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“As they finally succumb, let’s pay tribute to what they’ve achieved,” declared Fox Sports’ redoubtable commentator Simon Hill as the final whistle confirmed Sydney FC had ended Brisbane Roar’s 36-game unbeaten streak.
Having never been visited by A-League football before, the blustery WIN Jubilee Oval was an unlikely venue for the longest undefeated streak in Australian professional sport to end.
While A-League sides might be tempted into rescheduling their next home game against the Roar at a small local stadium in an attempt to repeat the Sky Blues’ feat, opponents dreaming of catching the A-League champions must still look to the losing side in this encounter for inspiration.
As the Roar have been showing us for almost 15 months, to find success a club’s board must have the vision to decide how they want their club to be regarded as well as keeping faith in their coach and his playing system until both begin to pay off.
When Brisbane hired Postecoglou the club may have decided on a brave new direction but they still expected reasonable results in the short term.
On that front Postecoglou failed as he led them to their worst ever A-League finish.
That failure almost cost the former Australian U/20 coach his job but in the end, the board stuck by their manager.
While the rest is history, the message is clear – make a strong and educated decision on how you want your club to play, and then choose your coach after an exhaustive search for the right candidate to implement it or risk failing miserably.
Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory and Gold Coast United are all clubs who currently find themselves under pressure for making this very mistake.
Even now, despite having seen their record breaking run ended by Sydney, Brisbane are planning on making further history as they look to become the first team to win back to back championships in the A-League.
Of course it wont be easy, with the Sky Blues having removed the veneer of invincibility from Postecoglou’s team, the rest of the competition will be reinvigorated by this weekend’s developments.
Then again, we all know how the Roar responded the last time they lost.
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