Where lesser teams might have imploded, Collingwood’s resilience is paying dividends
It’s the hope that gets you, not the despair – or in Collingwood’s case the past couple of years, it’s not the bitterly underwhelming starts to the year that get you, but the promising finishes. It would have been easy to let go in 2016 and 2017. 2016 felt finished for Collingwood by Round 4 and was by Round 12. 2017 seemed done after Anzac Day, and certainly after Round 8, when Collingwood fell to 2-6. A mini-revival was followed by a less mini-funk, and by Round 16 and a second...