Ever get the feeling that someone is building you up only so they can watch you fall from a great height? That's what I have been dealing with in the last couple of weeks.

The unabashed admiration for Brisbane Roar and their style of play has come thick and fast, marauding and swarming like the Brisbane midfield. It's quite interesting to see praise and kudos coming from all corners of the football community.

Mark Bosnich, Andy Harper, and even Craig Foster lauding the efforts of the men in Oranje this campaign. In fact I would go as far as saying it's unprecedented to see this kind of attention directed to Roar at all (trying not to sound like a martyr), as most of the media attention concerning the A-League seems directed at Sydney and Melbourne.

Anyone who has followed Roar is keenly aware of their modus operandi. For the most part Roar offer up so much promise and hope, and give their fans purpose. They even go so far as to encourage this hope by offering some slight fulfilment of that promise, but ultimately they crash and burn and pull the rug from under the feet of the unsuspecting Orange horde.

You can see this in our recent history in the league. In the 2007-08 season we defeated Sydney in the finals with the infamous Reinaldo goal but lost to Newcastle in extra time in the preliminary final with Craig Moore getting sent off. The 2008-09 season saw the addition of Sergio Van Dijk and Charlie Miller, we defeated Central Coast in the home and away semi final but lost to Adelaide in the preliminary via a Barbiero fluke goal.

During the off-season before the 2009-10 campaign the optimism was sky high, why wouldn't it be? We came into the season with the same squad that narrowly missed out on getting to the grand final. Oh how wrong we were to have that feeling as Frank had a drink, and his career went down the sink. He was then replace by Ange who cleared house and all optimism was replaced with dread as many season ticket holders were fearing the walk to the stadium like a prisoner lead to the gallows.

Enter the current season, and even the staunchest optimist would have been hard pressed to predict the kind of performance  Roar are producing. You can see how a Roar fan might not be launching himself into the sunlight of praise and adulation that is shining down at Suncorp. It's because we have a history of falling down to earth with a thud.

However it has been really hard to keep your feet on the ground as the Roar love continues unabated. I find it hard to digest a Sydney FC fan saying that he loves watching Roar play and wishes his team play that type of football. Similarly a Melbourne Victory fan praising Brisbane and Ange for the revolution.

I mean, it sounds good, and all, but you can't help but think that whilst they are giving with one hand, secretly they have the other behind their back waiting to slap you on the back of the head when you turn around. Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I still think everyone is just waiting and hoping we fail and fall (even though that is that nature of supporting an opposing team in the league).

Perhaps that's why its been hard taking the compliments, because while its good hearing positive things about you club, a lot of them are coming from opposing fans, and any comments like that you quite often treat with trepidation.

I have come to the conclusion however, that even if and or when we lose, that as long as we try and play our style, and continue to give an "all out" effort and go for the win, like we have been (see the result against Melbourne Heart on the week end as an example) then I will be happy. Praise or no praise the boys are still working damn hard.

It is interesting how our style of play and success and praise has a by product of giving the fans pride and the will to continue on. Not only continuing on with winning (although we all want that), but there is talk of instilling a club ethos and culture, about demanding all Roar squads play this type of football, about how we need an academy to teach the kids to play this type of football.

About entrenching the discipline and effort that Ange has brought to the club as something that is associated with Brisbane Roar. I think that has been the most pleasing part of the whole Roarcelona love fest for me. Long may it continue