

It is usually hard work and no doubt when pre-season rolls around again we have to dig deep.''Ĭollingwood captain Nick Maxwell hit back at former Magpie premiership captain Tony Shaw for calling for him to stand down as captain and potentially retire, saying the game had past him. ''We finished eighth on the ladder and we just have got to change and find a way to get better.

Pendlebury said the loss confirmed Collingwood was a mid-table side. Buckley spoke after the dispiriting loss to Port Adelaide in an elimination final on Saturday night of the need for cultural change and said the club needed to realise time had moved on since its premiership in 2010.
