Can Gold Coast snare a flag in the next 5 years?

[PowerfulPies2023]

They look like a formidable unit

 

[Orfullrules]

Yes they will snare one against one of the bird teams.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

They really should, the AFL have set them up for success with the best coach and a high draft pick young group gelling together.

 

[Jirik13]

Yes, with some injuries luck. The list looks loaded. A lot of players entering prime.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Pretty hard to argue that they can't.

Will they? Fair chance but there's no guarantees in life.

 

[Elite Master]

IDespite how much lack of success Gold Coast have had since entering the comp, never made the finals etc, and how much success GWS have had since entering the comp, playing in multiple final series' including a Grand Final, if Gold Coast win the flag this year that would put them streets ahead of GWS.

 

[lalorGOAT]

Would be shocked if they don't win one.

 

[1990crow]

Yes. Will they? TBC.
Adelaide, Gold Coast, Hawks and Lions are well positioned for multiple cracks.

Fremantle should be in this position too but just can't seem to work as a team.

 

[rapidfire7]

Really hard to imagine them winning a GF at the G. Have made great progress this year, but are going to have to get a lot better and a lot tougher again.

 

[Bay53]

I reckon they will win two by the end of the decade. The list they have now, with Walter, Reed, Rogers and Lombard maturing - plus they will get Z Uwland and Patterson in the draft this year - probably two top 10 picks.

I can see them doing what Hawthorn and Richmond did in the past 15 years.

 

[Billy ray]

Really hard to imagine them winning a GF at the G. Have made great progress this year, but are going to have to get a lot better and a lot tougher again.

picture this
its 2026 finals
suns make the grand final
their captain noah anderson is playing his ~150th game or thereabouts, and just his 7th or 8th game ever at the MCG

 

[Cmarsh]

Yes, capable of multiple flags.

By 2030, we may be comparing GCS to Brisbane 01-03, Geelong 07-11, Hawthorn 13-15 and Richmond 17-20 as the best teams this century.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Yes. Will they? TBC.
Adelaide, Gold Coast, Hawks and Lions are well positioned for multiple cracks.

Fremantle should be in this position too but just can't seem to work as a team.

Apart from beating your mob and winning 11 of our last 12?

 

[GenericUsername202]

imagine a q clash grand final

 

[Billy ray]

imagine a q clash grand final

or an expansion cup grand final

 

[1990crow]

Apart from beating your mob and winning 11 of our last 12?

6th was it?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

6th was it?

Sorry, did Adelaide win something while I was sleeping?

All hail the August premiers!

 

[1990crow]

Sorry, did Adelaide win something while I was sleeping?

All hail the August premiers!

Better than never premiers!

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Better than never premiers!

Nice flex. Still got that 1998 poster on your wall? You must have been the happiest kid in grade 3

 

[Chaisa]

It'll be a major **** up if they don't. Other than an elite small forward they have all the tools.

 

[Pavlovs Cat]

Nice flex. Still got that 1998 poster on your wall? You must have been the happiest kid in grade 3

That's cold

 

[TheUnicorn]

They definitely should be able to win one in the next couple years.

 

[iameviljez]

It'll be a major **** up if they don't. Other than an elite small forward they have all the tools.

No, they don't IMO - particularly through the middle. Their midfield is good, but it's not at the level of Brisbane etc. They also lack that one really great top end midfield star - a Bont/Neale/Daicos/Anderson/Nasiah/Butters type.

They're right up there, though.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

No, they don't IMO - particularly through the middle. Their midfield is good, but it's not at the level of Brisbane etc. They also lack that one really great top end midfield star - a Bont/Neale/Daicos/Anderson/Nasiah/Butters type.

They're right up there, though.

Tell me more about this Anderson person...

 

[LeeCarvallo]

If Damian Hardwick wins a flag at the Suns, would he be the best coach of all time?

Taking a pretty hapless Richmond team to 3 flags in 4 years after 36 years in the wilderness and then coming up and taking a Suns team, that had never come close to making finals in their history to an AFL premiership would have to put him in the conversation at least.