IF Roar stalwart Thomas Broich needed any reminding that he’s in the twilight of his playing career, he got it in Brisbane’s 3-2 last-start win over Western Sydney Wanderers.

Watching from the bench after being substituted, Broich was in awe of Dimitri Petratos’s gut-busting run of almost 50 metres that put him in position to score the game’s winning goal.

“When I see Dimi’s sprint on the weekend I have to admit I can’t do that anymore,” 35-year-old Broich said ahead of his 150th A-League appearance on Saturday against Melbourne Victory at Suncorp Stadium.

The two-time Johnny Warren Medallist is contracted to Brisbane until the end of next season, and conceded that could be it in terms of his career.

“Don’t put any pressure on me. I enjoy my football, I’m still fit … we’ll see what happens next year but I see the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

And if Broich does call it quits, it will be a career that lasted seven more years than he expected.

Fed up with the game in 2010 after a frustrating season with German club Nurnberg, he was close to retiring at 29 before then Roar coach Ange Postecoglou came calling.

“I was pretty much done with football, and I just took a chance in Australia without really believing in anything anymore,” Broich said.

“It was Ange who brought that back and ever since I enjoyed my football so much. It’s unbelievable that it’s six years running now.”

He said the A-League had improved immensely since he first joined the Roar.

“It’s so much quicker, tactics are so much better, the individual skills of players … even the young ones,” Broich said.

“When I first arrived I couldn’t believe some of the players that were actually training with the first team — they just had no right to be there.

“Now I look at the 17-year-olds and they’ve got incredible quality already. There are so many promising signs and the league is only going to get better and better.”

As can the third-placed Roar, according to Broich, who before retiring wants to add at least one more title to the three championships he has already won with Brisbane.

“It’s about getting another premiership and another championship if possible,” he said.

“We’re in a really great position now, just one point behind the league leader (Adelaide United) and we’ve got a lot of home games coming up too, so we’ve got every chance to go for the premiership again.

“It’s just really inspiring to be in such a position.”

Struggling Roar goalkeeper Michael Theo was restricted at training on Tuesday due to calf and quadriceps knocks, perhaps opening the door for Jamie Young to start between the posts against the Victory.