Brisbane Roar wary of Adelaide United despite the champions slumping to fourth-straight loss

BRISBANE Roar are wary of an Adelaide United backlash at Coopers Stadium on Friday night after the champions slumped to a fourth-straight loss to be sitting bottom of the ladder.

BRISBANE Roar are wary of an Adelaide United backlash at Coopers Stadium on Friday night.

The defending champions have lost four-straight matches to be sitting bottom of the A-League ladder on just one point, 14 behind runaway leaders Sydney FC.

In contrast, the Roar are aiming for a fourth successive win, with their hat-trick of victories having lifted them to second spot on the table.

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Despite form suggesting the Roar should start as hot favourites on Friday even without Socceroos striker Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane assistant coach Ross Aloisi promised there would not be a hint of complacency from the Queenslanders.

Jack Hingert trains with teammates on Monday ahead of the clash against Adelaide. Picture: Jack Tran

“They’re going to come out fighting,” former Adelaide captain Aloisi told The Courier-Mail’s A-League A-List podcast.

“They will come out and they will scrap for everything.”

Adelaide are used to bouncing back from adversity. Last season they didn’t win until Round 9 before going on to claim the premiership-championship double.

Roar defender Jack Hingert said it would be foolish to discount the Reds so early in the season despite his surprise at their poor start.

Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi keeps a close eye on training. Picture: Jack Tran

“At the same time, they didn’t have the best start to the season last year, so you can’t really write them off at all,” said Hingert, a part of a Roar defence that has been bounced back from copping four goals against Newcastle in Round 2 to concede just once in the next three matches.

“The Newcastle game was a bit of a wake-up call for us,” Hingert said.

“That was something that we spoke about (and) we said we would never let it happen again and that’s what we’ve tried to do.

“It’s been good since then so we hopefully can continue that.”

Originally published as Brisbane Roar wary of Adelaide United despite the champions slumping to fourth-straight loss