Aside from a competitive opening ten minutes, the Heart were thoroughly outskilled and outworked against the Roar, and so with few positives to take from the match the coach van 't Schip eyes have turned straight to the Heart's upcoming derby match with the Victory.

"There were a lot of things that didn't go the way we wanted," said van 't Schip

"We have to forget about this very fast and start thinking about how we can get it back for the next important game against the Victory.

"When I was a player I would have liked to play even maybe tomorrow to get rid of the bad feeling that we have now."

But while van' t Schip is looking to move on from their uninspired performance at Suncorp Stadium, it didn't stop him acknowledging the deficiencies highlighted by the Roar's youthful aggression.

"We were outplayed over the whole pitch. We were too late (to the ball), we lost easy balls," said van 't Schip.

"We gave away too much possession and we weren't good at chasing them.

"One of the things our opponent showed us was that if we don't have the ball we're vulnerable."

In the face of the Roar's highly mobile attack and high-pressure defence the Heart were reduced to mere audience participation and, if not for the heroics of keeper Scott Bolton, could well have been victims of an even less flattering scoreline.

Far from complimentary in blunt appraisal of his side's effort, van 't Schip made time to distinguish Bolton's performance as an exception to the poor all-round standard.

"We were glad to have Clint there, he saved a few good balls," he said.

"He's performing very good and he's performing very good in all the games.

"I feel very sorry for him because he's a real professional getting his level very high every match, and then conceding four goals, people might see that and think the goalkeeper wasn't very good, but I think he was the only one that was good evening."

Though van 't Schip was reluctant to make excuses for his team's lackadaisical performance, opposition coach Ange Postecoglou was happy to concede that the A-League newcomers hadn't had much go there way on the night.

"In football you always have to respect what the opposition are going through as well and they had a tough night tonight," Postecoglou said.

"They obviously had some players missing and things didn't go well for them."

Providing some consolation for the Heart, the neck injury that forced captain Simon Colosimo from the field in the 51st minute is thought to be minor and unlikely to keep him from returning against the Victory.

"I don't think it's very serious," said van 't Schip.

"In a game like this, as a defender if you have problems moving your head it's difficult, but I don't think it's going to be a problem for the next game."