Despite being frustrated by Gold Coast's injury run, veteran defender Jarrod Harbrow says the SUNS still have plenty to salvage from 2016.
After winning their first three matches, the SUNS have nosedived with six straight losses but Harbrow says Gold Coast hasn't given up on its season just yet.
"We can get a lot of pride and respect back," he said.
"We've had a rough trot for five weeks but we've still got more than half of the year remaining, so we're certainly not going to die wondering.
"We're going to go out there and fight every single round regardless of who's in the team.
"There's a lot of pride and respect among the playing group, and if we can control that then I think the rest will take care of itself."
It's the second straight year the SUNS have been hit by injury, but there's some relief in sight.
Full-back Steven May will return from a five-week suspension against West Coast on Sunday, and skipper Gary Ablett and Aaron Hall are strong chances to play.
Harbrow is taking a longer-term view on the injuries.
"It does get frustrating but that's football," he said.
"I'm sure we'll come out of the end of this a stronger and a lot more united team."
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He said despite losing to Adelaide by 75 points at the weekend, there were signs the SUNS had slowly started to turn things around.
They won the contested possession count 136-127 and, despite being down two players following injuries to youngsters Callum Ah Chee (concussion) and Darcy Macpherson (knee), ran the game out strongly to lose the final term by a solitary point.
Harbrow said the expectations on May in his return game would be small.
"It'll be good to get ‘Maysie’ back, he's obviously our key defender and he brings a lot of leadership and a lot of passion and grunt to our football team.
"All we expect of Maysie is for him to play his role."
