Collingwood Magpies

‘Humble and gracious’: McRae apologises for post-match comments, backs in Magpie veterans

The last time Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom played Brisbane, they tasted grand final victory. Three games later, they’re both out of form, and the coach is weighing up whether to give the veterans a rest.

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3 days ago, The Age, Collingwood Magpies

Collingwood coach to weigh up veteran selection calls, exploring sub options

Collingwood face the difficult task of taking on the Lions at the Gabba in a grand final rematch.

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3 days ago, Zero Hanger, Collingwood Magpies

‘It’s coming to an end’: Great’s Pies concerns as reigning premiers, coach, come under fire

Triple premiership Lion Jonathan Brown has declared Collingwood’s recent six-year window of contending is over as questions come over coach Craig McRae amid the reigning premiers’ 0-3 start to 2024.

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3 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies

Magpies urged to move star out of midfield

Matthew Lloyd believes Collingwood should consider moving young star Nick Daicos out of the Magpies midfield.

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3 days ago, The Age, Collingwood Magpies

Buckley remains bullish on Pies, weighs in on the future of Pendlebury, Sidebottom and more

Ex-Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is confident in his former side turning around their early season form and becoming a team that will challenge for the top four in 2024. The Magpies are the second successive premiers to start a season 0-3, following in Geelong’s footsteps from the year before and...

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3 days ago, SEN, Collingwood Magpies

Demons scramble to fill superstar’s void; Pies veterans in firing line as crisis deepens — Team Tips

Injuries to All-Australian Demons Steven May and Jake Lever headlined the injury agenda coming out of the weekend, with a conundrum in front of Simon Goodwin’s match committee.

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3 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies, Melbourne Demons

Magpies’ year falls apart in three weeks; which risers are for real, and who’s not? Power Rankings

Welcome back to the Power Rankings.

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3 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies

The five Magpies who need to lift: McRae seeks energy and hunger

As Collingwood coach Craig McRae looks for a spark for his winless team, his former coach Leigh Matthews says the reigning premiers are lacking energy, and the stats show five of their key midfielders are not performing at last year’s standards.

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4 days ago, The Age, Collingwood Magpies

Stuff the excuses – Collingwood are making the same mistakes as always after success, and it’s time to act

The funniest thing about Collingwood’s 0-3 start to the 2024 season is that, apparently, they’re immune to criticism. They won a flag, you see. That’s what I heard SEN‘s Mark Fine tell one caller who bemoaned the Magpies’ lacklustre effort against Sydney, and then lamented the flag unfurling...

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4 days ago, The Roar, Collingwood Magpies

AFL 2024: Nathan Buckley challenges Nick Daicos to lay more tackles, defends him, Collingwood Magpies, latest news

Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has urged Nick Daicos to improve his tackle numbers as the focus intensifies on the club’s star players.

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4 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies

What exactly is going wrong at Collingwood?

Is there an explanation as to why the Pies are 0-3? Here’s our thoughts ?

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4 days ago, Zero Hanger, Collingwood Magpies

Out-of-favour Dog, Pies defender push for recalls: VFL wrap

Read up on all of the weekend’s key performers from the VFL.

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4 days ago, Zero Hanger, Collingwood Magpies

AFL News: ‘Letting the team down’ – Sicily slammed, Pies legend’s advice for Daicos, Saints make call on King ban

Hawthorn captain James Sicily has been put on notice following the Hawks’ ugly loss to Melbourne, with a former great urging the star defender to ‘have a good hard look at himself’. After suffering under a heavy tag in the Hawks’ Round 1 loss to Essendon, Sicily was more prolific...

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4 days ago, The Roar, Collingwood Magpies, St Kilda Saints

“Let’s be honest…”: Collingwood can't win the premiership in 2024, according to David King

Collingwood isn’t winning the premiership in 2024, according to David King. On three weeks of evidence of an underwhelming Magpies outfit, King believes the reigning premiers will struggle to make the top four and subsequently go back-to-back. They currently sit 0-3 with Brisbane away looming on Thursday...

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4 days ago, SEN, Collingwood Magpies

Reserves blitz sparks dilemma for star coach doesn’t ‘trust’; Pies’ season on the brink: Talking Pts

Even as the Western Bulldogs were getting on the board for 2024, their week was getting more complicated thanks to an exiled star.

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4 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life 2024: Round 2 Review / Round 3 Preview – ‘Back to work?’

Zip three not the start Cam Hooke's Collingwood Life 2024 and his supporters were expecting at this time of the season but they remain positive and focus on this week's game against Brisbane.

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5 days ago, The Footy Almanac, Collingwood Magpies

Why free agency won’t rescue the Tigers or Pies (or nearly any AFL team)

A packed MCG and the buzz of being on Broadway or the more private surrounds offered by the Getaway clubs? Players have options, but free agency is not the panacea for clubs. Here’s why.

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5 days ago, The Age, Collingwood Magpies, Richmond Tigers

‘It’s alarming, it’s shocking’: Pies have ‘fallen through the floor’

North Melbourne’s dual premiership winner David King is one of the more respected voices in the AFL and when he speaks up, people usually listen.

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6 days ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies

Pies slammed by one of their own

The Magpies have been critised by one of their own, with Tony Shaw calling on them to "take responsibility" after an 0-3 start.

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1 week ago, The Age, Collingwood Magpies

Saints gun to miss crucial clash after unexpected ban for high bump on young Magpie

St Kilda star Max King will miss next week’s clash with Essendon after being handed a one-week ban for a high bump on Collingwood’s Fin Macrae.

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1 week ago, Fox Sports, Collingwood Magpies, St Kilda Saints

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