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| Mike Mulvey - Brisbane Roar |
Over the weekend Brisbane Roar claimed the A-League Premiership. It was the Queensland club's second A-League Premiership and first under management of Englishman Mike Mulvey. In Australia since the 1980s the Manchester born manager has proven the entrenched ideology that prevails in this country's soccer community is wrong. Yes, an Englishman can be a successful manager, and yes an Englishman can manage a team that plays attractively.
Mulvey took the helm at Brisbane Roar in December of 2012 after Rado Vidosic's short lived tenure came to an end. The club had previously won two championships 2010/11 & 2011/12 (Postecoglou managing before moving to Melbourne) and a premiership 2010/11 so it would come as no surprise that their was an expectation for success. Mulvey managed to rescue the 2012/13 season with a respectable finish, just one win from a grand final berth. But the season wasn't void of the usual fan sub groups calling for the manager's head.
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| Brisbane fans a little premature in 2013 |
Brisbane Roar returned in 2013/14 as good as ever. Their memorable goal against Melbourne Victory involving 21 passes will be the goal of the season for any purest. Despite the absence of Besart Berisha for much of the season due to injury and suspension the team has jelled to a level comparable to the Postecoglou period. Although due to the ideology of the community here, Mulvey's deeds will probably need to double those of Postecoglou for him to get the same kudos. Good luck converting the un-believers Mike.
ASIAN CUP DRAW
Tomorrow the Sydney Opera House plays host to the 2015 Asian Cup Draw. The competition will be hosted by Australia, with host cities including: Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. There have already been many predictions of disastrous groups for the home team as the seedings have already become publicised. There are three teams Australian is certain not to face in the Group phase due to seedings though, and they are Iran, Japan and Uzbekistan. The proverbial 'group of death' would combine Australia, Korea Republic (Sth Korea), and Iraq plus any team from Pot 4.
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| Sydney Harbour Bridge & Sydney Opera House |
The draw will take place on Wednesday, 26th March, at 7pm AEDT. The draw is telecast live on cable television provider Foxsports.
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ReplyDeleteNice to hear. We are all looking forward to the Asian Cup. East Asian Soccer will be providing viewers with some handy videos aimed at foreign fans planning on travelling to Australia for 2015s Asian Cup. Look out for them in July.
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