Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi says the club’s embarrassing AFC Champions League loss won’t be the catalyst for his resignation.
Aloisi’s men were upset 3-2 by unfancied Filipino champions Ceres-Negros, who are just two weeks into pre-season training, in Brisbane on Tuesday night.
But the real red-face moment came when Eric Bautheac was stranded on the sideline for more than five minutes without a shirt to wear after the No.22 fell off his jersey.
It left Brisbane with just ten men on the park in comical scenes that quickly spread around the world on social media.
Denied when attempting to return in the No.30, the Frenchman was finally allowed back on the field wearing a strategically taped-up No.77.
The Roar sit eighth with four wins and four draws from 17 starts in the A-League season, with the under-pressure coach blasting his players post-game for what he viewed as a complacent and unprofessional performance.
Aloisi has promised changes ahead of Saturday’s A-League trip to Central Coast, which may also include the person in charge of uniforms after the coach embarrassingly shifted the blame on the Bautheac slip-up post game.
“There’s always pressure on a coach … but I won’t walk away, I don’t give up,” he said.
“If the people up above want something different and don’t think I’m the man to take them forward then they’ll make the call but I won’t walk.”
Aloisi shrugged when asked why there wasn’t a spare, correctly numbered shirt on hand.
“I don’t know, I don’t do the jerseys … what, do you want me to do everything?” he asked.
Change has already begun within the club after the surprise resignation of football director Craig Moore last week.
Aloisi says others could follow him if they don’t improve against the Mariners.
“They’ve got an opportunity now to turn it around with 10 remaining games, and we’ve still got finals to play for,” he said.
“It’s up to them if they want to be a Brisbane Roar player or they don’t … tonight was unacceptable, that’s not a Brisbane Roar player.”
Corey Brown, who was last week linked with a move to Melbourne Victory, is expected to return after missing Tuesday’s clash with a tight hamstring.
Kaks
Roar Guru
Good to be back and see not much has changed. Hopefully I can stalk this site regularly once again!
Realfootball
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Thanks Waz, have done so. Remember this https://www.facebook.com/pg/ArtOfActionPhoto/photos/?tab=album&album_id=687695924620869
Realfootball
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Aloisi won't walk away. Well, guess what, John. I and a lot of other supporters are walking away until you've gone.
Lionheart
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compliments to RSF for this Waz.
Lionheart
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thanks Fadida, agree I'm a bit emotive over this
Mark
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And I think he was still doing fine at Victory when they sacked him. They thought they could do better...and we know how that turned out the following year.
Mark
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He quit at Wellington
Fadida
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Good move Waz. Always nice to see fans taking action rather than just moaning
Fadida
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Don't get dramatic LH. FFA won't drop them from the league at all. Roar aren't half the basket case the Jets were. Trust me, those in power at the Roar will act soon on the coaching position. They won't let things slide much further.
Fadida
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Roar vice chairman Chris Fong says "we have a football director and the buck stops with him". Perhaps you should quit while you're behind jb?
j,binnie
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Fad - I think you should quit when you think you are ahead. Do you really expect to see Manchester United some day in the future, run out with the numbers falling off their jerseys. ? Van Gaal has nothing like that to be ashamed of,,except perhaps spending $900,000 of the club's money and gaining only one place in the league . Then someone in the organisation ,probably the chairman of that organisation,decided enough was enough, proving once again that in any professional club there is a "top dog" who holds his employees as "RESPONSIBLE". Cheers jb.
Waz
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“I think it is more to do with absentee ownership and local management being unsupervised” Agree.
Waz
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jb. The U19-U12 Academy is free. Big tick there. The partner academies? Yeah, let’s see
Waz
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He’s gone in the winter. But as jb says, more change is needed.
Waz
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Within twelve hours of last nights final whistle the RSF had created and distributed to over 2,500 supporters, a fan survey to find out what they think, what their voice is. By early evening we’ve had over 600 responses telling us. Our job now is to collate and communicate this to club owners, FFA and other stakeholders. Your voice can still be heard here: https://goo.gl/forms/Ei18ttD6QpDf6ggk1 Please share it amongst fellow Roar fans; action will be required and action will be based upon fans input
Nick Symonds
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New series coming soon to Ten - I'm A Roar Fan...Get Me Out Of Here! Hosted by John Aloisi.
Blubber
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They did it for Manny
Kangajets
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Melange Totally agree , that sense of entitlement that Australian team should blow the minnows out the water ,, needs to be looked at . Whoever the recruiting person in charge of cheres , would be very worthy of pay rise , or maybe A league clubs need to learn from cheres recruiting.
Kangajets
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Good summary Kris
Lionheart
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This links to an article by Vince Rugari at the time http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/05/30/aloisi-has-ange-to-thank-for-roar-job/ he writes "Not only did Postecoglou prime Aloisi for his second A-League coaching stint, he also convinced departing chairman Chris Fong that the legendary ex-Socceroo was the right man to lead the Roar into a brand new era". and another one, interview by Simon Hill https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/john-aloisi-reveals-the-role-played-by-ange-postecoglou-in-him-getting-the-coaching-position-at-brisbane-roar/news-story/176bab476d37b9763b88e4feb4d1c3fc Aloisi says "Ange Postecoglou was the reason I got the job. Chris Fong (then Chairman of Brisbane Roar), asked him for his opinion. He put my name forward, and suggested Brisbane give me an opportunity. He believed I was going to be a coach that could be successful. I’m grateful to him" No rumour JB.