Lining up against bogey side the Brumbies could not have come at a worse time, according to Queensland halfback Will Genia.

The Brumbies are expected to come out firing in Canberra on Saturday night in the wake of coach Andy Friend's sacking just two games into the Super Rugby season.

But Genia reckons the Reds have bigger problems.

Queensland are counting the cost of their last round 30-6 thrashing from the Waratahs.

It left some of their biggest names - Peter Hynes and captain James Horwill - on the injury list and coach Ewen McKenzie wondering how to make their gameplan "relevant".

No wonder Genia reckoned the least of their worries was holding out a pumped up Brumbies side they have never beaten in Canberra and just once overall - way back in 1999.

"Obviously things haven't been working down there and as a group they will probably galvanise in this time of need," Genia said of the Brumbies.

"They were obviously disappointed from having lost to Melbourne (last round) and then losing their coach doesn't really help.

"They'll come out ready to play.

"(But) we are in trouble ourselves here a little bit.

"We are not playing the game we want to play - we have our own things to worry about."

Genia said the team had not spoken about their horror record against the Brumbies but plenty about their gameplan ahead of this weekend.

"The last couple of games our breakdown hasn't been too effective," he said.

"We just have to make sure we are shifting the ball as quick as we can from the breakdown.

"We get stuck trying to do too much rather than just play which is what we were successful at last year."

While Genia was not panicking, he admitted pressure may soon mount if the Reds didn't come up with the same flair that took them to a shock fifth-placing in 2010.

"We don't think there is anything wrong with our style of rugby, we just have to be better at it," he said.

"This time last year we were also one from two and this year it is a longer competition so we feel we have a lot of time to sort out our game.

"But we knew if we didn't perform the way we did last year, we would have that public pressure.

"We have to keep believing in what we are doing."

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