CAN Queensland Roar win the A-League Premiership? You’d better believe it.

Some have written off Queensland’s chances of securing an Asian Champions League spot following Wednesday nights scoreless draw against Adelaide. While the game was a rather dire affair in some ways, the final whistle was not the end of the road for the orange and maroon.

It may require a series of favourable results for Queensland to lift the Premier’s Plate but it is certainly possible. In fact, I will go one better and suggest there is a karmic inevitability that the unfancied team from Brisbane will do just that.

The other two title challengers, Melbourne and Adelaide, are both facing the same desperate opposition – Wellington and Central Coast.

The Mariners and the ‘Nix are in a desperate tussle to secure the fourth spot on the ladder and will undoubtedly scrape and claw for any points they can against the two league leaders. I doubt that neither Adelaide nor Melbourne will manager to win both of their games against such determined opposition.

Combine that with the fact that Adelaide’s last game is away from home and that Melbourne will certainly feel the weight of expectation from their massive and demanding fan base, things auger well for the Queensland faithful.

So, what has the draw provided Queensland Roar with in the last match of the regular season? A Perth team that will be without Eugene Dadi and will field several players who have one eye fixed upon greener pastures.

In addition to that is the return of some of Queensland’s injured regulars. The hard man of the A-League Danny Tiatto will be back to terrorise the pimply faced teenagers of Sydney. Josh McCloughan will continue to be the unsung hero as he secures the backline possibly in lieu of Luke De Vere.

Most importantly though is the addition of the attacking talisman that is Charlie Miller. The big-hearted Scotsman will be looking to make an impact after being out of the action since December. Only a fool would bet against him putting away a goal or two.

This brings me to what could be the deciding factor in these final rounds – goal difference. If Queensland were to finish on equal points with Adelaide or Melbourne then the odds are with Queensland to boast a superior goal difference.

To achieve parity with either of the teams Queensland Roar will be relying upon consecutive wins. This would create a stalemate on 36 points. Such results would mean that Adelaide’s two goal advantage is not quite as secure as it first appears.

The more I look at the table, the for-and-againsts and the draw I begin to feel swamped in a sea of numbers. Anything is possible.

It is certainly going to be a nervous, albeit darn exciting, couple of weeks that has seen me supporting a triumvirate of teams – my beloved Queensland Roar, the always fighting Central Coast Mariners and the dark horse of Wellington Phoenix. Hence, for this fortnight my team will be a weird three-headed mutant known as the Roaring Marinix.