Off-contract Brumbies coach Laurie Fisher is unfazed by mounting pressure on his position following the Brumbies' thrashing by the Chiefs last Friday.

The injury-hit Brumbies sit in ninth position on the Super 14 ladder with three wins from seven starts following the 42-28 loss and are fast slipping from finals contention.

Fisher, who has been unable to take the Brumbies to the finals since beginning his tenure in 2005, has reapplied for the job but says he doesn't know if he'll still be in the national capital beyond 2008.

"It's not my decision. I know that they've asked me to reapply with a few others, so that decision will be made closer to the end of the season," he told AAP on Sunday.

"I can't be concerned about that. If I spend time worrying about that, that's time I'm not spending trying to win a football game next weekend.

"The key thing in everything is your process. You get your process right, you win footy games. You win footy games and the rest of it looks after itself.

"There's no point at looking at the finishing line, you've got to look at how you're going to run your race."

Fisher has been linked to the vacant NSW coaching position but said his preference was to stay put.

"What I'm concerned about is winning games with the Brumbies and my preference would be to be at the Brumbies in 2009," he said.

"If I'm not there I'll be looking for employment."

The Brumbies probably need to win all six remaining games this campaign to ensure a play-off berth and Fisher admitted his side had to turn things around fast.

"We're behind the eight-ball, there's no doubt about it so we've got to win games," he said.

"I can't predict other results so we've just got to focus on trying to win our games and we'll be trying to get six out of six.

"We've got to win next week and we'll worry about the week after that after that. I'm certainly not looking two, three, four, six eight weeks ahead.

"A win against the Blues next Saturday at Eden Park is the key at this point in time."

The third-placed Aucklanders' 37-16 loss to the Waratahs on Saturday night would have the Blues stinging but Fisher said it also showed they were lacking the blistering form they showed early in the season.

"You can sting all you like but they really haven't played well since early in the season," he said.

"On the negative side they'll be keen to get their season back on track.

"I guess on the positive side for us is they're not playing their best football and may provide an opportunity for us."

One obstacle for the Brumbies could be a facial injury to Wallaby No.8 Stephen Hoiles, who was undergoing a precautionary scan on his upper cheekbone on Sunday with medical staff hopeful of ruling out a fracture.

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