Suns coach remembers blue weekend

Giants Tom Scully and Adam Treloar celebrate their victory in Canberra last year. Picture: Kym Smith Source: The Daily Telegraph

GOLD Coast coach Guy McKenna wants his wounded Suns to show their pride and avoid another Canberra ambush against Greater Western Sydney this weekend.

The Giants claimed their first win as an AFL club against the Suns in the inaugural meeting of the expansion franchises at Manuka Oval in May last year, kicking four goals in as many minutes in the final term to snatch a 13.16 (94) to 9.13 (67) triumph.

McKenna admits that loss still hurts both him and his players and it's a scenario he's desperate to avoid as he calls on his charges to prove their worth following last weekend's disappointing defeat to Port Adelaide.

"Last year we found it was like their grand final," McKenna said on Wednesday.

"Canberra, their home away from home, they talked that up ... if you look at their season it gives them the best opportunity of winning and we were stung last year.

"I'm sure Kevin (Sheedy, GWS coach) will be reminding GWS about their last quarter against Melbourne as well and cranking them up.

"Clearly it's going to be a big game for them, they're going to build that up and so they should.

"We've got to be ready to stand our ground and take the fight back to them."

McKenna admits he's not been able to be as tough on his team as he would have liked in the wake of the 38-point loss to the Power where the visitors booted nine goals to one in the second quarter.

Injuries to Matthew Warnock (fractured arm), Joel Wilkinson (ankle) and Harley Bennell (hamstring) mean several Suns will keep their spots in the team to take on the Giants when McKenna clearly would have loved to send out a stern message.

"The guillotine (is) being sharpened, it's going to cut this week but it's probably not going to cut as deep as you'd love to do in a traditional club," McKenna said.

"We're going to have three blokes jump straight in and what you'd love to do is drop three blokes that deserve to dropped based on that effort on Saturday night.

"We can be tough but it's a thinly-veiled idea of being tough where you're really just replacing injured blokes."

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