GOLD Coast coach Rodney Eade says it's no consolation the AFL umpiring department has admitted to mistakes that cost his team dearly against North Melbourne last Saturday night. 

Two decisions particularly drew Eade's ire from the 13-point loss - a push-in-the-back against Sean Lemmens that led to a Nathan Hrovat goal, and a free kick paid against Brandon Matera for a throw, that wasn't.

Eade called the umpires on Tuesday to seek clarification.

"They agreed that the two free kicks … weren't warranted and shouldn't have been paid," Eade said.

"It doesn't mean much because you can't change it.

"There's no good whinging and moaning and going crook about it, but it gives a demarcation line about the bump, and if that's going to be a free kick from now on … they said it was unwarranted, and then the quick hands of Matera when he hit it with a fist and the umpire was blindsided."

Following a controversial decision paid against Kade Kolodjashnij the week prior for a deliberate rushed behind, Eade said the umpiring standard was "not an issue" among his players.

"Hopefully there's swings and roundabouts and we get a few the other way," he said.

Of more immediate concern for the Suns coach is Saturday night's home match against Geelong.

Gold Coast will welcome back co-captain Steven May (hamstring), hard-nut midfielder David Swallow (rested), Kolodjashnij (illness) and introduce debutant Brad Scheer from the team that lost to the Kangaroos. 

Eade said he had learnt some lessons from Collingwood after the Magpies snapped the Cats' unbeaten season start, and hinted he may revert to a tagger to slow down either Joel Selwood or Patrick Dangerfield.

"Taggers have sort of waned a bit, everyone gets fascinated by the 18-man team defence, but I think there's a place for it," he said.

"We've talked about it. I think that's an option we can go to.

"That person who you might want to tag might have a bad day anyway, so we'll wait and see how they perform early and we'll adjust from there."