Brisbane’s best play came through FBK and Maccarone but for the Roar it was an uphill battle from before kick-off. One of their best players from the last round, Corey Gameiro didn’t make it through the warm-up.

Sydney are a very good team with no real weak links. They do however, have strongest links and they are their three foreign attackers. Can anyone stop them?

Brisbane Roar

Jamie Young 6.5 – According to a Fox Sports twitter poll, Young is the best goalkeeper in the competition. With this Brisbane defense he does get to make a lot of saves.

Dane Ingham 5 – Did a few important things defensively but also let himself be sucked inside too often and this let Zullo run riot down the left.  

Luke Devere 3.5 – Struggled to deal with the sheer quality of Sydney’s attack. As captain in the centre of defensive, these failings either personally fall on him, or are a result of his failure to organise things properly. He was exposed as being too slow to chase down both Adrian and Bobo which is a worry.

Daniel Bowles 3.5 – Needed to back up Devere more often. Up against the best attack in the league you need to work together as a unit as well as having a good game personally and Bowles just didn’t do either of those things tonight.

Corey Brown 5.5 – He was the best of Brisbane’s poor defense. Without him the score might have been higher.

Thomas Kristensen 5 – Simply not a good enough performance from a VISA player. Couldn’t contain Sydney’s midfield and didn’t contribute in enough meaningful ways to his team’s attacking play. An Australian player could have done those things.