the squad replace by players coming from the lower English divisions. With 9 of the 12 new signings coming from Europe Fowler wants to build team playing modern European football, but there are many factors stacked against him. None of the new signings is really a household name and Roar are missing stars. In fact arguably the 2 best signings are seen to be full-back Neville from Glory and proven centre forward O’Donovan from Jets. Fowler will be under pressure quickly if all those players he brought from England underperform and it seems to be huge risk from him gambling so much. The appointment of the recently signed Englishman Aldred as the team’s new captain already stirred issues inside the dressing room and even before the season starts there is drama in Roar’s camp.

Target

Roar want to be back in the play-offs, but with most of the newcomers lacking A-League experience and manager of doubtful quality this might be hard to achieve.

Season Review

2018/2019

№9: Brisbane Roar

Roar had their worst ever campaign this season, with the combination of poor management, lots of injury issues and early departure of top goalscorer Taggart all affecting the results in negative way. Decent opening 5 rounds saw Roar register win, 3 draws and just 1 defeat. However, overreliance on Taggart for goals up front was obvious and soon the problems started. Run of 5 consecutive defeats in December saw coach Aloisi sacked at start of 2019, which also coincided with Taggart moving abroad after 11 goals in first 18 rounds. Inexperienced Darren Davies was left as interim boss for the rest of the season as the damage was already done, plus the departure of players midway through the season (the most solid centre-back Papadopolous also left in January) clearly showed that Roar won’t be trying the impossible and saving their campaign. The health of the squad and the poor discipline were also an obstacle with Roar having games in February and March in which 8-9 players were missing, which saw several 16 and 17-year-olds having to make senior debuts. The age of the group was also a problem, with the majority of the players near retirement and unable to play at very quick pace. Still there were some bright sparks too with young striker Wenzel-Halls having solid first campaign in the A-League and only expected to improve, plus Bautheac was constant threat down the right wing and he was the only Roar player to have both 5+ goals and 5+ assists this campaign.