Daisy Brown (Brisbane Roar)

19-year-old Daisy Brown has made her mark in pre-season for Brisbane Roar after putting pen to paper for the Queensland outfit. The attacker has her roots firmly established in the heart of Queensland, having recently capped off seven years with QAS by taking out the Sue Monteath Award for Football Queensland’s QAS 2025 Player of the Year.

She has been the focal point of attacks for QAS in NPL QLD in 2025 especially, capable of a wide variety of shots and finishes, underlined by a superb headed finish in Roar’s pre-season game against a Singapore All Stars that showcased her aerial prowess.

Brown’s preferred position (in her own words) is the no.9 role, but can play anywhere across the forward line and potentially deeper in a central midfield or even holding midfield role. Her ability to dictate play and distribute the ball wide to her wingers (usually playing with a front-three) and launch attacks down the flanks.

Leading the line as the lone striker, Brown would often drop deep to receive the ball, drawing opposition centre-backs and disrupting the defensive structure - and consequently freeing space for runners on the wing to drop inside and break a high defensive line. She uses her body highly intelligently, making it close to impossible for opposition centre-backs to gain possession if goal-side of her. 

What sets Brown apart though is her positivity on the ball. Even when dropping deep, she is always aiming to play a progressive pass up the pitch or out wide to the wingers which advance her team’s attacking position. More often than not she would aim to hold off the defender - or spin - and bring others into play rather than opting for a simple touch back to a teammate. 

She can be a nightmare for opposition defences, dropping into the half spaces of opposition lines irregardless of whether she starts as a no.9, central attacking midfielder or even deeper. 

While Brown can certainly play the decisive ball in the final third too, she will undoubtedly have more ‘pre-assists’ to her name due to often playing a progressive pass for the winger that will result in a low driven cross across the face of goal. 

Put it simply, Brown can turn a speculative pass into a sustained attack for her team through her calmness and technical ability on the ball, in addition to her vision and passing range.

She has a superb array of finishes and is not afraid to take on a shot with either foot from range. This makes her unpredictable for opposition defenders given her ability to take on a shot from most positions in addition to slotting through-balls to teammates to latch on to. 

Brown seems to possess a high level of football intelligence. She is often first to loose balls in the opposition half and can almost telepathically ping the right pass to attacking players after a single scan. She will often arrive in the box at the opportune moment for low crosses across the six-yard box and can consider herself unfortunate not to have added more to her tally of six in the 2025 NPLW QLD campaign.

It will be intriguing to see how Roar will deploy Brown this season given the array of positions she has played in for QAS in the NPL - ultimately it could largely hinge on injuries, with her versatility in the top half of the pitch making her a must-have on the bench at the very least, where she can hopefuly receive sufficient minutes to push for a start.