"It is not about the results": Roar CEO explains Mulvey's sacking

If the Roar brains trust weren't happy with Mulvey and his philosophy and it's not about results then they should hand back last years siverware. The excuse from the CEO and board is farcical. Bakrie group got cold feet after a few losses and feared worse was to come in the ACL. Sack a silverware winning coach is the easy way out every time.

Adam Saroto, Daniel Bowles, Steve Lustica.

Cameron- I would not argue your forecast for this weekend, that surely is,or should be the concern of the top management in the club.As "mag" says below if they win their will be an immediate counter reaction to what you are forecasting but even in the event of that occurring it doesn't "whitewash" the way this crisis was handled.Cheers jb

Fuss- I agree,Without going into much discussed history again the tactical side of football has been in a constant state of flux since around 1925 and woe betide any manager/coach who ignored this situation for too long.Already in the last 10 years we have seen the supreme possession football developed and played by Barca almost completely negated by the high press tactic in common use today but which in actual fact was quite evident in the late 70's when Walsall,under Graham Taylor jumped 4 divisions in 4 years with hardly a recognised "star" in the first eleven.Of course a little known millionaire!!!! called Elton John was underwriting the cheques which allowed HIS philosophy of owning a team in the Fist Division to come to fruition.. That's why I smile when I read of 'footballing philosophy" and almost laughed when the Roar CEO mentioned playing "total football" a tactic developed by Michels and Cruyff for the available Dutch and Ajax players around 1970 to 1980 and was probably "dumped" around 1995 when Cruyff moved from Barcelona. Cheers ,your mate jb

Towser - Eddie Spearrit played with Carlisle when they were then in the top English league and Billy Williamson played with Aberdeen and Dundee Utd in the Scottish first division. Alan Niven was English and played with Wolverhampton Wanderers, George Potter played in the then English second division, and Geoff Morris ,a brilliant winger, had played for Everton before his asthma problem cut his first class career.. Thinking about these players again brought back good memories about when we arranged a game at Perry Park between Jimmy Shoulder's Socceroo team and a "local" side to play them and give them practice. The Socceroos, under Ron Smith on the night,were winning 3-0 at half time but by the end of the game those same Socceroos were glad to hear the final whistle with the score sitting at 4-4. and the late Eddie Thompson (who was a teamate of Hermiston's at Aberdeen) doing his absolute "nut" at the power running of Barry Kelso and Ron Millman.Good time. Cheers mate jb

I have to say I was pretty pissed off with the sacking, and I've been a critic of the Bakries, but now I'm coming round to the belief that the Bakries are starting to crank up, and I welcome that. I'd welcome a top os coach, a marquee of the standing of del Piero, a high profile Oz marquee, an upgrade to Perry Park, our own stadium, 20,000 average crowd, exciting modern football, being a top team in Asia. All have been mentionedat some time or another by the powers that be. I'm willing to accept that I don't know enough about what happened to recruitment in the off season to lay the blame on the owners. I'm also willing to give them a chance to come good on their high ideals. Let's see what progress is made over the next couple of years.

By football club( above) I should clarify the players.

This weekend's match is a good test of where we're at in terms of solid support. By solid support I mean fans who care about Brisbane Roar FC ,not the Euro follower who turns up at big matches in his/her Arsenal shirt or the whimsical Brisbane sports fan,but Roar fans. This is the time when a football club needs it's real fans to stand up and know they care.

Yes jb remember off the top of my head Alan Niven,fellow Scot? ,Colin Bennett,big lad if I remember,definitely a solid Central defender today. Jim Hermiston a standout for me,saw him recently with I presume his wife in the Myer centre in Brisbane having a coffee.( unless it was his older double)He was super fit also( ran marathons I think) & a policeman too. Read his junior coaching book also & used some of it at training. All these three would walk into any A-League team today,can't speak for the other two as my memory is vague there. Director of football,football director,technical director,youth coach,assistant coach,assistant to the assistant coach,more positions than the you know what book illustrations. Remember Peter Swan(Wednesday/England centre half in the Sixties & soon to be infamous due to the bribes scandal)in his memoirs stating that the only tactics Harry Catterick told him to use on the park was to up end ,the big bugar centre forward.

Nice one ;-)

Maybe they should have moved Mulvey sideways to PR? He could then have shown them how to handle a sacking properly.

JohnL, I'll be here. We can talk about how it unfolds in the weekend. I'm just stating what I've observed.

I don't understand why they wouldn't turn up. Are they supporters of the club or of the coach? There has been times in the past when the club has made decisions that I didn't like. That didn't stop me turning up to the next game.

Yes, but if they start winning I'd imagine they'll come back

Yeah, I figured it out after a couple of mins :-) And yes, I think the Roar board would have liked more of an improvement in crowds but considering they have a lot more members, I think they would be fairly pleased with the growth.

Jb, What is it after four matches? I would put money on it dropping fairly low this weekend given the discontent expressed by a large majority of fans who use social media.

Mag Sorry if I misled you.You will see my explanation in my answer to Towser. By the way for the record Roar's average crowd for last year was 14,959 and this year to date is standing at 15,822 after 3 home games. Cheers jb

Towser - My apologies, when I said the "average football director" I was talking about the men sitting in the boardroom of football clubs not the DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL which is a specialist position in an organisation and in fact has to be the "buffer" between these men and the playing side of the game which,in my experience,they have little or no knowledge.though without their financial input the clubs would not exist.I thought my explanation of a D of F's job later in my comment would have made my thoughts on that position very clear. Now in answer to your assertion about Lions circa 1980 and Roar today I agree the differences in aims have to be of a higher degree but remember,Lions in those days had to work to a budget based on their income, and never forget those facilities "in the sticks" as you put it, were all owned completely by the club and I doubt if you can say that about any team in the HAL today.Lions at that time were the most asset rich club in the country, run very well by a board of directors who were allocated jobs and had to report on these functions at every meeting..As you say the football was amateurish (actually semi-professional) though I would hazard a guess and say that were Alan Niven,Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston,Eddie Spearrit,George Potter & Billy Williamson playing today they would walk into The Roar team at present. Do you agree,for all these guys had been full time professionals overseas with the exception of Col who was a Socceroo at the time.Your mate jb

Exactly why Brisbane don't (and won't) go for a big name marquee in the twilight of his career

Have you been reading my comments and rewording them :-P I have the same opinion of Mulvey too, says all the right things