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Picking the six best players in Collingwood’s win over Brisbane

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SEN hosts Sam Edmund and Tom Morris have ranked the six best players on the ground in Collingwood’s 72-92 win over Brisbane at the Gabba on Thursday night.

The Magpies picked up their first win of the campaign and now sit 1-3 after a poor start to their premiership defence, while Brisbane are now 0-3 after dropping two games at home while also losing to Fremantle in Perth.

With the victory one of Collingwood’s best on the road in recent years, the Magpies had many of the best players on the ground and that reflected in the duo’s top performers.

Check out their picks below.

Brayden Maynard

15 disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles, 4 inside 50s

“I really like the way Brayden Maynard plays,” Morris said on SEN Breakfast.

I think the Collingwood supporters love him.

The question that was asked to me last night by a mate, was, ’Is he real tough or is he fake tough?’. I think he's both.

I think he's real tough because he does put his head over the footy, but I think he's fake tough as well … this is with the greatest of respect because a lot of it is just his persona and it's an act and that's part of the way he plays footy, which I really enjoy.”

Lachie Neale

35 disposals, 8 score involvements, 1 goal, 10 clearances, six marks

“Lachie Neale straight in for me,” Edmund said.

“He was great.”

Dayne Zorko

30 disposals, 4 marks, 3 inside 50s, 2 rebound 50s

“I've got Dayne Zorko,” Morris said.

“He got a lot of the ball last night.”

“He went back (into defence),” Edmund added.

“He had to be because McKenna is not there and obviously the injury to Keidean Coleman.”

“I think it a good positional move all because other guys have got injuries,” Morris finished.

Jamie Elliott

4 goals, 16 disposals, 8 score involvements

“Jamie Elliott is in,” Edmund said.

“He has had a good season, not just a good Thursday night.”

Nick Daicos

30 disposals, 7 score involvements, 4 inside 50s, 5 rebound 50s

“Daicos, I know they like flicking him to half-forward on the wing and in the midfield,” Morris said.

“But I just love him off half-back because he can be an offensive weapon off half-back.”

John Noble

24 disposals, 6 score involvements, 5 marks, 4 rebounds 50s

“Noble was big,” Edmund said.

“I've spoken about him a lot today.

“He did a great job last night was his return (to the team) with all the setbacks he's had.”

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Does Pendlebury deserve a ban for open-hand strike on Neale?

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Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury is set to come under MRO scrutiny for his open-hand strike on Brisbane star Lachie Neale in Thursday night’s win at the Gabba.

The incident occurred late in the third term with both players manned up on each other at the stoppage with Pendlebury hitting Neale in the stomach with his hand.

Neale immediately fell to the ground after the blow and was awarded a free kick.

While Pendlebury apologised post-match and told Channel Seven that he didn’t mean to hit his opponent where he got him, the 387-gamer also said that he’ll take whatever punishment comes his way.

SEN’s Sam Edmund believes that Pendlebury can’t be banned and will instead receive a fine after a similar incident occurred just weeks ago with Carlton’s George Hewett and Neale who struck each other at a stoppage.

“It was almost like a karate chop, an open hand whack to the guts of Lachie Neale,” Edmund said on SEN Breakfast.

“He can't be suspended, can he? It has to be a fine.

“That is George Hewett and Lachie Neale from Opening Round at the same ground. This is where the AFL gets itself into a little bit of a bother.

“They had the chance (to stamp out this kind of act with a suspension). I know they’re different, but they had the chance to suspend George Hewett and they totally botched it.

“They didn't suspend Lachie Neale in that interaction with George Hewett for retaliation strike either.

“Scott Pendlebury can't go. Both incidents are while waiting at a stoppage. They decided not to assess George Hewitt's punch to the face of Lachie Neale as intentional.

“They said, ‘No that's careless because it's around the ball, they’re waiting for a stoppage’.

“So straight away Scotty Pendlebury’s can't be intentional, can it for all intents and purposes? They're waiting for a stoppage. Straight away it's careless.”

As well as the AFL already setting a precedent, Edmund is certain it’ll be a fine even if the AFL grades the strike as intentional given it was low impact and a body blow.

“It's going to be low impact and it's to the body,” Edmund said.

“So it's a fine and even if they did decide to be inconsistent, which we know they can be … it’s low impact and it's to the body.

“So that's a fine as well under the matrix.

“I can't see how he gets suspended.”

The Magpies next play Hawthorn in Adelaide during Gather Round.

Pendlebury has never once been banned across his 387-game AFL career.

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‘Wanted to raise the bar’: The ‘damning’ stat that ‘stung’ Pies ahead of epic Lions statement

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Collingwood coach Craig McRae said the Magpies came to the Gabba intent on making a “statement” after their poor start to the season.

And while it wasn’t perfect, the Magpies delivered on their promise in Thursday night’s grand final rematch, beating the Brisbane Lions by 20 points.

McRae emphasised his team’s focus on pressure and tackling going into the game, which it delivered in spades with 85 tackles – including 16 inside 50.

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“Clearly it was a step forward,” McRae said.

“Parts of our game were there to be seen but not consistently in the last three or four games, and in particular our pressure was something we wanted to raise the bar on because us at our best is a great pressure team.

“It was a damning number we looked at earlier in the week. Last year we were No. 1 in pressure or close to it, (this year) we’re 13th.

“It almost stung us all, we looked at the number and said: ‘Cmon, that’s not us’.

“So we tried to make a statement tonight in some ways or just put it right in front of the players’ face.

