Ozblue 4,332 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 If ever there was an absolutely disgraceful piece of "journalism" from a Scottish rag then this is it. Brisbane Roar has gone from one of the best Australian clubs to an absolute shambles in the space of a few years, thanks to the clowns who now own them. Craig Moore resigned previously but stayed to assist the club but now becomes the scapegoat because numbers fell off the shirts; while the Manager, John Aloisi retains his job???? do me a fucking favour. I've copied and pasted about the only report available in the Australian press about it, and I had to scour the internet to find it. No wonder that Papish cunt Tom English used to be employed by "The Hootsmon". *************************************************************************** Brisbane Roar are at rock bottom and the club’s owners aren’t budging — so where now for the former pride of the A-League? IF Brisbane Roar needed to hit rock bottom to realise the mess they are in, it has happened and Queensland’s A-League club is teetering on the edge, writes MARCO MONTEVERDE. Marco Monteverde The Courier-MailJanuary 27, 20186:01pm Mariners wary of Roar IF Brisbane Roar needed to hit rock bottom to realise the mess they are in, it has happened. Once the pride of Australian football, Queensland’s A-League club is teetering on the edge. Results and titles previously masked Brisbane’s off-field problems. When the Roar won three championships in four years between 2011 and 2014, it wasn’t a bed of roses off the park but it didn’t seem to matter such was Brisbane’s on-field dominance. And even in seasons 2015-16 and 2016-17 when players weren’t being paid on time and the club was in danger of being wound up due to disgruntled creditors, the Roar were more than competitive. EMBARRASSMENT: Roar have ‘damaged the A-League’ Roar’s glory days seem a long time ago now. (Nathan Richter)Source:News Limited They should have won the premiership in 2016 and led 3-0 against Western Sydney Wanderers before losing 5-4 in extra-time to miss a grand final berth. The following season they again finished third on the ladder and for the second year in succession, they came within a win of making the grand final. But all those achievements seemed a distant memory last Tuesday night when, in front of just 1279 fans at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre, the Roar lost 3-2 to Filipino minnows Ceres-Negro in an AFC Champions League playoff. If that wasn’t bad enough, the night became a farce when numbers started peeling of Roar jerseys and Frenchman Eric Bautheac didn’t have a second No. 22 shirt to put on because of a schoolboy error from the club’s kitman. So how did the club respond? They issued a meek apology and then made departing football manager Craig Moore the scapegoat by blaming him for the jersey fiasco and putting him on gardening leave until his period of notice ends in mid-March. Such extremes have been a fixture of the Bakrie Group since the Indonesian conglomerate took control of the Roar in 2011. The #Bakriesout hashtag has been a common theme among disgruntled Brisbane fans for the past few years. Football Federation Australia’s perceived lack of action against the Bakries — particularly when it came to financial problems — also has them on the nose with Brisbane faithful. The majority of the Queensland football fraternity were left frustrated last year when the Bakries were offered about $12 million to sell the club to a Russian-led consortium but said no. John Aloisi’s future hangs in the balance. That the Bakries want more the $20 million for the Roar is laughable. But the Bakries won’t budge, so where do the Roar go from here? The obvious answer is that the only way is up after the embarrassing events of last Tuesday night, but it’s hard not to think there will be more pain before there’s any gain. Current results are amplifying the Roar’s situation. It’s hard not to believe that coach John Aloisi’s job will be on the line if Brisbane don’t improve between now and the end of the season. Not that Aloisi has been helped by the club’s poor infrastructure and questionable sports science arm that has contributed a host of injuries this season. John nAloisi: 'I won't walk away' The recruiting policy of Aloisi and Moore has also been rightly scrutinised due to a host of players in the closing stages of their careers being on the Roar’s books. But if you believe maverick Roar vice-chairman Chris Fong — who has somehow rose from the ashes of his previous controversial stint with the club to be back on the board — Aloisi’s job is safe. But who do you believe? Others at the Roar say Aloisi is no certainty to be Brisbane’s coach next season despite his contract running until 2020. The mixed messages are making the club look foolish. The Roar have too many talented but old players. While owner Nirwan Bakrie is ultimately in charge, debate between Fong and chairman Rahim Soekasah about who has more power and control is causing internal friction trying to be quelled by managing director David Pourre. Whoever is calling the shots needs to act fast, otherwise Soekasah’s declaration in October that he wanted to turn the Roar into the “largest club in Australia” will be seen as nothing more than similar lip service that has made the Bakries so unpopular with the three-time A-League champions’ dwindling fan base. Originally published as The sorry story of Brisbane Roar Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 So Football Director = kitman in Aus? