Suns in the Media - Part I

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Where as the Suns and the Lions spend 400k a year and get peanuts to show for it.

Getting even less with these new changes now. Stupid.

 

[Ben Drever]

Loving Rocket!!

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/26163740/suns-strike-wa-gold/

 

[Young_Guns]

didn't know whether to post this here or in the pre-season thread but here goes.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-02/boot-camp

A bit of a change up for the boys over the weekend going into the
Will be interesting to see if there are any changes to the leadership group. Thinking maybe Mal will be added?

 

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Check out this link for a great compilation of every tweet a Suns player makes, every tweet the club's twitter account posts, and every time the club is mentioned on twitter. Pretty awesome, and will surely come in handy when the season starts!

http://www.hashtagfooty.com.au/afl-team-tweets/gold-coast-suns

 

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http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au...of-injury-crisis/story-fnj9yd7s-1227213803219

GOLD Coast coach Rodney Eade has played down concerns that the Suns are nearing a ruck crisis close to the start of the 2015 AFL pre-season series.

Yesterday, after an intense training session finished at Metricon Stadium, the Suns had only Zac Smith and Daniel Gorringe as recognised ruck options to leave the track intact.

Already without Charlie Dixon (ankle), Steven May (knee), Sam Day (calf), Rory Thompson (toe), the absence of Tom Nicholls and their top draft pick Peter Wright from the main group led to concerns of a shortage of tall timber for the NAB Challenge.

And when a likely option in rookie-listed Keegan Brooksby was flattened in a full-scale match simulation, things looked even worse as assistant coach Josh Fraser had to go up against Smith.

The Suns open their pre-season campaign against Geelong in Townsville on Sunday, March 1, but Eade said the situation was not as bad as it may look.

Brooksby crashed to the ground heavily after a centre bounce collision with the much bigger Smith and had to leave the ground seemingly concussed.

“But he was OK later,” Eade said.

“As for Tom (Nicholls) and Peter (Wright) they’re fine. We’re just managing their workloads and in Peter’s case he has had a fairly big load for a young bloke.”

The Suns have a full-scale practice match, complete with two NEAFL umpires, and it is something the players need at this stage of the season, said Eade.

“We’re cranking up the intensity and that is good at this time of the year because obviously we need to ramp it up a bit,” he said.

“But it has been a long pre-season so we have to manage the workload.”

Luke Russell, sporting a cast to protect a broken left thumb and wearing a bright orange cap, also sent a scare through the camp when he was flattened in a collision with Matty Shaw in practise.

Russell was helped to the change rooms on wobbly legs but later walked unassisted back to the Suns gym.

“I thought I was wearing an orange cap,” quipped Shaw. Players wearing the cap, as Gary Ablett has done all pre-season, are supposed to be protected species during competitive drills.

 

[Young_Guns]

Wait, so we still have 2 fit rucks, and 1 concussed this close to the start of the season. That sounds more like a luxury than a crisis to me, based on our injury history.

 

[Ben Drever]

Never bloody ending with injuries to all our big men 200cm n over!! Arghh

 

[Ben Drever]

If smith is much bigger then Brooksby.. And flattened him.
God help us..

 

[Sunny_]

Brooksby is about a 198cm state league ruckman.

Smith is a 206cm athletic beast with several pre-seasons into him. It should come as no surprise that he destroyed him.

 

[Ben Drever]

If athletic beast means skinny/ lanky and soft.. Then yes..thats smith.
I would of thought a 100kg 25 yr old state league ruckman would have more aggression in him.. Then to be K.O'd by our beanpole.

 

[Young_Guns]

It was probably just a freak accident more than anything. Smith may have just collected Brooksby in a sweet spot during a ruck contest, rather than overpowering him Vickery style.

 

[Ben Drever]

Kinda enjoyed hearing a ruckman got Hit hard, and the guys just outside the top 22 in Russell and Shaw going nuts at training and smashing each other..
Must be every1 for themselfs to get a top 22 spot.

 

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K.O'd by our beanpole.

Spat out my drink when I read this LOL

 

[Sunny_]

Smith is a decent frame these days!

 

[SUNS]

If athletic beast means skinny/ lanky and soft.. Then yes..thats smith.
I would of thought a 100kg 25 yr old state league ruckman would have more aggression in him.. Then to be K.O'd by our beanpole.

Zac Smith isn't the lanky 18 year old we knew 5 years ago. He is actually pretty big now

 

[Ben Drever]

Shane mumford is an athletic beast. Smith is just a toy mumford plays with when his bored.

 

[Sunny_]

Shane mumford is an athletic beast. Smith is just a toy mumford plays with when his bored.

Shane Mumford is not athletic. He's obviously very good, but he's the lump version of what a ruck can be. Not the athletic type.

 

[Ben Drever]

Hahaha.. Good find..
Now find 1 of smith chasing defencively for 50-100m.
Im not liking your chances..
Smith throws his arm n his leg out.. To defend. Then his done. Walks off towards the bench.

 

[Sunny_]

Smith never loses a contest, so he never has to chase.

 

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Smith never loses a contest, so he never has to chase.

Except that game against Brisbane at the Gabba last year where he looked completely stoned - had NFI what was going on lol

 

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I honestly cannot stand to listen to Rocket in anymore videos. Every second bloody word is 'um'. IT IS DOING MY HEAD IN

 

[SUNS]

I honestly cannot stand to listen to Rocket in anymore videos. Every second bloody word is 'um'. IT IS DOING MY HEAD IN

#BringbackBluey

 

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Nice ad in the Bully for the open day tomorrow. Anyone going?

 

[Ben Drever]

Nice ad in the Bully for the open day tomorrow. Anyone going?

Yerr.. Nah.. Ablett isnt.. Why should i.