SNAPSHOT Three fixtures to decide the future of many
style of play and how to win, but the same team have also fallen to pieces when opponents turned up the heat.
Frustrated coaches don’t know what they will get from quarter to quarter, and have lamented the lack of fight.
Gold Coast showed enough resolve to record a tight win over West Coast last round but the Eagles effectively handed them the game.
Jarrod Harbrow’s drinkdriving charge and Jack Martin’s assault within 48 hours of each other isn’t cause for concern about the culture at Gold Coast – it is one of the few areas where Eade’s influence has been visible.
But it is the absence of Harbrow, who has been among the Suns’ best players, at least against the Hawks today, that troubles fans the most.
Suns football manager Marcus Ashcroft was confident the team could get the wins it needed as the club determined Harbrow’s final suspension.
“The next two weeks are critical for us to ensure we continue to build on what we have done over the last week or so,” Ashcroft said.
“Jarrod will be missed. He has been one of our best three or four players all year. But we are also confident in the players that are there.
“They had a great result on the weekend and the confidence is really high.
“The evidence they can actually fight back and win a game of footy is going to help them when they play in a foreign environment.
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