Collingwood’s Adam Treloar revisits horror round 16 weekend; Legend’s honest take on footy ‘lie’

AN AFL star has reflected on a horror weekend labelled “an absolute disgrace” by a footy legend in another revealing interview.

AFL Round 15. Hawthorn vs. Collingwood at the MCG. Collingwood's Adam Treloar runs forward . Pic: Michael Klein

FIVE wins, 10 losses, countless set shots missed. Yep, Collingwood is in a pickle.

Another disastrous weekend of footy saw the Pies produce one of their most demoralising performances yet, dropping to the bombers in a 12.8 (80) — 18.9 (117) loss.

The Pies’ capitulation to the Bombers saw the struggling side give up all hope of playing finals in September, dropping down to an unsalvagable position on the ladder after their fourth defeat in a row.

AFL legend Johnathan Brown savaged their round 16 effort, labelling them as the worst kicking side he’s ever seen.

“The biggest frustration for mine is that Nathan Buckley is one of the greatest kicks the game has ever seen. His players absolutely butcher the footy,” Brown said on FOX Sports Monday night.

“I don’t think I’ve seen a worse kicking side than Collingwood. The way they move the football out of the backline is an absolute disgrace.”

Collingwood midfielder Adam Treloar opened up after the match in a brutally honest interview directly after, claiming he was “horrendous” and “non-existent” on the field after finishing the game with a below average total of 21 disposals and one tackle.

Adam Treloar was far below his best over the weekend.

The 24-year-old later reiterated his brutally honest TV interview as “cleansing” while detailing the next step for the Collingwood camp.

“I like to think that when I speak to the media that I’m pretty honest and I always speak the way that I feel,” Treloar told SEN’s The Run Home Tuesday afternoon.

“I was putrid on the weekend and it was probably one of the worst games I’ve ever played. I was asked the question, so I wasn’t going to beat around the bush.

“If you ask me I’m going to say how I feel about how I played and that is the honest truth.”

Treloar said the Pies were able to give any team a run for their money but said the struggling side needed to go back to the basics.

“Mine starts with my contest and my work rate,” he said.

“I can be seen as a break the lines type of player — run and carry, but internally and within myself I know that when I’m in a game it’s when I’m being strong around the ball, tackling and putting panic pressure on ... (it will all) take care of itself.”

PLAYERS AREN’T IN A BUBBLE: DAL SANTO

Nathan Buckley has a serious amount of work to do before the season is over.

Pies Coach Nathan Buckley admitted the club was at a “tipping point” after their 37-point loss to Essendon.

“That effort we haven’t seen all year,” he said after the match.

“The contest was off, we just didn’t work hard in defence (and) some of our offensive turnovers would’ve really hurt. I thought it was the first time that I’d seen the players look like they’d lost a bit of hope.”

The 44-year-old expressed a desire to see the season out despite clouds hanging over his future. Collingwood club chief executive Gary Pert assured players and officials no decision would be made on Buckley’s future until their season was wrapped up.

The external noise surrounding Buckley’s future has encapsulated the footy world this week — and footy legend Nick Dal Santo says the club’s players are “well aware” of the hubbub.

“(Players) read the papers, they go get a coffee or go out for lunch and people ask these sorts of questions all the time. To say they’re in the bubble and not aware of what’s going on above them — coaching, admin, the review, all those sort of things — would be a lie,” he said on Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight.

Dal Santo also said it wouldn’t be fair to place all the blame on the coach, claiming players had a significant job to do over the next seven rounds to ensure the 2018 doesn’t fall down a similar path.

“If you’re a player, you’ve got one job: It is to perform on the weekend. If you want to do any service to your coach or supporters in any way, perform well on the weekend,” he said.

“I think they’ve been trying … I think they’re missing a few things and that can’t be fixed instantly or over the next seven weeks.

“The next seven weeks are really important for next year, for pre-season, to start the momentum and the improvement. It can start right now and they can attack next year on a positive note from this point in.”