Ben King’s five-goal haul was inevitable in the event you ask Gold Coast coach Stuart Dew, who witnessed his key ahead uncover high gear throughout a yr on the sidelines.
King did not miss in Sunday’s 43-point defeat of North Melbourne, 5 marks and 5 objectives a sight for sore eyes after lacking all of final season with a ruptured ACL.
Three weeks in the past he spilt 4 easy marks towards Geelong however saved battling in a shocking upset of the reigning premiers.
On Sunday at Heritage Bank Stadium these grabs caught and he acquired the reward.
“It has been building. Output’s everything and the easiest, most obvious, on show to go to,” Dew stated.
“We’re not surprised though, he’s continued to present and even when he didn’t mark he got others in the game.”
King proved too difficult to deal with because the Suns bombed inside 50 at will within the first half, his second and third efforts to guide usually leaving him huge open.
Dew stated the fit-again expertise had labored arduous throughout his rehabilitation and returned a greater athlete.
“Kingy had a fantastic rehab in terms of finding out how hard he can work physically,” he stated.
“I reckon he’s just starting to work out how to put that into games.”
Victory arrested a two-game slide and took some warmth off after a irritating loss to Fremantle.
“We were a little bit better, more composed,” Dew stated.
“We’re starting to see some passages of play. We’ve been training hard.
“And the religion we have had in that group, though we misplaced final week, these guys repaid that.
“Execution at times let us down but if we can see the method and intent we can work on the execution.
“You’d quite be kicking them, however we will see the blokes doing the work.”
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