A win's a win, and teams will take every one they can get, but Sydney should be really worried by that.
Brisbane are buggered by injuries, and Lemanis has already signalled he's looking to next season. Sydney barely escape with a win, with Lisch doing his best to carry the team as usual.
Sydney are actually very well placed. That takes them to 12 wins, they already have the splits over Cairns and Hawks. They SHOULD advance to 13 wins, and take out the split against NZ on Sunday. That's possibly enough to make the finals. If they can hold out MU at home next week, they'll have the split on everyone but Perth and could pinch 2nd.
As I have mentioned elsewhere, losing all 4 games to Adelaide, means they are better position than their 12 wins might indicate.
But gees, they'd want to improve on what they offered tonight.