VFL Coach Jeremy Laidler reflects on his side's 14-point loss to the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday afternoon at Metricon Stadium.

"It was a very disappointing loss, I thought we got beaten over the whole game," he said.

"It was a credit to Gold Coast, they came with good intent, and their pressure around the contest was second-to-none. We have to get better at matching that and working hard both ways.

"The difference between this week and last week was there was an even weight of numbers in terms of players contributing to the game, but this week we left it to a small amount of players, so that was disappointing."

Despite the loss, Laidler said there were a handful of positives to take out of the performance as the team looks ahead to their Round 3 fixture against the Geelong Cats at Lakeside Oval on Saturday afternoon. 

"We had patches of the game where I thought we did quite well - the start of the second quarter our ball movement and defensive patterns were good but it was just too much of a roller coaster and we were too inconsistent with both sides of the game."

Dylan Stephens
32 disposals, seven marks, seven tackles

"He ran hard both ways, he played a lot inside and played against some quality inside midfielders. He found plenty of the ball from start to finish."

Sam Gray
33 disposals, seven tackles

"He has been working really hard on his defensive movements, he was a little bit off on that but still managed to find a lot of the ball. He was really good inside."

Ryan Clarke
32 disposals, eight marks

"He has had a good couple of weeks, but his strength over the ball was a bit of a let down on the weekend but put some good numbers up."

Colin O'Riordan
31 disposals, six marks

"He started a little bit slow, but he is one of our more consistent players with his effort and intensity in and around the contest."

Lewis Taylor
25 disposals, one goal, four tackles

"He's been playing on the wing. he is really smooth when he gets the ball but just needs to keep improving on his defensive side of the game."

Malachy Carruthers
21 disposals, nine marks

"He continues to develop his game. His playing as a smaller defender and he will continue to play on some dangerous forwards and continue to work on his contest."

Will Gould
19 disposals, one goal, five tackles

"He has played a good couple of games in the first two rounds of the VFL. He has been really consistent with his effort and just needs to continue to grow on his effort for a long period of time."

James Bell
17 disposals, two goals, four tackles

"The stats didn't show that he had much of the ball but I thought he put in some really strong efforts. He played more forward than what he did inside, but he had some stints inside and was really strong with the ball."

Matt Ling
13 disposals, five marks

"He continues to build his game and work on his consistency with his defensive stuff. He is quite composed with the ball but it's an area he needs to work on."

Joel Amartey
12 disposals, three goals, three tackles

"He played predominantly forward with some stints in the ruck. He'll continue to grow in his 1v1 contests."

Marc Sheather
Nine disposals

"He'll continue to develop his game as a small forward and apply pressure to hurry up the opposition."

Logan McDonald
Four disposals, one goal

"He only played one half but had some good contests in the first half."

Barry O'Connor
Seven disposals

"He'll continue to grow. We've been working on his positioning as a defender and how he can set himself up offensively."

Adam Gulden (C)
17 disposals, seven marks, five tackles

"Adam had a few fumbles on the weekend, but he is really strong on how he critiques his game. He works hard both ways and is a real threat with the ball."

Jake Bartholomeaus
25 disposals

"He has been playing more forward having previously played inside in local competitions but he will continue to work jn his craft as a forward, in particular with his leading patterns."

Paddy McCartin
22 disposals, eight marks

"He spent the first half playing down back and looked really strong and spent a little bit of time down forward. He had some really strong contests."

Sam Thorne
13 disposals, three goals

"His role is to work on his defensive pressure but he got on the end of a few in the last quarter and kicked three goals."

Nick Brewer
11 disposals, three tackles

"He played a range of positions and continue to develop throughout the season."

Ryan Hebron
Seven disposals, three tackles

"He played his first game for us this year. He played down back for three quarters and was really strong in his one-on-one contests."

Darcy Cordell
Six disposals

"He's a bit hte same as Barts - he'll play a little bit forward and on the wing and just needs to work on his patterns offensively and defensively."

Harry Morrison
Eight disposals, one goal, three tackles

"He's in the team for his pressure and work rate and just needs to continue to work on his leading patterns."

Lachlan McAndrew
Three disposals, 26 hit-outs

"He played his first game for the club in the ruck. I thought he competed quite well at centre bounces, and he'll continue to develop his game in ball-ups and boundary throw-ins."