AussieRulesBlog is not shy of criticising others for making judgements on scant evidence — such as not having watched the bulk of a game — and we dished out a pretty negative assessment on the Gold Coast Suns based on a quarter and a bit. We thought we should go back and watch the game.
What a pleasant surprise (although watching Carlton kick so many goals is pretty hard to stomach). Some key assessments based on the whole game, on television, are:
- Robert Walls and Ed Curnow's mother must have been very close once going by the way Walls pumps up Curnow.
- Karmichael Hunt didn't do a whole lot wrong.
- Daniel Harris is a gun.
- The umpires did the Suns no favours in the first quarter.
- For a team with twelve debutantes, the Suns did pretty well and showed enough to suggest they can be competitive by the end of 2011.
- Josh Fraser, Jarrod Harbrow and Jarrod Brennan need to spend a good while in the Hall of Mirrors.
- No amount of VFL football is an adequate preparation for senior AFL-standard football.
Overall, we're optimistic about the Suns. Charlie Dixon and Zac Smith, especially, look like they can have an impact in 2011.
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