Robert Craddock

But they had to produce something special two seasons ago to get noticed.

They won the premiership.

And Gerard, I'm quite convinced that

If the Brisbane Lions had finished outside the eight two years ago, we wouldn't be having their discussion, this discussion.

There would be no new stadium.

That's how close it was.

I reckon they're suffering, Gerard, from exactly the same thing.

The Brisbane Broncos yesterday had one of their worst performances of the century against it.

They got beaten at Suncorp by the Dragons, who had lost 15 games in a row.

And this is the premieres.

There was no hunger in their defensive line, nothing urgent about them, no passion.

And I think a similar thing is happening to the Brisbane Lions as well.

I thought Chris spoke beautifully when he was in the office last week.

You should have seen it, Gerard.

You know Chris Fagan well.

You've got...

35 sort of award winners of our new Settlers Award from around Australia, average age about 38, a lot of them young kids and some aren't interested in football.

And you've got a guy up there on stage saying, oh, gee, over the journey, I had my self-doubts and I lacked a bit of confidence.

And I had people come up to me after it and say,

Well, gee, that did a lot for me because I'm thinking if a guy who's just won two premierships has occasional doubts, how am I travelling?