The Canberra Raiders are confident they can fire a message to the rest of the NRL, reignite their top-four hopes and continue a Melbourne Storm domination when they head to Victoria this weekend.
All of those together seem like odd things to say out loud, especially after the past month of Green Machine stumbles and stutters.
How can a team capitulate against the Knights and then narrowly survive against the lowly Tigers (both games at home) and then go to Melbourne and outplay, outsmart and outwit a Craig Bellamy-coached team?