Archive for Player Interviews

200 Reasons To Celebrate A Strikers Champion: Chay Hews

Apr 17, 2013 No Comments by Steve Pitman

In a time and place where footballers, for one reason or another, change clubs frequently it is becoming increasingly rare for a footballer to achieve a century of appearances for one club. So it almost goes without saying that players who make two hundred appearances for one club are as scarce as hens’ teeth. How [...]

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The Semi-Final Media Conference

Oct 10, 2012 No Comments by Steve Pitman

Catch what the two teams – and some Strikers supporters – had to say after last Saturday’s QSL semi-final at Perry Park, won 2-0 by the Whitsunday Miners.

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That’s Not a Costello Report: THIS is a Costello Report! (Part 3)

Sep 25, 2012 No Comments by Steve Pitman

“The technical elements that are in the QSL, where you can go and watch games and see passing patterns consistently played out, and teams hold their structure and play to a shape, and play out of the back consistently and keep the ball on the ground – I think you will get that a lot [...]

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That’s not a Costello Report: THIS is a Costello Report! (Part 2)

Sep 23, 2012 No Comments

In this second instalment of a three-part interview conducted with Brisbane Strikers captain John Costello hours before the team played the FNQ Bulls in Mareeba a month ago, Costello talks about why he left the Strikers at the end of the 2009 QSL season to play with Olympic FC in the BPL. We then move [...]

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That’s not a Costello Report: THIS Is A Costello Report! (Part One)

Sep 18, 2012 No Comments

Forget about that dry report on Queensland’s state of economic health from that other Costello – we’ve got a footy status report that should be a lot more readable and perhaps more thought provoking! At 27 years of age, John Costello has recently added a second QSL title – this time as captain of the [...]

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Brisbane Strikers v Gold Coast – Post-Match Interviews

Jul 30, 2012 No Comments

Click on these links to see what the two teams had to say about the Strikers’ 5-1 win over the Gold Coast on Saturday:

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Post-Match Interviews: Brisbane Strikers v Bundaberg Spirit

Jul 10, 2012 No Comments

Here’s what the rival coaches and skippers had to say after the match on Saturday:

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Reus Caps Off A Fine Year With Schoolboys Selection

Oct 19, 2011 No Comments

In football terms 2011 just keeps getting better and better for Logan Strikers midfielder Lochlan Reus. Having ended last year among the youth ranks of the Queensland Lions, Reus transferred to the Logan Strikers this year to play in the southern division of the Hyundai State Youth League and was a standout member of an [...]

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Thurtell Returns

Sep 27, 2011 No Comments

The Brisbane Strikers’ Golden Boot winner for the past two seasons, Matt Thurtell, is back in Brisbane and doing what he does best – scoring goals. Thurtell, who was released by the Strikers in the last week of the regular season to take up an invitation to trial with A-League club Wellington Phoenix, has returned [...]

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Indirect Free Kick: Brad McDonald

Oct 06, 2010 No Comments

Published in the Free Kick, Edition 5, No.8 on 26 June, 2010 for the visit of the Queensland Academy of Sports: Blasting In From Left Field Away from the pitch, Brisbane Strikers left back Brad McDonald personifies ‘laid back’.  He is quiet and unflappable, quick with a smile and usually wired for sound with a [...]

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