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.
Collingwood are debating selection changes as they seek energy, pace and hunger to reinvigorate their ageing line-up ahead of Thursday night’s grand-final rematch against Brisbane at the Gabba.
Jack Crisp is almost a tackle down per game. Through three games, Nick Daicos has only eight tackles, coming as Magpies great Nathan Buckley on Monday called on the midfielder to improve his tackle efficiency. Energy boost: AFL great Leigh Matthews says the Magpies will soon have issues to address with their ageing playing list.“Selection will be done at its right place … but I think in terms of where we want to go and get to, there’s always an opportunity to bring Harvey Harrison and guys into our team, and energy and youthfulness, hunger,” McRae said.
“You bring up hypotheticals. They have a lot of plus-30s on their list, and on their team, like seven or eight . We know that time stops for no man, that the ageing process, eventually players drop off on energy of performance because you are a little bit slower, a little bit less energy, the pressure grabs hold of you, you start making mistakes. That seems to me what has happened with Collingwood in these few weeks.
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