Sam Collins admits there is a new kind of pressure on the slumping Gold Coast but that they have the answers ahead of a defining AFL clash with Hawthorn.
The Suns, fresh off a maiden finals appearance, began the season with a thumping defeat of Geelong and, at 7-3, were nestled in the top-four in mid-May.
But losses to North Melbourne, Brisbane and Geelong, as well as a bye, in the past month have knocked the wind out of their sails.
They are now ninth at 7-6 ahead of Friday's clash with the Hawks before meetings with Fremantle, Collingwood, Adelaide and Western Bulldogs.
Considered a premiership contender earlier this season, the Suns were labelled "middling" by their frustrated coach Damien Hardwick after they were undone by the Lions early in June.
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