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Collins is hurt by those games where we get overrun because he is usually on the main key forward so he ends up being the last man responsible. Losing those marking contests leads to a few 4.5 or 5/10 games. But the eye test definitely validates that he is one of the best KD in the league, I...

I have put together my Player of the Year for 2024 there is a bit of a preamble to how I figured it out and I wanted to stick it in the forum somewhere so have a look here: https://eyesonthesuns.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/gold-coast-suns-player-of-the-year-2024/

https://eyesonthesuns.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/what-can-we-take-away-from-those-last-couple-of-games/ Quick look back at what we can take from these last couple of games 1) What will we do in the forward line next year, Andrew looks like the perfect swingman 2) Flanders in the forward line is...

How good does it feel! Stealing games is by far the best way to win. Giving the opposition a dozen chances to seal the game and letting them blow it for themselves then creating one solitary chance and robbing them blind is ecstasy. Inject it straight into my eyeballs! Let us hope this is a...

How good does it feel! Stealing games is by far the best way to win. Giving the opposition a dozen chances to seal the game and letting them blow it for themselves then creating one solitary chance and robbing them blind is ecstasy. Inject it straight into my eyeballs! Let us hope this is a...

It couldn’t have happened in a more frustrating manner. Desperately trying to kill the game with half the quarter still to go, praying someone will finally feed of Witts’ constant hitout wins the Suns buried their season at Optus. We truly are a bottom side in the last third of the season every...

It couldn’t have happened in a more frustrating manner. Desperately trying to kill the game with half the quarter still to go, praying someone will finally feed of Witts’ constant hitout wins the Suns buried their season at Optus. We truly are a bottom side in the last third of the season every...

Obviously Perth is the toughest road trip but the Eagles aren’t a 4 quarter side at the moment so we should win comfortably. There is a real opportunity over these last 4 games to start reversing the narrative around the team and developing finals-worthy chops. Beat the Eagles and the streak...

Obviously Perth is the toughest road trip but the Eagles aren’t a 4 quarter side at the moment so we should win comfortably. There is a real opportunity over these last 4 games to start reversing the narrative around the team and developing finals-worthy chops. Beat the Eagles and the streak...

That QClash was almost worse than the ones where we get demolished. Clinging on on the scoreboard for 4 quarters and missing so many crucial opportunities to the point where you can say we should have/could have won is awful. That result puts us as huge long shots for finals, we would have to go...

That QClash was almost worse than the ones where we get demolished. Clinging on on the scoreboard for 4 quarters and missing so many crucial opportunities to the point where you can say we should have/could have won is awful. That result puts us as huge long shots for finals, we would have to go...

Looks like we’re in for the biggest QClash ever. The Lions are third on the ladder, if we win we keep our finals hopes alive and trump what would be a superior achievement to last year’s victory. In 2023 the Suns were also a game and a half out of the 8 but at 8-10, really didn’t look like they...

Looks like we’re in for the biggest QClash ever. The Lions are third on the ladder, if we win we keep our finals hopes alive and trump what would be a superior achievement to last year’s victory. In 2023 the Suns were also a game and a half out of the 8 but at 8-10, really didn’t look like they...

Just let that one wash over you, allow every late-season road game from the last three years to flash before your eyes. Notice the combination of bitter disappointment and acceptance that you always knew that was going to happen. Imagine Dimma slowly plucking each of his hairs out in seething...

I wanted to run through the finals race and how the Suns have done from this position in the past. At the moment the Suns are 9-8 and are one win out of the 8 with a lot of traffic in between. Last year the Suns were 8-9 and also a game out of it. They then went 1-5 to finish 15th, they would...

I wanted to run through the finals race and how the Suns have done from this position in the past. At the moment the Suns are 9-8 and are one win out of the 8 with a lot of traffic in between. Last year the Suns were 8-9 and also a game out of it. They then went 1-5 to finish 15th, they would...

Job done. The home record remains intact and the finals race remains on despite some results not going our way around the grounds. Hardwick will be really happy with how his team defended the corridor and defensive 50. Keeping a dangerous team like Port to 22 scores and 12 goals is a huge win...

Job done. The home record remains intact and the finals race remains on despite some results not going our way around the grounds. Hardwick will be really happy with how his team defended the corridor and defensive 50. Keeping a dangerous team like Port to 22 scores and 12 goals is a huge win...

The Suns’ inability to beat Port Adelaide since that inaugural win is one of those strange, persistent records which could really do with ending. In terms of keys to the game I think team defence and midfield accountability are where focus has to be. The Power are aggressive and will look to...

The Suns’ inability to beat Port Adelaide since that inaugural win is one of those strange, persistent records which could really do with ending. In terms of keys to the game I think team defence and midfield accountability are where focus has to be. The Power are aggressive and will look to...

I didn’t really want to believe that the Suns were a bottom four side on the road, but if there was any doubt, it was confirmed viciously on Saturday. They just adamantly demand to be a timid mid-table side at all cost. Part of me is reassured by the result today, my beloved Suns remain the...

https://eyesonthesuns.wordpress.com/2024/06/29/2024-r16-operation-kill-the-birds-accomplished/ ......for more I really didn't think the Suns had a response like that in them. Once Collingwood took back the lead I think most of us assumed the Suns would collapse to a demoralising loss. But Bodhi...

https://eyesonthesuns.wordpress.com/2024/06/29/2024-r16-operation-kill-the-birds-accomplished/ ......for more I really didn't think the Suns had a response like that in them. Once Collingwood took back the lead I think most of us assumed the Suns would collapse to a demoralising loss. But Bodhi...

Also wanted to clarify that on a rewatch Andrew had a very good game on Jackson, Tracey going to work on Collins was the surprising flaw in our defensive strategy

Thought I would go through the things that went well enough to give us some hope going forward after my more negative rant after the game 1) Sam Day looked surprisingly capable 2) Q4 midfield adjustments could spark something in Hardwick 3) Uwland and Powell are a small defensive pair for a...

Miller and co. in the middle are much closer to average on the road and it has cost them dearly. Miller’s overuse of blind handballs when he wins the ball in traffic is really wasteful and undoes his hard work. The Dockers’ hands around stoppage were elite while the Suns were turnover happy...

Miller and co. in the middle are much closer to average on the road and it has cost them dearly. Miller’s overuse of blind handballs when he wins the ball in traffic is really wasteful and undoes his hard work. The Dockers’ hands around stoppage were elite while the Suns were turnover happy...

Who have our best performers been and who needs a week in the 2's? Are we capable of the post-bye bump that teams like the Giants and Carlton did last year? Logic says we are just a little too young to really bounce up this year but a small bounce could still get us to finals, as we went into...

Teams that have beaten St Kilda have either battered them in the middle like the Demons or played fast and aggressive like Port, and the Suns did neither. The major factor in this has to be the experience in the Suns backline and wings. Sexton, Flanders, Jeffrey and Uwland have played probably...

The Hardwick Suns played like he wants and beat a good side! Andrew and Uwland have really lifted our defensive potential Long is a crucial balance to our reliance on King Suns answered essendon's hard-fought goals immediately like good sides do...