Broich brilliant, but bitter

Better, but still not there ... Thomas Broich was not happy post game. Source: Dave Hunt / AAP

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Thomas Broich’s glorious goal against Melbourne Heart is one of the goals of the season, but after the match, Brisbane Roar’s talisman vented his disgust at the way his teammates clocked off in the final moments of the game. 

"I think we were quite ill-disciplined and selfish and I’m disappointed with some of the boys," Berisha told Fox Sports after the match. 

"Very complacent, lazy … overshadows the great first-half."

Coach Mike Mulvey agreed with his captain, declaring much improvement was needed ahead of next round’s do-or-die blockbuster against Sydney FC at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night. 

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"If we’re serious about achieving anything this season … then if we play the way we did in the second-half we’ll be giving opposition chances," Mulvey said. 

It was a stark contract to passages in the first period, which prompted Fox Sports commentator Robbie Slater to declare: "the champions turned up today". 

Despite opening the scoring via a dubious penalty, which earned the wrath of Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi, the Roar should have been a couple up on the back of some of their first-half football. 

Broich’s goal is a genuine contender for the goal of the season – but so too are the two other nominees for this week’s astoundingly good goal of the week. 

Perth’s display against Melbourne Victory was full of top-class highlights; Danny Vukovic’s save kept them in the game, but Chris Harold and Josh Risdon’s goals are ready-made for the highlights reels for years to come. 

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Side effects follow one bitter pill

Humbling ... Panthers recruit Tom Humble explains his ordeal after being banned from the NRL. Source:News Limited

Penrith recruit Tom Humble knows what it's like when ASADA comes knocking on your front door.

During 2010, Humble - playing for Parramatta's feeder club Wentworthville - tested positive to a banned stimulant, methylhexaneamine, given to him by a club trainer. He served a 10-month suspension through 2011 before being cleared by the NSWRL anti-doping tribunal - but only now is the hurt starting to subside.

Back then, Humble revealed that he couldn't watch rugby league on television and feared his career might never resume.

"It was a tough period - there was a time there when I thought I mightn't play again," Humble said yesterday. "Every day now when it gets tough I think about that time and how hard it was.

"I appreciate rugby league every day. It definitely made my skin a bit thicker. At times people might take rugby league for granted but I don't do that anymore. As a kid it is all you think about, it's all you want to do (play NRL). I was worried too because I had nothing else behind me. I was panicking there for a while.

"There were times when it was hard to believe. Once the season started, it really set in that I wasn't playing anymore.

"Around rounds 15 or 16 my positive frame of mind definitely started to decline.

"It even got tough to watch the games, especially involving guys I had played with and against. They were playing first grade and living the dream and I was sitting at home thinking it might be done for me."

After an inconsistent stint at Wests Tigers last year, Humble is re-building his career and will play for Penrith against Souths this Sunday at Centrebet Stadium.

Although Humble knows Souths will be tough, he also knows nothing could be as devastating as a drugs ban.

"Had it been two years (suspension) out of the game, it would have been tough to come back to a good level of rugby league," Humble said.

"There was adversity I had to get through. It made me appreciate my opportunities more. At 21 you think you're going to play rugby league forever. It then hits you it might be over any day. Then you have to have a good think about where you are in life.

"It was definitely an accident on both counts - myself and the trainer's at the time.

"There were no bad intentions. That is why myself and (ex-teammate) Brendan Oake were found innocent in the end. There was no deliberate wrongdoing."

Asked about the current drama, Humble said: "There is a different story - I don't really want to comment on it because I'm not in their shoes.

"But they are in a tough situation. It's different to mine - it's a lot more publicised."

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary was taking little notice of the ASADA investigation.

"Right from the start I have been blissfully ignorant about it," Cleary said. "I don't want to comment."

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