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Past glories ... Brisbane Roar sit on the bottom of the A-League ladder after six rounds. Source: George Salpigtidis / News Limited
It is easy to look good when your team is winning, but when you're losing, that is when a player's real character is exposed.
Brisbane Roar is finding that out. The back-to-back champions are living in the past and their results are proving it.
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It no longer matters what the Roar have done in the past two seasons. It's what they are doing now that counts.
During the next few weeks we are going to discover just how much Brisbane's shocking start to the season is hurting the players.
The Roar still has time to save its campaign and there is enough talent in the squad to resurrect its season.
But you find out a lot more about people when things are not going well for them.
While it is a big call to say the Brisbane squad no longer has the same hunger, this is a big test for every player to stand up and show what they are made of.
Rather than talking about how good they are, they need to show it.
The pressure is also mounting on Brisbane coach Rado Vidosic in what is a results-driven occupation.
Vidosic knew his every move was going to be scrutinised when he accepted the head coaching role after seven years as an assistant, the last of two of which were as master mentor Ange Postecoglou's right-hand man.
It is easy to say in hindsight, but Vidosic would have been better off starting his career as a head coach elsewhere.
It would have given him more time to succeed and put his own philosophies in place.
He is virtually on a hiding to nothing in Brisbane, where the expectation is now constant success after the club's deeds in the past two seasons.
There is no doubting that Vidosic is a great football person, who eats, breathes and sleeps the game. But he is such a nice guy and he has known these Roar players for so long, that it looks like it is an effort for him to get angry.
He was as white as a ghost when he described Brisbane's performance as "garbage" in their 4-1 loss to Melbourne Heart on Friday night.
As a head coach, you have to be able to mix things up.
An occasional Vidosic blast will ensure that his Brisbane players get the message that they can no longer consider themselves untouchable.
Rival teams no longer fear the Roar and are coming up with game plans to beat them rather than avoid losing.
Vidosic needs to make team changes for this Friday's home clash against Sydney FC.
The players Vidosic has stuck by are not getting results and a fourth-straight defeat would be disastrous.
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