Finally, after 329 days, Perth Glory have won an A-League Men game at home. At HBF Park on Saturday, a missile from 18-year-old Jaylan Pearman was enough to upset Auckland and gain some recompense for a devastating late defeat against Western United the week prior. The tidings, however, were not as good for fellow cellar-dwellers Brisbane Roar, as they added another chapter to a wretched campaign with a 1-0 defeat at injury-hit Melbourne City.
There aren’t many hard and fast rules in Australian football, but one that any team should follow is to avoid comparisons with the New Zealand Knights, who set multiple records for ineptitude across their ignominious two-year existence, or the 2018-19 Central Coast Mariners. But such is the state of Brisbane’s current season, the similarities are there. And Glory, up to now, have not been too far behind.
