R21 vs Brisbane Roar | Sat 25th Feb | 7:35pm

yay a 4:30 kick off in Brisbane. Should be fun. 

Right at the best time for high humidity and heat. Awesome.

I hope we win

I hope we win every game we play in. The reality is different.

Will Leggy be there roaring us on?

It would be just like the Nix to produce a decent performance and get a well-deserved draw or even win in this game to get all our hopes up again before returning to sucking again the following week

I will.

Roar host Muangthong United on Tuesday night, hopefully that tires them out a little

Another 5-1 on the cards.

430 in brisbane? money on a delay if the temp is high

Long range forecast for a high of 27 and humidity at 60% so looks hot but ok

By 4.30 it will be around 25/26 and humidity is 57% right now. 

Will not be any  delays to start  and perfect for football.

Meh. That sounds quite wintery to me

I'm so sorry, bro.

Have you got the John Aloisi with mouth open ready to take a giant Thomas Broich banner made up?

Anything but a loss and I'll be shocked sadly.

I bet the TAB odds for us winning are pretty juicy

That's a massive understatement for away trips to Brisbane!!! ????????

Taking my Dad and my Son....Might get the young man a Roar flag to blend in.

Ummm, wow.

Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 2.Jacob TRATT, 6.Dylan FOX, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 11.Hamish WATSON, 12.Adam PARKHOUSE, 13 Marco ROSSI, 15, James McGARRY, 17.Vince LIA, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 21 Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c), 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 24.Logan ROGERSON, 25.Sarpreet SINGH, 30.Oliver SAIL (gk), 99.Shane SMELTZ **two to be omitted** 

Ins: 2.Jacob TRATT (returns from injury), 15.James McGARRY (promoted), 22.Andrew DURANTE (returns from suspension), 24.Logan ROGERSON (promoted), 30.Oliver SAIL (promoted)

Outs: 4.Roly BONEVACIA (omitted), 5.Ryan LOWRY (omitted), 19.Tom DOYLE (omitted) 

Unavailable: 7.Gui FINKLER (paternity leave - 1 week), 10.Michael McGLINCHEY (knee injury – 1 to 2 weeks) 

http://www.a-league.com.au/article/hyundai-ins-ou...

Krishna good for the game.

Also, does this mean Parkhouse at LB? *Shudder*

But more likely Parkhouse at LB

Do we usually take 3 GKs?

Not injury related.  Too much partying on Saturday night perhaps?

Roly Bonevacia, Tom Doyle and Ryan Lowry omitted from Phoenix squad for Saturday. Not injury-related. #BRIvWEL

— Jason Pine (@pineyzb) February 23, 2017

Where does Fox normally play? Wasn't he a CB, maybe instead of cover they'll have him on RB/LB

Team had some honest discussion.

This line-up does NOT look on paper, but that means nothing these days.

Pretty surprising about Doyle as he's one of the few players that seems to give a fudge. Saying that, he seems pretty outspoken so might have said something to the coaching team.

Bonevacia isn't surprising, to bad Gui is still away.

what's going on? Season is fudgeed so tick the played some youth box?

God I hate these sorts of mysterious behind-the-scenes shenanigans. I don't know what they've done but seeing two of our most wholehearted performers left out of the squad for unexplained reasons is yet another indication of what a mess this season has turned into. Hopefully we are wrong and there is some perfectly reasonable injury related explanation for the decision but at the moment frankly it doesn't look great.

Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones Assistant Referee 

1: Nathan MacDonald Assistant Referee 

2: Andrew Lindsay 

Fourth Official: Alex King - 

http://www.a-league.com.au/matchcentre/Brisbane-Roar-FC-v-Wellington-Phoenix/854429?matchpreview#widget-match-day-tabs