Ben Reid
Short answer to small problem
Michael Gleeson Luke Breust or Lindsay Thomas, Ben McGlynn or Eddie Betts. Small forwards. At one point or another all have turned Collingwood around and opened it up.
Lukewarm Pies have young stars to turn up the heat
Matthew Lloyd Collingwood will not win this year's premiership. Simply, they just don't look to be good enough and have too many quality players who have missed large chunks of football to be any chance in 2013.
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Buckley's new breed
Matthew Lloyd The Pies will not win the flag but their younger players are a future threat.
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Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
Claire Siracusa Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs meet in a twilight clash at Etihad Stadium.
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Swingmen back in fashion
Rohan Connolly As positional switches go, they don't come a lot more effective than the key move made during Essendon's nail-biting win over Carlton last Friday night.
Magpies a class above
Andrew Stafford Collingwood overcomes difficult week to post convincing win over lacklustre Brisbane.
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A great chance to feed old mates some humble Pie
Chris Dawes The game against Collingwood will be before the biggest crowd the Demons see all year.
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Leaky defence the key to Magpies' woes
Robert Walls It’s hard to know what to make of Nathan Buckley’s Magpies. It is the only team to have beaten the classy Cats this year, yet looked awful last week against Sydney.
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Lukewarm Pies feeling the heat
Michael Gleeson Injuries are forcing Collingwood to re-model its team, writes Michael Gleeson.
Next generation needs to step up, says Cats coach
Emma Quayle Geelong will continue to expose its next generation of centre-square players to excellent opposition, despite coach Chris Scott's belief that his side needs to quickly improve that part of its game.
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Live AFL: Collingwood v Sydney Swans
Teo Pellizzeri This round nine Friday night match is an intriguing match-up. The Sydney Swans are arguably yet to hit top gear and Collingwood, fresh off a win over previously unbeaten Geelong, have been hit by...
Fight club
Jesse Hogan Only Steve Johnson has been on the receiving end more than Hayden Ballantyne.
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Clubs split on review of bump rules
Jake Niall Head clashes caused by a bump, such as in the contentious Lindsay Thomas-Ben Reid case, could be changed to bring a suspension, under a potential revision to the bumping rules.
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Coaches say umpiring is changing, AFL disagrees
Geelong coach Chris Scott believes it's hurting the AFL's power forwards. Hawthorn defender Brian Lake says it's helping the small forwards.
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AFL pushes the friendship
Michael Gleeson AFL message meant to clarify issue of contact in marking contests only serves to further muddy the issue.
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Death of marking contest has been greatly exaggerated: AFL
Matt Murnane The AFL has moved to clarify the confusion surrounding what type of contact is allowed in marking contests.
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Stop playing the man, fans want their boys to soar
Greg Baum Many moan that hands-free marking denies the game the spectacle of a show of strength. But should it not firstly be a test of skill?
Bartlett mocks coach 'confusion' over marking rules
Laws of the Game committee member slams critics of recent umpiring rulings, including coaches and star players, and says the game was "out of control" when legends like Tony Lockett dominated.
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Betts apologises to young Saint over bump
Jesse Hogan An adverse medical report from St Kilda on youngster Nathan Wright’s jaw after a bump from Betts on Monday night triggered a base suspension of five matches for rough conduct.
