Suns in the Media - Part I

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Luke of the Irish: Suns trial young Gaelic gun

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-21/luke-of-the-irish-suns-trial-young-gaelic-gun

Awesome! We need pacey players desperately. Would love our own Conor Mckenna-esque player.

 

[kreglze]

Not sure what this means - maybe our players all get scholarships if they want to attend uni at Griffith.


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Positives, more partnerships with local institutions is great.

 

[GcSunsfan]

 

[Jirik13]

McLennan

McLennan was going to join his teammates in Bali for an end of season trip and planned to stay on for a week or two surfing in various places around the country.
“There is no chance I’ll be able to surf with my ankle. It will still be in a boot by the time the surfing trip starts,” McLennan said.
McLennan has re-signed with Gold Coast until the end of 2022 and the South Australian’s family has already sold their home in the Barossa Valley and are preparing to move up to Queensland.

Graham

Graham was sitting on the couch in the player’s lounge at Gold Coast’s training and administration facility when he received the call from his manager indicating the Suns wanted to offer him a new deal.
The 18-year-old was smiling from ear-to-ear and it was obvious to one teammate sitting next to him what was happening.
“Jack Lukosius had a smile on his face and thought (I’d re-signed) straight away. It was pretty funny.”

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[TheSunGod]

If it helps improve our players resilience and injuries reduce, it’s a huge win.

 

[GcSunsfan]

I wish the AFL would start cracking down and blacklist the people who continue to wrote these articles.
Make it impossible for these people to make a living out of our great game.



I don’t know if it was an opinion peace or a very bad attempt at some comedy

For years the AFL has been determined to persevere with Gold Coast but it’s time to make some tough decisions and plan for a future competition without the Suns.
I’d give the club another 3-5 years to get it right but if it’s still a basket case then enough is enough. Shut the club down and give Tasmania the team it deserves.
A team in Tasmania, a football-mad state, would surely create a far better AFL experience for talented players to develop and play out their careers than Gold Coast.

 

[GcSunsfan]

And the Melbourne media call us a basket case look who’s already asking for help.
Just one year after playing in a bloody prelim final

 

[Jen2310]

lol Melbourne. yeah lets ask for help because they had one bad year.

 

[Jirik13]

And the Melbourne media call us a basket case look who’s already asking for help.
Just one year after playing in a bloody prelim final

This is bloody joke. At the same time Melbourne coach complains about our PP1 request while I believe they got one in 2009.

 

[gcsunsfc]

Haha what a joke Melbourne, you hypocritical pieces of shit.

They've had 3 all australians in the past 2 years (Gawn, Oliver, Hibberd)
The guy that finished 3rd in the brownlow last year (Brayshaw)
3 players in 2018 22under22 team (Oliver, Brayshaw, Petracca) and a different 2 players that made 2017 team (Lever, Hunt)

A key forward that kicked 53 goals just last year (Tom McDonald)
The guy who lead goal assists for the league last year (Jake Melksham)
A small forward that has had 7 seasons averaging >1.5 goals per game (Garlett)
A small defender that represented Australia and considered unlucky to miss the AA squad last year (Jetta)

Rising stars in Salem, Fritsch, Harmes


Not to mention they poached a very good key defender in the prime of his career from the worst team in the competition just last year!!
Maybe they should have held onto their pick 6 and taken Ben King!

Big middle finger to Melbourne.

 

[Jirik13]

Players selected with start of first round priority picks Year Pick Player Club 1997 1 Travis Johnstone Melbourne 1999 1 Josh Fraser Collingwood 1999 2 Paul Hasleby Fremantle 2000 1 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 2001 1 Luke Hodge Hawthorn, pick traded from Fremantle 2001 2 Luke Ball St Kilda 2001 3 Chris Judd West Coast 2003 1 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 2003 2 Andrew Walker Carlton 2003 3 Colin Sylvia Melbourne 2004 1 Brett Deledio Richmond 2004 2 Jarryd Roughead Hawthorn 2004 3 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 2005 1 Marc Murphy Carlton 2005 2 Dale Thomas Collingwood 2005 3 Xavier Ellis Hawthorn 2007 1 Matthew Kreuzer Carlton 2009 1 Tom Scully Melbourne

 

[Mini GF]

And the Melbourne media call us a basket case look who’s already asking for help.
Just one year after playing in a bloody prelim final

Send Melbourne to Tasmania

 

[Jen2310]

Dees not asking for assistance, but more a discussion around disequalation funding.

 

[Jen2310]

 

[gcsunsfc]

Dees not asking for assistance, but more a discussion around disequalation funding.

Can you explain what that means?
Are they essentially countering our claim for extra salary cap?

 

[Jen2310]

Can you explain what that means?
Are they essentially countering our claim for extra salary cap?

Not sure. Maybe they feel they get less funding than some other clubs?

 

[GcSunsfan]

Not sure. Maybe they feel they get less funding than some other clubs?

Talk about a misleading headline there was nothing in that article about Melbourne and what they will be asking for

 

[OB11]

Dees not asking for assistance, but more a discussion around disequalation funding.

As long as we get our PP and we end up with Rowell and Anderson I'm good.

 

[Jen2310]

Talk about a misleading headline there was nothing in that article about Melbourne and what they will be asking for

Exactly. I only went with the headline. But the article states nothing about it.

 

[TheSunGod]

Players selected with start of first round priority picks Year Pick Player Club 1997 1 Travis Johnstone Melbourne 1999 1 Josh Fraser Collingwood 1999 2 Paul Hasleby Fremantle 2000 1 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 2001 1 Luke Hodge Hawthorn, pick traded from Fremantle 2001 2 Luke Ball St Kilda 2001 3 Chris Judd West Coast 2003 1 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 2003 2 Andrew Walker Carlton 2003 3 Colin Sylvia Melbourne 2004 1 Brett Deledio Richmond 2004 2 Jarryd Roughead Hawthorn 2004 3 Ryan Griffen Western Bulldogs 2005 1 Marc Murphy Carlton 2005 2 Dale Thomas Collingwood 2005 3 Xavier Ellis Hawthorn 2007 1 Matthew Kreuzer Carlton 2009 1 Tom Scully Melbourne

There’s several clubs there that have received multiple beginning of first round PPs. Would be hypocritical of them to argue against us receiving just one.

 

[SunnerSS]

There’s several clubs there that have received multiple beginning of first round PPs. Would be hypocritical of them to argue against us receiving just one.

10 clubs to be precisie. only 7 clubs have a leg to stand on complaining about us getting a Priority pick.
I'd throw gws into that aswell because they got 2 years on draft concessions to our 1.

 

[Jen2310]

They are all priority picks? Wow. I had no idea Daisy Thomas was a priority pick.

 

[gcsunsfc]

They are all priority picks? Wow. I had no idea Daisy Thomas was a priority pick.

Collingwood in the grand final only a handful of years before that

 

[Jen2310]

Collingwood in the grand final only a handful of years before that

Yeah, I like to pretend that didn't happen lol I think I vaguely remember that on TV. I fell out of football during those years, got back into it a few years later. Didn't help I guess I was living in Adelaide at the time. Went to a couple games.

 

[Suns of Anarchy]

They are all priority picks? Wow. I had no idea Daisy Thomas was a priority pick.

If you were going to always select Daisy first that year then Pendles became the freebie with your 2nd pick at 5. Even better