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Macaffer, who managed just four appearances in 2011 due to a broken foot, had to be carried from the ground midway through the first half of the Pies' narrow victory over the Western Bulldogs at Blacktown International Sportspark. Coach Nathan Buckley...
Brent Macaffer with what the club believes is a major knee injury. Macaffer, who re-signed with the club after last week's trade period having struggled with foot problems and to break into the senior side, was helped off the ground early in the Pies'...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 18: Nathan Buckley, coach of the Magpies looks on during the NAB Cup AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Western Bulldogs at Blacktown International Sportspark on February 18, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. View Photo »
There is no way I can possibly fill that void. Being a premiership player is something you get the opportunity to do whilst you are in the best athletic and physical years of your life
Photo: Getty Images NAB Cup round 1: The Collingwood Magpies and the Western Bulldogs. Pies look prepared Advertisement: Story continues below ROUGH START Brent Macaffer struggled with a foot injury for much of last year and almost left Collingwood,...
The Pies led by two points at the end of a low-scoring first half and kicked three-goals-to-two in an equally willing second half to secure a hard-fought 0.4.2 (26) to 0.3.1 (19) victory. Young-gun Marley Williams starred with two goals while Dale...
Macaffer, a member of the Magpies' 2010 premiership side, had his knee buckle as he contested the ball in the club's seven-point win over the Western Bulldogs at Blacktown. Coach Nathan Buckley admitted that it could be a season-ending injury for the...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Coach Nathan Buckley in action during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 15, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. View Photo »
That sort of shocked me, when I read that. Clearly they don't know. I have still got two years left (on my contract) and hopefully my body holds up and Bucks (Nathan Buckley) still likes me and I will squeeze another two years in
However, it looks to have come at a major cost - quite possibly Macaffer's chances of playing again this year. "Unfortunately Brent Macaffer's more than likely done his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). Which is a poor result for us," Buckley said...
Macaffer was helped from the ground in the first half, assisted to the rooms and subbed off soon after in Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley's AFL coaching debut. The Magpies, minus a handful of stars, did enough to record a 0.4.2 (26) to 0.3.1 (19) win...
Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972) is a former legendaryAustralian rules football player, who played primarily as a midfielder, for the Brisbane Bears and more notably the Collingwood Football Club, where he was captain for a record amount of games and won the highly prestigious Brownlow Medal. He retired from the game on 5 October 2007... Full Article
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Coach Nathan Buckley in action during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 15, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 08: Magpies coach Nathan Buckley prepares for a training drill during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 8, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 08: Magpies coach Nathan Buckley talks with Dale Thomas during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 8, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 08: Luke Ball of the Magpies talks with coach Nathan Buckley during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 8, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: Coach Nathan Buckley (R) speaks with director of Coaching Rodney Eade during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at AAMI Park on November 16, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: Coach Nathan Buckley (L) speaks with Ben Johnson during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at AAMI Park on November 16, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: Coach Nathan Buckley looks on during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at AAMI Park on November 16, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley looks on during the 2011 AFL Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium on October 6, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 28: Assistant coach Nathan Buckley looks on during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on September 28, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Nathan Buckley the assistant coach of the Magpies gives instructions during a Collingwood Magpies AFL recovery session at St Kilda Sea Baths on September 27, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Dane Swan of the Magpies is congratulated by Nathan Buckley during the 2011 Brownlow Medal at Crown Palladium on September 26, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Nathan Buckley of the Magpies and Tania Buckley pose during the 2011 Brownlow Medal at Crown Palladium on September 26, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: Assistant coach Nathan Buckley (L) speaks with Nick Maxwell during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on September 16, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 02: Nathan Buckley the assistant coach of the Magpies adjusts the board during the round 24 AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Geelong Cats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 2, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 16: Magpies coach Mick Malthouse (R) and assistant coach Nathan Buckley look on at three quarter time during the round 17 AFL match between the Carlton Blues and the Collingwood Magpies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 16, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Michael Malthouse coach of the Magpies consoles his assistant Nathan Buckley and captain Nick Maxwell after losing the 2011 AFL Grand Final match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Geelong Cats at Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 1, 2011 in Melbourne,...
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 26: Nathan Buckley, assistant coach of the Magpies, and Mick Malthouse, coach of the Magpies talk before the round one AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Port Adelaide Power at Etihad Stadium on March 26, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 02: Assistant coach Nathan Buckley gestures during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on March 2, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Coach Nathan Buckley in action during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session at Gosch's Paddock on February 15, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
View Photo »There is no way I can possibly fill that void. Being a premiership player is something you get the opportunity to do whilst you are in the best athletic and physical years of your life
That sort of shocked me, when I read that. Clearly they don't know. I have still got two years left (on my contract) and hopefully my body holds up and Bucks (Nathan Buckley) still likes me and I will squeeze another two years in
The expectation is it [change] is going to be obvious, but the way Collingwood has played its football in recent times has been fairly successful. You don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater
Competitive advantages that we enjoyed through 2010 and perhaps the first half of 2011, we didn't enjoy through the last six, seven games in 2011
Obviously, we weren't in great shape physically, we had some injuries in the back half of the season that affected us
He [Clarke] has been excellent. He really applied himself in his time off
I think a player with that sort of pride is going to carry a little bit of a niggle off the back of his season. He played a lot of games consecutively before last year and was very robust physically
I think it's important to go there [a review]
I think there were also some things that happened in a game-style perspective, the competitive advantages that we enjoyed through 2010 and perhaps the first half of 2011 that we didn't enjoy through the last six or seven games of 2011. There are a few adjustments to be made.
We'll work on our leadership and made sure that we're optimising the effect the playing leaders have on the group
I think the expectation is that it's going to be obvious but I think the way we play, the way Collingwood has played its football in recent times, has been fairly successful
