Posts under ‘Roar Debate’

Ron Manager
 
At the start of the A-League season I posted a blog about my experiences as a newly emigrated ‘Pom’ supporting the Queensland Roar. General commitments relating to settling into the country (getting a new job, buying a car, finding somewhere to live) has meant I haven’t made it a regular thing but with a [...]

spinDr - 22/08/08
Michael Zullo and Sasa Ogenovski have had their words completely twisted out of recognition by a trigger happy journalist during the week. What has been reported as a deep mutual hatred has actually turned out to be nothing more than affectionate banter between two friends, who will always be friends, no matter what [...]

Ron Manager - 27/08/08
Imagine this scenario – it’s the final minute of added on time in the first home game of the season. The score is one-all, your team conceded in the first half to a disputed penalty but equalised early in the second. They’ve since dominated the play in the second half but just [...]

Last Sunday the crowd numbers were down, the crowd atmosphere was suppressed and even the players seemed to be playing like it was a Championship decider in Adelaide.
12,761 soles got up from sunning themselves on their deckchairs and headed into Lang Park for our first game of the season. Last season’s home game drew 16,949, [...]

There is no player which provokes such lengthy and passionate debate amongst Queensland Roar fans then Heynaldo and it seems people fall firmly into one of two categories – love him or hate him.
There is no more frustrating forward in the A-League then Heynaldo at times. He can miss glorious chances that seem be easier [...]

It’s inviting to support a big team. You can get vicarious enjoyment from some team on the other side of the world. Their kits are a fuckload better then the Datsun-League’s homogeneous offerings, their fans are more vocal and colourful and their players are world clarsh (© Fozzie). Plus the teams can string more than [...]