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyabb bear 63 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Roar play in orange and maroon FFS!. And he left before Tuesday nights game Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 What crock of shite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malvern 11,329 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 36 minutes ago, JR said: What crock of shite. Aussie land has a lot of Crocs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wire 242 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The headline epitomises Scottish football "journalism." It's click bait for people who want to read anything negative about us. This one is a particularly tenuous. It gets our backs up and gets us talking about the article and clicking on it, so it's win win from the Scotsman's perspective. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyBlueNose 652 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 15 hours ago, East Enclosure Row N said: Away and don't talk a lot of shite. Stop being paranoid. Tim like words above. Bears Den? Too many cunts waiting to he offended by the press, he used certain parallels to try and make the story relevant and get more hits but he also mentions how successful CM was here, winning 12 trophies, I'd say on a whole the story was positive about us. Don't get me wrong, some of the press will use every opportunity to have a dig at us but this wasn't one of them, people getting all worked up about this just looks like paranoia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieBear 204 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, DennyBlueNose said: Too many cunts waiting to he offended by the press, he used certain parallels to try and make the story relevant and get more hits but he also mentions how successful CM was here, winning 12 trophies, I'd say on a whole the story was positive about us. Don't get me wrong, some of the press will use every opportunity to have a dig at us but this wasn't one of them, people getting all worked up about this just looks like paranoia. I think the majority of the posters are “paranoid” about the headline, not the article. Paranoia or not the orange tops were of no relevance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teneriferanger 26 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I don’t know what I am supposed to be offended about Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxric72 199 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Just another example of the gutter press in this country. And this from the Scotsman which i used to think was respected. Quick scan on the internet and i found this Aussie article which says Moore resigned, was not sacked. And not a mention of strip colour anywhere. I am not offended in the slightest but really despair at times with this country’s ‘journalism’. http://www.theroar.com.au/2018/01/17/satisfied-craig-moore-quits-embattled-brisbane-roar/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsitgoing 4,281 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 They've obviously found Scottish societies most deluded group and have a policy to produce crap stories only to entice these dumb bastards to click on them, increasing the papers online presence. Put the word "orange" in the title is all it takes to get thousands of dumb scum fans clicking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieBear 204 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Howsitgoing said: They've obviously found Scottish societies most deluded group and have a policy to produce crap stories only to entice these dumb bastards to click on them, increasing the papers online presence. Put the word "orange" in the title is all it takes to get thousands of dumb scum fans clicking. You could be on to something there. story with Craig Moore in title, Rangers fans click, most of them would jog on, mention orange and click x2. job done by writer, but still very poor journalism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsitgoing 4,281 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, OzzieBear said: You could be on to something there. story with Craig Moore in title, Rangers fans click, most of them would jog on, mention orange and click x2. job done by writer, but still very poor journalism. Rangers fans have a lot more going for them though, its no coincidence that the majority of what they write is pro-scum stories with £50 million pound dembele etc and anti Rangers stories with a girl singing bad songs. They have definitely marked out the most deluded group and are writing pro-actively to entice the dumb bastards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxric72 199 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Is this the same journo who wrote about the Seb Faure ‘exclusive’? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearsinbath 95 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Sensationalist pish! Disgraceful article in an attempt to get views as if there was sectarian in there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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