1. BRISBANE ROAR

So now that we've done our absolute best to convince you Sydney should be number one, here's why we've chosen Brisbane Roar instead.

It's a bit of a strange one considering how little Brisbane have changed, but we're more focused on taking big risks with inexperienced coaches and seeking to constantly inspire fans above all else.

That's what Brisbane have done this season better than any other club. The loss of Mel Andreatta was a huge, unexpected blow, but what the club have managed to do for a brand new coach in Jake Goodship is little short of incredible.

No club in the league has a stronger spine this season. Let's just take a look at it:

GK: Mackenzie Arnold

CB: Clare Polkinghorne and Carson Pickett

CDM: Celeste Boureille, Elise Kellond-Knight

CM - CAM: Katrina Gorry, Tameka Yallop

FWD: Hayley Raso, Allira Toby

If you went through the league and cherry picked your ultimate team, those positions wouldn't look much different.

The wealth of Matildas alone sets the team apart - these are players who have been combining together for a decade now and naturally flow better than any other side. But there are a few other reasons why Brisbane's lineup is so impressive.

They have some of the league's best young industrious talent to back themselves, in names like Indiah Paige-Riley, Rylee Baisden and Kaitlyn Torpey.

These are the sort of studious, consistent performers that tend to go under the radar but can actually add a lot more to a squad over the course of an entire season than one or two overtly exciting prodigies.

When you scratch beneath the surface, the team is largely a testament to the incredible production line in the Queensland NPLW. As we've spoken about before, it's hard to find a club with a better track-record of keeping their best players year-on-year.

Andreatta may be gone, but the culture at the club seems to be phenomenal.

"I obviously love playing for Brisbane Roar, it’s my home state, all my family and friends are here and there’s nowhere I’d rather be,” Raso said.

“There’s a core group of players that have been here together for the last few years – that’s special to have that group and great to keep adding world-class players," Pickett added.

Bringing the likes of Polks into the assistant coaching set-up this season speaks to the fact that they consistently make decisions that affirm this culture.

There may be bigger names and there might be better finishes, but in the face of what could have been an extremely disruptive off-season, Brisbane Roar have our nod for the best transfer dealings heading into 2019/20.