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Collingwood: The missing years A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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History matters. Past decisions impact current and future outcomes.
As Collingwood’s season lurches from bad to worse, it could be useful to look at the team’s drafting history since 2011, the first draft that impacted Nathan Buckley as coach, and compare it to other sides.
Drafting decisions are key to replenishing and revitalising lists and providing the pipeline for success. This is not to deny the importance of trading, free agency and a plethora of factors that make clubs successful, but this article focuses on drafting in all its forms – national, rookie and midseason – drawing on extensive data from AFL FootyWire.
Parish masterclass leads Dons to memorable ANZAC Day win
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2021-04-25T18:15+10:00
A record breaking crowd were entertained by a thrilling ANZAC Day clash between historical rivals Collingwood and Essendon.
The crowd of 78,113 was the highest number to attend a sporting event since the COVID pandemic began last March and they saw Essendon ultimately run out 109-85 winners over the Magpies.
Darcy Parish was prolific for the Dons with 42 touches, two goals and the Anzac Day medal while Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti was electric up forward with five goals.
Scott Pendlebury again lived up to his big game reputation with 30 touches for the losing side while Brodie Grundy worked hard for his 19 disposals and 40 hit outs.
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As well as attending live games, Doerre pores through match vision, analyses the stats and talks to industry sources to ensure he can offer the most insightful draft analysis.
Aside from the weekly wraps, Doerre will also unveil his power rankings at the end of each month and as we get closer to November s national draft, Doerre will also predict who goes where with his annual phantom draft.
PLAYER FOCUS
After earning AFL Academy squad selection during the week,
Josh Gibcus confirmed his status as one of this year s premier key defenders, patrolling the airways for Greater Western Victoria in their 11-point win against Murray.
One positive and one negative from your club s Round 5 performance
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Just two sides remain undefeated after five rounds.
The Western Bulldogs and Melbourne continued their perfect starts to the season with respective wins over Gold Coast and Hawthorn.
Richmond, West Coast, GWS, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle and Geelong also recorded important wins with North Melbourne the only side without a victory.
We have selected one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 5 performance.
See our thoughts below:
Positive: Promising youngsters showed plenty
Adelaide has improved greatly in 2021 courtesy of promising form from some of the club’s youngsters.