Pies ‘not there yet’ on ageing stars’ futures
Collingwood’s ageing list is in focus as the reigning premiers battle to make the finals again and some big decisions loom.
Collingwood’s ageing list is in focus as the reigning premiers battle to make the finals again and some big decisions loom.
Collingwood president Jeff Browne has hit back at critics who have attributed the club’s slide out of the top eight to the absence of one of its most influential football staffers.
A Collingwood defender says the Magpies are “really optimistic” their season isn’t over just yet.
The Magpies’ 66-point loss to the Hawks put a huge dent in their September hopes, but they’re not dead yet. See who Collingwood need to barrack against and how they can still make the eight.
Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury will have to race the clock to be fit after the Magpies’ bye as a luckless tall suffered another blow.
The AFL has reportedly demanded answers from Collingwood after star Jordan De Goey was sprung by TV cameras.
A Magpies veteran admits he’s unsure what the future holds for himself and a number of Collingwood’s ageing champions.
Being made the sub was a close enough call for Jack Crisp to ponder his club-record games streak but accepts it’s part of Collingwood’s search for premiership chemistry.
‘The outside narrative is fascinating’, Sam Mitchell of Jack Ginnivan after the loss to Collingwood. But the Hawthorn coach was full of praise for the former Magpie.
Collingwood made it crystal clear to Lachie Schultz he would ‘go straight past Jack Ginnivan’ in the pecking order at the Magpies, then the Hawks swooped. Go inside the trade drama here.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae says the Pies feel fully prepared to help Nick Daicos deal with Hawthorn tagger Finn Maginness.
Graham Wright will return from an extended break later this season – but will he remain at Collingwood? Rival clubs aren’t the only ones lining up.
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan needed just three words to encapsulate his Collingwood tenure: “a f***ing rollercoaster”.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae has spilled the beans on the three-word text messages he received that left him in tears in his car.
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