Roar End of the Deal Brisbane Wields Axe on Coach Mulvey
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Publisher: “Brisbane Roar FC thanks Mike Mulvey Alimental Enterprises Pty Ltd for his contribution to the success of the PO Box 142 Port Melb VIC 3207 club since his appointment as interim Ph: (03) 9551 7538 coach in December 2012 and as Brisbane Roar head coach in February 2013.” Advertising: 03 9551 7538 Local media reports claimed Dutchman Email: [email protected] Frans Thijssen - whose previous mana- Letters: [email protected] Web: www.goalweekly.com gerial positions include roles at Vitesse, Malmo, Fortuna Sittard and several Distribution: stints in the Middle East - would replace All Day Distribution (VIC) Mulvey, and the club shortly afterwards Tel: (03) 9482 1145 A-League Title-winning coach Mike confirmed the appointment. Mulvey succeeded Rado Vidosic in Wrapaway (NSW & QLD) Mulvey has been stood down as manager Tel: (02) 9550 1622 of Brisbane Roar just six matches into December 2012, guiding the then-falter- the team’s A-League championship ing champions into a finals berth, before Adelaide News (SA) defence. orchestrating Roar’s third title-winning Tel: (08) 8231 4121 The club released a statement on Sunday campaign in four seasons last term. confirming the news after reports of The loss of star striker Besart Berisha Printer: Spotpress Pty Ltd Mulvey’s axing. and Australia international Ivan Franjic has been keenly felt in a start to a 2014- Goal! Weekly endeavours to be as accurate as “Head coach Mike Mulvey met with possible with everything it publishes. Brisbane Roar FC management today. As 15 campaign that has produced just The Fair Trading Act 1999 requires Goal! Weekly to a result, he will step down from the head one win to date. 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Six months on Mulvey is unemployed, sacked after Brisbane started with five losses from the opening six rounds of the A-League. A solitary win from six matches is hardly the form of cham- pions and rumours of dressing room unrest began slowly leaking out into the press. That story only seemed to be con- firmed when Liam Miller made an abrupt departure from bane’s recent success. the club. For Brisbane it boils down to either gross misjudgement or a Still Mulvey’s position at the club didn’t appear to be threat- bold step to secure the club’s success and identity. That Mul- ened and Miller was hardly a fan favourite. However on vey’s dismissal has been handled poorly can’t be denied, yet Sunday the media became aware that Brisbane’s second most the decision is on the surface a product of the Director of successful manager was to be sacked following a 1-0 loss to Football system, a position held at Brisbane by Ken Stead. Melbourne Victory. In recent years football’s chattering classes have demanded Mulvey’s assistant Ron Smith then followed on Wednesday, A-League club’s adopt just such a structure, that club’s de- completing wholesale changes behind the scenes in Bris- velop an identity, a philosophy, that these aspects should be bane. The signing of Smith had been trumpeted by Mulvey protected and nourished by a Director of Football . Should as the most important of the off-season and his decision to the reasons proffered by Dobson be believed then Mulvey’s follow Mulvey out the door is a strong indicator of a pow- departure is a direct result of Brisbane holding to this system. er-struggle within the club. Whether or not it was a move that was truly justified only The fact that the media knew of Mulvey’s departure before time will tell and Stead’s role is sure to carry extra scrutiny the man himself is an indictment on the Roar and the lack of going forward. a press conference to explain the departure until the follow- The Roar squad has flaws, an aging defence, lack of a focal ing day only fuelled a storm of speculation and controversy. point up front, but there is talent there, this is the reigning When the club did front the press it was Managing Director champion after all. It will be up to Frans Thijssen to sort out Sean Dobson whom took the lead in explaining the shock the issues. The Dutchman, originally in Brisbane to pursue a decision. In front of the media Dobson went on to claim technical role with the club has instead found himself thrust that Mulvey was let go as a direct result of of abandoning the into the hot seat on an interim basis. club’s core values and systems. Thijssen, a former Dutch international, has a far from envi- Dobson explained that a board decision to sack Mulvey ous management record, yet must have impressed the likes of was made on Sunday morning but he did not get a chance Dobson and Stead enough to take the job. He’s reportedly set to speak face to face with last season’s coach of the year until to move upstairs at the end of the season and with the talk of later that afternoon, hours after the news had been leaked his predecessor not following the club’s ethos Thijssen will be to the media. expected to carry out orders from on high. Dobson then went on to say that Mulvey had been warned As for Mulvey’s future it shouldn’t be too long until he finds repeatedly that he had strayed too far from Roar’s ideal train- himself at another A-League club.