Suns have ‘nothing to lose’

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THE Gold Coast Suns will head west to take on premiership firmer Fremantle with nothing to lose and with the fresh belief they can finally run out four quarters.

That was the main positive the Suns took away from Saturday night's impressive win against Richmond as they now prepare for the toughest road trip in the game.

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The Suns were down to just two on the bench in the second half but kicked six goals to five after halftime to claim a gutsy win.

And midfielder David Swallow said the performance set the tone for the club's Round 2 clash against Fremantle in Perth on Saturday week.

"Just mentally you know you can run out games now," he said.

"The boys have got that belief in their bodies that when it comes to that last quarter we've done it before so we can do it again.

"But the boys are under no illusions and we have a pretty tough game against Freo coming up.

"We have a couple of solid weeks on the track to prepare ourselves because it's going to be tough to beat them away."

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Fremantle flogged Collingwood by 70 points in Melbourne on Friday night and is likely to have its Grand Final 22 available to face the Suns.

Nick Suban and Zac Clarke will push for inclusion for the Dockers but the Suns have their own selection headaches of the right kind.

While Jack Martin, who will have scans on his dislocated shoulder today, will almost certainly miss, Suns football manager Marcus Ashcroft is confident the week off will give Charlie Dixon enough time to overcome his bout of concussion.

No.1 defender Rory Thompson (hip) and star midfielder Harley Bennell (calf) are also both likely to return.

But Ashcroft warned the open spaces at Patersons Stadium meant the club would need to be mindful of bringing back too many players at once.

"We need to make sure we have enough players there to run the game out strong," he said.

"But it also gives us confidence that on Saturday night we basically had 20 players for the second half."

Recruit Kade Kolodjashnij, Karmichael Hunt and Luke Russell all impressed in the Suns reserves on Saturday, giving the club's match committee plenty to think about over the next two weeks.

"It was really encouraging that the (reserves) played well but also that some individuals really stepped up," Ashcroft said.

Gold Coast recruit Kade Kolodjashnij at training. Picture: Luke Marsden Source: News Limited

"Rory Thompson played well and four or five players put their hand up.

"We need to monitor Harley at training.

"He hasn't played for a couple of weeks and we have to make sure he is 100 per cent right."

Regardless of the team's set-up, forward Tom Lynch said the Suns will go west with genuine excitement.

"We've got nothing to lose," he said.

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