The Gold Coast Suns move into positive territory this week for the first time in their history after comfortably beating Geelong for the Gary Ablett Junior Cup. The Suns’ rise from terrible to respectably average is similar to that of Port Adelaide’s in 2013, and like the Power last year they look a good chance to play in the finals. They will also be hoping that, like the Power in 2014, they continue on an upward trajectory from average to really very good.
FALLING DOWN
Meanwhile, about 80 kilometres away, the other Queensland
team the Brisbane Lions has sunk to depths not seen not in Woolloongabba for
some years. The Lions’ 70-odd point loss to the Dockers’ last weekend did not
see them lose too many more ranking points (it was only a bit more than the
margin that was expected), but they have still declined the most of any team so
far in 2014.
ALSO OF NOTE
Usually
this time of year I do a mid-year All-Australian team. But I have watched so
little AFL since Richmond’s Demon Doomsday a few weeks back that I couldn’t
even pretend to know who the best 22 have been this year, aside from the
obvious picks like G. Ablett and S. Pendlebury. I will try and muster up enough
interest though to sham my way through picking an end-of-year side.
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