Both Brisbane Roar chairman, Rahim Soekasah, and vice-chairman Chris Fong, publicly backed Aloisi in the wake of Brisbane’s 2-1 loss to Perth Glory. 

The loss leaves Aloisi’s side in ninth place in the league, only four points above crisis-stricken Wellington Phoenix, who have a game in hand. Brisbane have now collected 10 points out of a possible 36 this season, but their current form isn’t worrying Soekasah, who retains that Aloisi will lead Brisbane out of their slump.

“We have been challenged by many factors that have contributed to this current position,” Soekasah said.

“However, under John’s guidance, we are confident that our season will strengthen and our results will improve both now and into future years.”

Now in the third year of his tenure, Aloisi is presiding over the oldest squad in A-League history, with eight players over 30-years-old.

Many of Roar’s older squad have suffered intermittent injuries this season, devastating any growing cohesiveness. Brett Holman, Eric Bautheac, Jade North and Ivan Franjic are just a few of the current concerns, a problem that hasn’t escaped the Roar management.

Yet, with the bigger picture in mind and multiple seasons of poor transfer dealings behind them, questions are being asked of the club’s recruitment strategy.

There have also been numerous off-field issues casting a pall over the Roar this season. Disagreements between Aloisi and former Managing Director, Mark Kingsman, led to Kingsman’s sacking earlier this year, with outsourced medical and conditioning departments a source of major concern.

Adding to disorganisation surrounding the Roar, Brisbane have been nomadic this season without an official training ground, and have already been forced to train in the surrounding Brisbane suburbs of Ballymore, Northgate, Robina and Yeronga.

This is far from a new problem. In 2015, prompted by the first round of unpaid wages and outstanding creditor debts, Brisbane’s owners, the Bakrie Group, were revealed to be over $9 billion in debt.

The FFA threatened to wind up the group’s involvement – which may explain the lack of considerable investment from the Indonesian owners – yet despite continued off-field issues, no such action has been forthcoming.

Meanwhile, Brisbane’s average attendance has dropped from 14,152 last season, to a miserly 9,214 – the second lowest average in the club’s history, and one of the largest single-season declines in A-League records.

It’s also a far sight from the over-18,000 Brisbane were getting in 2013/14, before many of these ownership issues became public. Given the poor publicity surrounding the Roar in recent weeks, it's little surprise that only 7,000 fans could bear to witness their last loss against Perth.

Off field problems, in addition to Aloisi's early success at the club, has lead to a lot of scrutiny being deflected from the former Socceroo, with Fong recently acknowledging Brisbane haven’t offered their coach enough support.

"We are certainly not blaming John, and the reality is he didn't receive the level of support required before a ball had even been kicked, and that's out of his control," he said.

"We certainly believe in John and what he's trying to achieve - we're all working now to make sure the conditions are right throughout the club to give him a platform for the type of success we've enjoyed in the past.”

Soekasah also recognised the need for improvement at the club, yet wasn’t being drawn on how changes are going to take place. 

“We acknowledge that the commencement of the Hyundai A-League 2017/18 season hasn’t started as we had hoped,” Soekasah concluded.

“2018 will be a giant step forward for Brisbane Roar FC.”

One thing’s for certain, in the shadowy world of Australian football, the revolution will not be televised. 

After all, what happens in Brisvegas, stays in Brisvegas.