The weeks of anxiety that have accompanied the up and down fortunes of Brisbane Roar resulted in a thoroughly chewed lip for this humble blogger. Ironically it would appear the solution to the stream of bad news was to Dutch things up a little (chewed lip, tulip, Dutch, geddit?)

When Queensland Lions nee Hollandia sold their stake in the club 18 months ago much of the talk centred on dispelling the club's Dutch ancestry in an attempt to appeal to the traditional Brisbane football community.

Little was made of the fact that this coincided with a Dutch revolution that was well underway within the various national setups. It seemed that once again Queensland was woefully out of step with the rest of the nation.

Instead of embracing the club's Dutchness it was decided to try to ditch it all together, except for Frank Farina's infamous flirtation with Dutch courage.

Of course, little really changed despite the boardroom blustering. The club's primary colour remained a retina-searing orange, the logo is still a lion's head and Dutchman Sergio van Dijk has repeated his top goal scorer exploits.

And then in a quizzical turn of events the past few weeks has seen everything go a little Dutch crazy at Ballymore - even more so than when the club was ostensibly Dutch and based at Richlands.

Ange Postecoglou's first major signing was defender Pieter Collen who earned his reputation and two Belgian caps while plying his trade in the Dutch leagues with Feyenoord, NEC and NAC Breda.

Then there was the sensational news that Patrick Kluivert, all-time leading goal scorer for the Dutch national side, was gracing the club with a two week crash course in how to play football the Dutch way.

Finally, this week begins with the news that Dutch super agent Rob Jansen has added Brisbane's left-sided maestros Tommy Oar and Michael Zullo to his stable of talent. While it isn't quite a case of passing to the Dutch our players on the left hand side, the two wingers will reportedly be Dutch auctioned at the end of the A-League campaign.

This will hopefully help bolster the bottom line and would be a welcome change from letting talented players leave the club for zero compensation as happened with Dario Vidosic, David Williams, Michael Baird, Tahj Minniecon, Robbie Kruse and Spase Dilevski.

So now that I have exhausted every possible reference to the Netherlands I can think of [I'm sure there's still some 'stemming the tide/thumb in the dyke' potential there somewhere - KA], the question must be put forward, why wasn't this sort of thing being done from the very beginning?

I may be sceptical but I refuse to believe that that many people really cared about the club's ancestry. In my opinion it was nothing more than an excuse to not support a consistently inconsistent team.

I don't blame people for not wanting to waste their hard earned on an erratic and under performing side. It must be remembered that around 20,000 Brisbanites gave the A-League a fair-go back in 2005 at the club's very first league match against New Zealand Knights. What they saw then and since hasn't enticed them back (except for the big matches) and that seems fair enough to me.

The answer to the lack of accolades and associated local disinterest was never in a half-arsed rebranding exercise - it was in getting results on the pitch. And what better way to do just that than to play on the Dutch heritage angle and import a few players or coaches from a country with a rich football pedigree.

The aforementioned Rob Jansen has been circling the club since 2006 and yet it is only now that we are seeing any benefit from the relationship which constitutes a reported 5 per cent stake in the club.

Additionally, the official rebranding of the club was almost a year ago and there is very little evidence that it made one lick of difference to the supporter's clubographics. I still see the same faces on the bus journey to and from Suncorp Stadium as I did before the rebranding only recently they have been a little longer - both the bus rides and the faces.

But it would seem that there is now a sense of reserved hope amongst the fans for next season. It might just manifest itself to blind faith if we can qualify for the finals series with some fortunate results over the next two weeks.

The only thing this can be attributed to is the appointment of the much maligned Ange Postecoglou.

Ultimately, a real football club is loathed by non-supporters as much as it is loved by their own fans because it stands for something. A real football club has a history and is not afraid to cloak itself in it. And a real football club is something that Brisbane Roar should try at first to emulate and then later to become in its own right.

If that means embracing the Dutch angle and alienating a few ultra-wannabes at Rochedale Rovers, Brisbane Olympic and Brisbane City, then so be it. After all, this is new football and the old soccer divisions should be left exactly where they are - struggling for relevancy and column inches in the now Brisbane Roar sponsored Silver Boot pre-season tournament.

For better and not for worse it would appear that we are all Dutch now - Viva de oranje revolutie!