‘Ange’s team have become Mike’s men’

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IT would have been a travesty of justice had Brisbane lost the grand final.

Not because they dominated Western Sydney Wanderers for the entire 120 minutes, because they didn't.

The Wanderers were better for at least an hour and if not for a match-changing moment when Western Sydney skipper Nikolai Topor-Stanley was forced off with a knee injury, things might have been different.

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Roar coach Mike Mulvey admitted as much after the match, with Topor-Stanley's injury forcing the Wanderers to drop Iacopo La Rocca, best on ground alongside Roar superstar Thomas Broich, back into the defence from the midfield position he had dominated.

Brisbane took advantage, taking control of the match from then on to record yet another grand final win at Suncorp Stadium.

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But anything less than Roar glory would have been hard to swallow for the Brisbane team such had been their dominance during the season.

They won the premiership by a massive 10 points, an achievement worthy of champion status.

But such is Australian sport's preoccupation with finals, the Roar had to survive a sudden-death playoff series to called the champions of the competition.

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Not that they complained, well at least not publicly.

They got on with the job of again proving themselves as the best and most clinical team in the A-League's nine-year history.

Perhaps more importantly for the players, they redeemed themselves after last season's failing to achieve a hat-trick of championships.

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While the Roar fell only one match short of last year's grand final, in their eyes the campaign was a failure.

That's what makes this team so good. Achievements that other clubs would gladly accept don't cut the mustard in Brisbane.

Don't doubt that the Roar will contend again next season, even without the remarkable Besart Berisha.

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While finisher Berisha is going, creator Thomas Broich is staying and he again proved last night that he is the main ingredient in the Roar's success.

But not the only ingredient. It's that team ethic that sets the Roar apart from the rest.

And under coach Mike Mulvey they seem to have found the worthy successor to super coach Ange Postecoglou.

Ange's team have now truly become Mike's men.

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