Queensland Roar switching base to Ballymore

[Dasher39]

Can anyone give an idea as to how accessible Ballymore is? From memory I think Suncorp is relatively central and has a train station. I got no idea about Ballymore though.

Never been there but I hear from everyone that's gone there that it's a nightmare to get to.

Stay at Suncorp, Ballymore's best days are behind it.

[sj]

Extraordinary.

So they should finally become a "Brisbane" football club by name or something similar, which makes so much more sense with two Queensland sides entering the competition.

I'm not all that sure about getting rid of the orange. It looks kinda cool and different. Maybe if they adopt a kit that is perhaps less reliant on orange. Scrap the blue, enhance the maroon maybe. Maybe adopt this particular West Ham United design and swap the blue for orange:

Agree with point one, they should definately be called Brisbane.

As for the strip though.... NO... orange does NOT go with maroon, who could possibly want that as a strip?

They should either stick with orange, or go with maroon/blue.

[s3tTz]

As for the strip though.... NO... orange does NOT go with maroon, who could possibly want that as a strip?

AS Roma?

[sj]

AS Roma?

Doesnt work.. and that's not maroon sleeves with fluro orange centre, thats maroon with orange trim?

Fwiw I hate maroon full stop.

[Socceroo_06]

[squark]

^Looks better than their current kit imo

[Sean Oh Yeah]

Ballymore is tricky to get too, tho reasonably quite central to brisbane.... however the actual suburb is bit of a culde sac. Public transport relies on special buses for game days. def no trains (perhaps the state gov could build one in).

Also it's fairly residential, so parking is a no go. on the up side it's fairly close to the valley for pre/post game drinks/celebrations. and given the capacity is 25k, the amosphere should be better.

If pre sales go well, i would expect Suncorp to host the bigger games.

I find it amazingly ludicrous that 9 out of 10 on these forums can put together a decent strip, yet people who have these sort of jobs (ie a ceo of a football club) can't get even close.

Brisbane Roar. Keep the orange...maroon trim. Get rid of the goofy overly large "badge".

[NUFCMVFC]

From an active supporter perspective, this may be good for active Roar fans as they'll either have that sloping stand or the Hill to stand on and chant actively from, which should help them to improve atmosphere and develop

Only question though of course is whether the good people at Ballymore are as strict and draconian as Suncorp apparently is in their regulations

At the same time, this isn't as big or up to scratch as Gold Coast stadium, so in terms of appearances, the Roar would appear to be ceding the look of being the biggest club in Queensland which the team from the State Capital would have wanted to aspire to