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Mark Ricciuto is one of the most polarising figures at the Adelaide Football Club.
As a club director, past premiership player, captain and Brownlow Medallist, he s now also a prominent media figure in the football industry.
While there has been a clean-out of personnel at the Crows in recent years - following the turbulent fallout of the 2017 Grand Final loss and subsequent infamous Gold Coast training camp - Ricciuto has remained an influential figure at the club.
He sat down with chief football writer Mark Robinson to discuss everything from the Collective Mind camp, juggling his media commitments with his club responsibilities, rebuilding the Crows, to the departure of Hugh Greenwood, rift with Andrew McLeod and the performance of Matthew Nicks as coach.
One positive and one negative from your club s Round 7 performance
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2021-05-03T16:48+10:00
It was a big round of footy and there were important storylines out of all nine games.
We have selected one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 7 performance.
See our thoughts below:
Positive: Enough entries
There isn’t much to get excited about after a 67-point loss but at least the Crows got enough ball forward.
They finished with 52 inside 50 entries which in comparison to GWS’ 58 was not a complete write-off.
A scoring efficiency of 46.2% is not ideal and a total score of 4.15.(39) is not what you wish for but Matthew Nicks can be somewhat pleased that they had some looks in attack.
Collingwood slumped to a new low in their disastrous AFL season as another error-riddled display led to a 24-point defeat to Gold Coast at the MCG.
The Suns celebrated a rare trip to the home of football by using its wide expanses to their advantage, often drawing on their superior speed to set up attacking forays.
An energetic midfield unit led by Hugh Greenwood (26 disposals and 12 clearances), Touk Miller and Brandon Ellis set the platform for the impressive 12.7 (79) to 7.13 (55) victory and the visitors spread of contributors was particularly important.
Reigning best-and-fairest winner Sam Collins led a resolute backline as Josh Corbett (four) and Ben King (two) headed a list of seven Suns goal kickers.
Collingwood crisis deepens as Suns record famous victory
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2021-05-01T16:37+10:00
The noise surrounding Nathan Buckley’s coaching future is set to continue after Collingwood were shot down by a hungry Gold Coast outfit by 24 points.
In their only game at the MCG this year, bar finals, the Suns dominated the clearances and played a hard-running, uncontested brand of football that spread the Magpies defensive structure.
Gary Lyon was highly critical of Collingwood’s effort on
Fox Footy during the game.
“The one that’s going to hurt the most is they’ve been out worked by a team that looks like they care more about their jumper than they care about theirs, he said.
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Collingwood s season from hell has gone from bad to worse after being bullied by a younger Gold Coast Suns to fall to a 1-6 record.
Nathan Buckley s men were expected to bounce back after their ANZAC Day loss last week, but were thoroughly beaten by a hungry Suns side, who ran out 12. 7. (79) to 7. 13. (55) winners at the MCG.
The Suns led by as many as 35 points in the final quarter, prompting Brisbane Lions great Jonathan Brown to note that the Magpies had been bullied on their home turf. The Collingwood Football Club need to stand up, Brown said on Fox Footy s coverage.