Gold boast! Premiership by 2015

Gold Coast chairman John Witheriff believes the Suns are on the verge of something very special and hasn't ruled out a premiership by 2015. Picture: Brendan Radke Source: Herald Sun

Dual AFL premiership coach and Suns board member Malcolm Blight has backed his chairman and said to dream the impossible dream. Picture: David Clark Source: Herald Sun

GOLD Coast chairman John Witheriff has declared that the club that has won only six games in its first two seasons can win a flag by the end of 2015.

And dual AFL premiership coach and Suns board member Malcolm Blight has not only backed the call, but says he can "almost taste the success".

The Gold Coast chairman surprised the football community yesterday when he said the Suns wanted to win their maiden premiership within the next three years and double their membership to 20,000 within 12 months.

"The reality of life is, we're not around to just fill in numbers and what other objective can there possibly be for a football club but to win a Grand Final?" Witheriff said.

This whole journey has been about people turning around and saying, 'You can't do it'. Well, I love it. I don't want to be arrogant about it but I love it. I love people who say, 'You just can't do it', because you can do it and we're able to do it and we're going to do it.

Witheriff said Blight - a dual premiership player at North Melbourne and dual premiership coach at Adelaide - convinced him to plan ambitiously.

Blight said he was confident the bold plan was achievable after noticing the intensity from the coaching and playing group lift by "10 to 15 per cent" in recent months.

"I know we have only won six games (in two seasons), but I honestly think it will come quickly," Blight said yesterday.

If you have been around footy awhile, as I have, you can almost taste the smell (of success). Something is going to happen here. It's going to erupt and before I put the queue in the rack, I would like to get excited one more time.

"It's a strong message from the chairman and the club as a whole."

Blight backed Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna - a two-time premiership player at West Coast - as the man who can make it happen.

"He has had two years as a senior coach now. He is growing in the role all the time, and getting better every day" Blight said.

McKenna said he was not daunted by Witheriff's comments, denying it not put extra pressure on him as a coach.

"It's a source of motivation if you like and I welcome it," McKenna said."Everyone will laugh and giggle because we won three games last season but there is no rule in the AFL I've seen that says regardless of how many games you've won the previous year, you can't win the grand final the following year," McKenna said.

"Of course it's an achievable goal ... and we are looking forward to the challenge."

Blight said he was confident the bold plan was achievable after noticing the intensity from the coaching and players lift by "10 to 15 per cent" in recent months.

"I know we have only won six games (in two seasons), but I honestly think it will come quickly," Blight said yesterday. "If you have been around footy awhile, as I have, you can almost taste the smell (of success).

"Something is going to happen here. It's going to erupt and before I put the cue in the rack, I would like to get excited one more time.

"It's a strong message from the chairman and the club as a whole."

Blight backed Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna - a two-time premiership player at West Coast - as the man who can make it happen.

"He has had two years as a senior coach now. He is growing in the role all the time and getting better every day," Blight said.

McKenna said he was not daunted by Witheriff's comments, denying it put extra pressure on him.

"It's a source of motivation if you like and I welcome it," McKenna said.

Everyone will laugh and giggle because we won three games last season but there is no rule in the AFL I've seen that says regardless of how many games you've won the previous year, you can't win the Grand Final the following year. Of course it's an achievable goal ... and we are looking forward to the challenge.

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