{"id":6456,"date":"2011-12-31T13:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T03:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2011-12-31T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T03:39:40","slug":"a-league-201112-round-13-from-bad-to-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=6456","title":{"rendered":"A-League 2011\/12 &#8211; Round 13 &#8211; From Bad To Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5928\" title=\"tagfootball\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the Boxing Day M1 Derby clash, the Brisbane Roar marched on with their losing streak, losing 1-0 to Gold Coast United.\u00a0 The winning goal came via a penalty late in the game when Rocky Visconte was wrongly adjudged to have fouled a Gold Coast player inside the penalty area when in actuality he was about a metre out.\u00a0 A win for Gold Coast was a fair result however.\u00a0 They were easily the superior team that created the most chances.\u00a0 Luck can be a fickle mistress.\u00a0 During the Roar&#8217;s unbeaten streak they certainly had their share of it, particularly in scoring a last minute equalizer against Melbourne Victory despite Roar goal keeper handling the ball outside the penalty area.\u00a0 Now, during the losing streak, they&#8217;ve conceded a goal that curled in off a corner kick, conceded a goal from a goal kick that went straight to the opposition and now this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I can&#8217;t quite explain why but morbidly, I&#8217;m kind of enjoying the losing streak.\u00a0 It creates some interesting drama around the league which the Roar were in danger of running away with at one stage.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve been hailed as champions and strategic masterminds so how can they come back from this?\u00a0 It&#8217;s certainly character building for both the club and its fans.\u00a0 I&#8217;m curious how long we can keep on losing and then what happens when (if?) we bounce back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The A-League losing streak record is 11 straight games, which is held by the now defunct New Zealand Knights.\u00a0 The Roar are currently halfway there.\u00a0 I think we could potentially have an extraordinary piece of pub trivia in the making if the Roar manage to break both the longest undefeated streak *and* the longest losing streak in a single season.\u00a0 It could certainly be possible.\u00a0 They played like garbage against the bottom team in the league and never looked like scoring.\u00a0 In the meantime, virtually every other team in the competition is showing signs of improvement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s an interesting time to be a Brisbane Roar fan.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BRISBANE ROAR 0 &#8211; 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