“We’ve got to pressure the opposition better than what we were. We had many times where one person was tackling on his own, and that’s not us.

“We got to work during the week on it and it was really pleasing for it to be seen.”

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The Magpies led by 24 points at quarter-time but were kept scoreless in the second quarter as the Lions fought back to lead by five points at the main break.

“We were under the pump. They’re a good team and on their home deck they were always going to get a roll on,” McRae said.

“That stoppage part of the game in the second quarter they completely dominated.

“Credit to our backs, we were lucky to be in the game. I thought the damn wall would open at some stage, and we were lucky, probably, going into the break with just a small margin against us.”

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McRae hailed the contribution of his senior players, particularly captain Darcy Moore, who was struggling for form entering the contest.

“I was really pleased with Darcy, leading from the front,” McRae said.

“Him and ‘Howie’ (Jeremy Howe) … just big spoils and halving contests.

“We’ve had a bit against some way in terms of the pile on but we’re a pretty proud group.

“You don’t get to see our Monday to Friday (work with) that energy and motivation for wanting to improve or not be happy with (our performances).

“We needed to get this thing moving, and it was pleasing that our best players played well tonight.”

Those best players included Nick Daicos, who starred with 30 possessions in his return to Collingwood’s half-back line.

“Part out of our game that wasn’t going was our defensive transition, we weren’t scoring from the back half and were turning the ball over a lot in that area,” McRae said.

“Nick for 18 months was arguably one of the best players in the competition playing half back.

“We moved him back there (from the midfield) to get some run and some overlap and some great ball use.”

‘Making it sound like we’re 0-13’: Lions coach hits out, won’t ‘press the panic button’ amid poor start

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Lions coach Chris Fagan says it’s wrong to “catastrophise” his side’s ordinary start to season, but admits Brisbane “has work to do” after losing the grand final rematch to Collingwood.

The Lions remain without a win after three games, with two of their defeats, including Thursday night’s 20-point loss to the Magpies, coming at the Gabba, where Brisbane went undefeated last season.

“We certainly haven’t had the start that we hoped for, and we’ve dropped two home games which has been very unusual for us over the last period of time, so we’ve got a bit of work to do to find ourselves,” Fagan admitted.

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Chris Fagan isn’t panicking amid a slow start.Source: FOX SPORTS

Later, he doubled down in a testy moment, saying: “You’re making it sound like we’re 0-13. We’re zero and three and there’s 20 games to go.

“It’s not a great start, but let’s not catastrophise it either, would be the way I’d look at it.

“I understand your question but I don’t want to buy into that.”

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Fagan said he wouldn’t “press the panic button” with players that were down on form.

“Some of our players are not at their best at the moment. I can’t explain to you why, and that’s sport for you,” he said.

“Sometimes you go through form slumps … so we’ve got to keep working away with those guys.

“I’ve trusted them for a long time and they’ve delivered so I’m not going to jump off them just because we’ve lost three games in a row.

“We’ve turned up and played pretty well for the last five or six years, and right now we’re just having a little slump, and you’ve got to remember that that’s teams sometimes – it’s the life of a team.

“Sometimes you go through a form slump. I’ve got to help find their form again – that’s my job.

“They’re the players that we’ve got.”

Fagan felt his side’s performance against the Magpies was the Lions’ best display of a season that has also included losses to Carlton and Fremantle.

“I felt tonight we probably played better than we have all year so far, in a way,” Fagan said.

“Even though we didn’t get the result that we were after, we were better in lots of ways tonight.”

“They (Collingwood) tackled better than us, but what I would say is that we invited their pressure to tackle as well in a sense.

“We know we need to get more tackles and we need to be more effective with them as well.”

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Fagan was left to lament a poor opening quarter, with Collingwood leading by 24 points at the first break.

Brisbane co-captain Lachie Neale led Brisbane’s second-quarter fightback after quarter-time, and finished the match with 35 disposals despite hurting his ankle in the third quarter.

“I reckon it’ll be pretty sore tomorrow,” Fagan said of Neale’s ankle.

“It was a good effort by him to keep playing. He was able to finish the game but he wasn’t moving as well once he did that. It was a bit of a moment in the game.”

LISTEN: McRae’s bold call pays off, where to now for Lions?

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Jack Crisp celebrates a goal during the R3 match between Collingwood and Brisbane at the Gabba on March 28, 2024. Picture: Getty Images/AFL Photos

IN TODAY’S AFL Daily, star journalists Damian Barrett and Nat Edwards join all the dots on football’s big issues.

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– Is Scott Pendlebury in trouble with the MRO?
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Why Cornes is backing Melbourne to beat Port Adelaide in SA despite losing May

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Despite Steven May being out of the side and the game being in South Australia, Kane Cornes is tipping Melbourne to beat Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

The Power great feels the Dees, who smashed Hawthorn last week, beat the Bulldogs in Round 1 and lost to Sydney in Opening Round, take better form into the matchup.

Port has beaten West Coast and Richmond comfortably in successive weeks, two teams expected to be out of finals contention.

“My tipping was poor last year because I tried to be too cute with it,” Cornes told SEN’s Sportsday.

“I tried to pick upsets or think that a team was due for a win or due for a loss.

“This year, I’m just going to go with the team that is in better form.

“I think Melbourne are in far superior form than Port Adelaide. Albeit, Port has played West Coast and Richmond.

“I just don’t see too many holes in Melbourne’s side at the moment.”

Port Adelaide has recalled Jed McEntee for the game, with Dylan Williams making way.

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