Broich rounds on Roar's critics

Brisbane Roar playmaker Thomas Broich rounded on the critics that attacked the club after its tough start to the A-League season, on the eve of the AFC Champions League game against Urawa Reds in Japan.

Brisbane Roar's marquee man Thomas Broich is happy to be proving the cynics wrong (AAP)

Brisbane Roar's marquee man Thomas Broich is happy to be proving the cynics wrong (AAP) Source: AAP

The German says he’s confident about what Brisbane can achieve in the remainder of the season.

"We are not quite flying yet but there are so many promising signs now in terms of possession-based football that we are playing and in terms of the balance we have in the team structure-wise," Broich said.

"In the past this team has proven time and again we can turn things around in one game or even when it comes to an entire season."

Recent results support Broich’s unwavering belief that too many were too quick to write off the reigning Champions because of the early season turmoil which now seems like distant and irrelevant history.

The Roar is unbeaten in the A-League since the AFC Asian Cup break and has lost only once in its last eight games.

And despite six of those eight being on the road, the Roar hasfound the net 13 times.

It went down 1-0 in its AFC Champions League opener last week against Beijing Guoan but dominated the game but was punished by a deflected stoppage time free-kick.

As the Roar prepares to face J-League Urawa on Wednesday in its second Champions League group match, Broich said: "All those people that had written us off after seven games, let them do what they do best.

"But let us do what we do best. I have a lot of belief in this squad and I am really, really confident in the team at this point of time.

"We have to put in a lot of work, especially over the next few months with all these midweek games, but with our current mentality and with the experience in the squad I believe we can beat any team in a one-off game.

"So provided we make the finals there is a good chance for us to go all the way again."


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Published 3 March 2015 9:53pm
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