Gold Coast Suns - first win!!!

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

And theyve just won by 3pts after Westoff misses a kick after the siren...

[daisycutter 29,613]

FMD

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Now for the team song....OMG its bad!!

[Face Your Demons 175]

Would not want to be the Port coach. Or play for them.

[45HG 1,539]

Would not want to be the Port coach. Or play for them.

And I thought that before the game!

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Sounds just like the Port song....thats rubbing it in.

[Face Your Demons 175]

Gee they got that story up on the AFL site quick

[Clanger King 9]

YUK!!!! Makes me sick!

[Pipefitter 2,159]

If we dont beat port over there this year we have issues.

[Range Rover 1,935]

Anyone can win any game.

Too right. A timely reminder for people who set the bar too low and put losses down to 'development'.

Footy's not as complex as it's made out to be. It's 44 blokes versus 44 blokes and the group which want the damned thing more can beat any opposition on any given day.

[P-man 13,366]

I was openly cheering for them in that last quarter.

..and thank god it wasn't us. Poort will never live this one down.

[Nasher 33,614]

Too right. A timely reminder for people who set the bar too low and put losses down to 'development'.

Footy's not as complex as it's made out to be. It's 44 blokes versus 44 blokes and the group which want the damned thing more can beat any opposition on any given day.

It's also a timely reminder to those who managed to find something to whine about after a 90 point victory.

I was openly cheering for them in that last quarter.

..and thank god it wasn't us. Poort will never live this one down.

As was I. Very pleasing for them.

"Poort", bwahaha.

[Range Rover 1,935]

It's also a timely reminder to those who managed to find something to whine about after a 90 point victory.

Referring to anyone in particular Nash?

[Nasher 33,614]

Referring to anyone in particular Nash?

Three quarters of the people who posted on the site after the match.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Too right. A timely reminder for people who set the bar too low and put losses down to 'development'.

Footy's not as complex as it's made out to be. It's 44 blokes versus 44 blokes and the group which want the damned thing more can beat any opposition on any given day.

When one very ordinary side plays another ordinary side then anything can happen. And suggesting that its comparable to when a top 4 side plays a side with a cumulative 1000 games less experience is laughable.

[bing181 9,219]

If we dont beat port over there this year we have issues.

Well, that didn't take long. I was just reading down this thread, wondering how long someone would manage to see a problem for Melbourne in all this.

We have, as you put it, issues, as it is, whether we beat Port or not. When we stop having "issues", we'll be premiers ... multiple times over.

Well done Dees, nice 90 point win over GC.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Greetings all.

Having resided up here in sunny SE Queensland since my retirement two years ago, I've remained a staunch Demon but I also have a soft spot for the new local crowd down the road at Carara where a magnificent new stadium is being developed in readiness for GCS's game v Geelong later this year.

None of this prevented me from enjoying the Dees' 15 goal demolition of the newbies on Sunday. Conditions were warm, humid and uninviting for a physical game like footy and it was inevitable that mistakes would be made by both teams. I'm amazed that some people are hypercritical of a team that recorded such an annihilation - Ablett or no Ablett.

Which brings me to the question of the Suns' first win. I was watching the Marngrook Footy Show on the Thursday night before the game and Norf Melbourne's Matty Campbell was on the panel. He was the only panelist to tip GCS to win their first game on Sunday against us because "Melbourne don't travel well."

Well well well. Congrats BrB.

I hope you enjoyed that one.

1. Collingwood

2. Geelong

3. Hawthorn

4. Fremantle

5. Carlton

6. Essendon

7. Melbourne

8. Sydney

9. Bulldogs

10. West Coast

11. St. Kilda

12. Adelaide

13. Port Adelaide

14. Gold Coast

15. Richmond

16. Brisbane

17. Kangaroos

[Striker475 696]

Well well well. Congrats BrB.

I hope you enjoyed that one.

1. Collingwood

2. Geelong

3. Hawthorn

4. Fremantle

5. Carlton

6. Essendon

7. Melbourne

8. Sydney

9. Bulldogs

10. West Coast

11. St. Kilda

12. Adelaide

13. Port Adelaide

14. Gold Coast

15. Richmond

16. Brisbane

17. Kangaroos

They'll be 15th, end of the round. But that's still a step up from 17th.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Well well well. Congrats BrB.

13. Port Adelaide

14. Gold Coast

15. Richmond

16. Brisbane

17. Kangaroos

Substitute North for WCE and the bottom 5 were reasonably predictable. Each of the sides over the course of the year will have their day in the sun but over the course of the year there shortcomings will continue to be exposed by more talented teams playing focussed football.

[The Great One 99 125]

Now for the team song....OMG its bad!!

I think their song is not bad. Definately there are far worse.

Congrats to the Suns, Fantastic last quarter. I was getting right into the game at the end. There is no doubt that Swallow is an absolute star.

[Striker475 696]

I think their song is not bad. Definately there are far worse.

Congrats to the Suns, Fantastic last quarter. I was getting right into the game at the end. There is no doubt that Swallow is an absolute star.

Freee-o, way to go...

[The Great One 99 125]

Freee-o, way to go...

as well as "weeee are the Navy poo's." shocker

[Demondeb 8]

I, too, got right into the game when it appeared that they might have a sniff.

The young kids were doing ok and sucking up the pressure from their more experienced opponents. Ablett was leading the way along with the ex Lions and the young kids were getting more confidence as the game got closer.

Well done GC. I will be following their progress this year and may even go watch a game or two.

We were predicting last week the team we thought would be first to lose to them and it was North that was considered the most likely. I dont think anyone expected them to beat Port over there but there you go.. where there is a will, there is a way and they showed lots of will.

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

K.B. has to walk home from Adelaide...What a classic.

We must SMASH Port when we play them, here and over there.

To lose that game on your Home heap when 40 points up is inexcusable.

Port should never have been admitted into the AFL, thanks so much Wayne Jackson. The Power are going to cost us all a lot of $$, maybe we could send the bills to you Jackson.

Glad we played the Suns last week, our 90 point win was ok with me.

[Tony Tea 2,809]

After all the whinging and wrist-slashing that has taken place on here this week, I wonder if a few people will change tact after today.

I'm sorry, but I can't help laughing every time I see "change tact" - one of the classics.