Best A-League goal I've seen: Bozza

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THERE'S nowhere else we can start a review of round 13 of the A-League than at AAMI Park, where Brisbane Roar produced the performance of the season to hammer Melbourne Victory.

If the general consensus heading into the round was that Roar, Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers were the three benchmark teams in the competition this season, then it looks a long way back to catch Mike Mulvey's side in the race for the premiership.

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Only one side - Central Coast Mariners last season - has not gone on to win the A-League Premiers Plate after leading after 13 rounds.

And with the ominous, harmonious, breathtaking form Roar displayed on Saturday night, you'd be a brave punter to wage against them.

The side's first goal, finished by Liam Miller after over 20 passes, bore the hallmarks of a side at the top of its game.

So good, that Fox Sports football expert Mark Rudan hailed it as the goal of the season, while Mark Bosnich declared it a "world class" goal and the best he'd seen since returning to the country five years ago.

Thomas Broich's return to form has been key. Source: Getty Images

"You don't like to go overboard ... but that was definitely, for me ... a world class goal, in any league ... and it was the best A-League goal I've seen since I've been (back) in the country," Bosnich said.

"You don't want to get too excited, but one of the defining things about this goal is the man with the ball always had options."

Indeed, Roar tore Victory to shreds, bossing 56 per cent of the ball and 65 per cent of the territory against a side regarded as one of its closest rivals.

If that opening goal was a snapshot of why the Roar has been so difficult to contain this term, the one-touch passing and movement for the next two were a reminder of everything football fans in Australia has enjoyed about the Roar over the past four seasons.

It used to be under Ange Postecoglou's tutelage, but now Mike Mulvey can take a bow for rejuvenating it - and he's enjoying it as well.

"I wasn't looking at the clock or wondering when full-time was, I was just enjoying us play," Mulvey said.

"We were making a very good team chase, chase and chase and that is very difficult to do. That tells you about the quality of our football."

All this, of course, without Besart Berisha. With seven points clear at the top, Mulvey's biggest challenge could be keeping them on task.

"We are on a mission. We are not looking for overnight success, we're looking for long-term success," he said.

"That means putting in a shift every single training session to make sure that the next performance can hopefully eclipse the one before."

How good were they?

"I considered putting the whole Brisbane team in (my team of the week)," Bosnich said.

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TINKER MAN PAIN

Three wins on the bounce and Ernie Merrick's Wellington Phoenix has finally started to reap rewards for signs it showed earlier in the season.

They troubled Wanderers in the opening round and despite playing arguably Wanderers' first XI, repeated the effort on New Years Day.

Tony Popovic will be seething with the uncharacteristic intensity in the performance. While some have questioned the rotation of his players and the affect it has had on the side's consistency, Bosnich believes it will have the Wanderers in prime position to strike late in the season like they did last term.

"(Popovic has) got the ACL coming up. There's 27 games in a regular season, so if you're playing finals ... that's 31 (games)," Bosnich said.

"They'll be looking at going as well as any Australian side has done in the ACL - (so we're) talking near 40 games.

"If you're going to rotate, now is the time to do it."

This is a rare sight for Wanderers fans to endure. Source: Getty Images

GOOD LUCK TIPPING SYDNEY FC

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Right when we thought the firing squad was beginning to emerge for Frank Farina again Sydney FC produced a display of renewed and surprising energy away at Adelaide.

Despite losing Nicky Carle to an inexcusable and cheap red card for two bookable offences, and having a clearly underdone Alessandro Del Piero in its line-up, the Sky Blues played as if its horror past three weeks was an aberration and it is exciting to see what Corey Gameiro can bring the side as he regains his confidence.

It was particularly disappointing for Josep Gombau's side not to be able to cash in on recent defensive efforts, and with a few injuries creeping into the squad (Bruce Djite, Sergio Cirio and Fabio Ferreira) there's an interesting few weeks in store at Coopers Stadium.

"(There's been) a lot of false dawns for Sydney FC this season ... but to go away from home on the back of two successive defeats to put that performance in, with 10 men, I thought was very encouraging. Fair play must go to Frank Farina. Took a lot of courage for him to change his system to a midfield diamond," Bosnich said.

"It really did nullify Adelaide's midfield."

Farina was furious at the penalty that put Adelaide in the lead, but why did Matt Jurman have his hands all over Anthony Costa?

TOUGH TO WATCH, BUT RESULTS THAT MATTER

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Perth Glory, Melbourne Heart and Central Coast all picked up valuable points this weekend in contests that won't live long in the memory of those that watched, but could be vital in the context of their campaigns.

At Hunter Stadium, Kenny Lowe got off the mark as Glory boss as Chris Harold punished a Jets error - fitting, in a sloppy contest.

It's a result, crucially, that puts "a smile again on the face", according to Glory defender William Gallas.

Speaking of smiles, Massimo Murdocca said Heart's 0-0 stalemate with Central Coast was the most fun the men in red had had all season.

It's a curious comment at a time that Heart's winless streak moved to 18 games, but under returning mentor John van 't Schip, Heart did play as if the shackles had been released.

They created more chances than a woeful Central Coast. Third spot on the ladder can't hide that this Mariners outfit is a shadow of its former self.

Coach Phil Moss told Fox Sports after the match "I'm smiling through gritted teeth at the moment. We pride ourselves on winning our home games, but today we were a bit flat", the same sentiment mentioned by skipper John Hutchinson.

After losing Michael McGlinchey to the J-League and Marcos Flores to a season-ending knee injury, Central Coast is desperately short of creative spark, something Moss acknowledges needs addressing in the January market.

Michael Mifsud can't buy a goal at the moment. Source: Getty Images

Heart should have punished Central Coast. But that's the story of its season. Had Michael Mifsud and co fired, John Aloisi might still be in a job.

"As the season has already showed, we have some difficulties in scoring," van 't Ship said.

INCIDENT OF THE WEEK

Danny Vukovic was a match winner for Perth on Saturday, but even he wasn't sure about a goal line incident that split both coaches.

It's easy to see which side of the fence these two sat on.

Gary Van Egmond: "Yeah, it's a goal, but there's not much we can do about it".

Kenny Lowe: "I don't believe the ref give it, so it can't have been over the line."

For the record, it was too close to call to give a goal.

Over the line, or not? Source: FoxSports

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