Lets just remember that while we have a 5 day turnaround to play the Speels this week.......the Speels also have a 5 day turnaround to play us because they also played on Saturday, even if it was a couple of hours earlier than us because of the we played in Auckland factor. So in that sense, both teams go in on a somewhat equal footing.
We'll win this one. Its just a pity Chez won't be out there to silence all the knockers about himself and Foreign and who was better, who needs who etc.
Personally, I think we can go to 4-3 after beating the Speels and 5-3 after we do the Knights (btw, we have another 9 day break between the Speels and Knights games which is why I believe that we may have DCE back by round 8 and not 9 as the club is saying).
5-3......who would have thought that? Even 4-4 was supposed to be impossible. Some here had us being 1-7 or at best 2-6 after 8 rounds.
We all hate the Donkeys mate lol. But in this cast that should be directed more at the NRL and Channel Nein. The NRL for allowing the television broadcaster to control their draw (you don't see the AFL giving Ch.7 control of their draw......) and Nein because in their pursuit of ratings and therefore money, they are the ones who want Brisbane on prime time Friday night FTA television every week. Why? Because the Donkey's are easily the biggest drawcard in Brisbane and SE Qld and it makes Nein's ratings figures look so much better.
You know, Brisbane in the past have often come out and said that they would prefer a lot more Sunday than Friday games, mostly because its easier for fans to get to games on a Sunday arvo and therefore th after eir already league leading attendances would look even better. However, you can't tell me that they are really unhappy about how things are. Their players almost constantly get a 7 day turnaround and either way because they are on FTA television as opposed to the limited audience Fox has, they can charge their ground sponsors more money because they are getting national coverage on an almost weekly basis.