2020 Round 12: Melbourne 100 Collingwood 44

THE FACTS

2020 AFL Round 13 COLLINGWOOD v NORTH MELBOURNE Time & Place: Monday August 24, 7:10 PM AEST The Gabba TV: Fox Footy Weather: 9°- 22° Rain: 0.0mm Wind: SSE 15kph Betting: Collingwood TBC North Melbourne TBC

MELBOURNE       3.3.21   10.4.64   12.4.76   16.4.100
COLLINGWOOD    1.1.7     5.2.32     6.6.42       6.8.44

GOALS - Collingwood: Reid 2, Adams, Brown, Elliott, Hoskin-Elliott

BEST - Collingwood: Sidebottom, Adams, Grundy, Daicos

INJURIES - Collingwood: Mihocek (concussion), Reid (hamstring)

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

OFFICIAL CROWD - 5,000 at The Gabba

The Coach Shaky Magpies have work to do: Buckley Canberra Times Nathan Buckley says his "inconsistent" Collingwood side will have to put the hard yards in to get their wobbling AFL season back on track. The Magpies copped a 56-point hiding from Melbourne on Saturday night and have won just three of their past six games, leaving them seventh among a cluster of teams grappling for finals spots. Buckley lamented a "disconnected" performance and said it had been a consistent theme for the Magpies in recent weeks. "Nothing's coming easy - the last five or six weeks we've been inconsistent in the way that we've gone about it," Buckley said. "We're not finding the efficiency and balance in the way that we play - it opens us up defensively and we can put a lot of work in and not get much reward offensively. "So we've got a bit of work to do - we haven't got our heads in the sand. "... We've got some work to do on ourselves to be able to put our best foot forward and give ourselves a chance to perform and win games."

The Game Melbourne into top eight after crushing Magpies The Age Collingwood were finally made to pay for their recent run of poor first quarters as Melbourne mercilessly mauled the Magpies on the way to a crushing 56-point win at the Gabba on Saturday. The Demons moved into the top eight with their third-straight win while the Magpies missed the opportunity to temporarily sneak into the top four with more injury dramas and butchered ball. After overcoming horribly wayward, wasteful and sluggish starts against cellar-dwellers Sydney and Adelaide, the Pies were punished by a dashing Demons side that got on top early and set-up their fifth win in the last seven outings with a seven-goal rampage in the second quarter. The Pies are decimated, lethargic and ‘a mile away’ from premiership contention Fox Footy Melbourne champion Garry Lyon says Collingwood is “a mile away” from premiership contention as coach Nathan Buckley faces his biggest challenge in years. The Magpies missed a golden opportunity to put pressure on the top four after being smashed by Simon Goodwin’s team at the Gabba on Saturday. Collingwood booted just six goals in the 56-point loss with the club starring down the barrel of a number of must-win matches across the next month if they are to play finals. Brody Mihocek stretchered off after head knock during Melbourne Demons contest NEWS.com.au Collingwood Magpies forward Brody Mihocek was stretchered off the Gabba after copping a brutal head knock against the Melbourne Demons on Saturday. During the second quarter of the round 12 encounter in Brisbane, veteran midfielder Steele Sidebottom booted the footy inside 50 towards Pies teammate Ben Reid. After contesting for the ball in the air, Melbourne defender Aaron vandenBerg’s elbow collided with Mihocek, who was also attempting to claim the mark. AFL 2020 news: Melbourne turns around season as woeful Magpies continue downward spiral Daily Telegraph Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said his side were ‘as disconnected as we’ve been’ after being thumped by Melbourne in a rare show of defensive vulnerability by the Magpies. The Pies came into the Saturday evening clash at the Gabba with the meanest defence in the competition but gave up 100-points as the Demons handed them a 56-point drumming. Collingwood actually had more inside 50s (41-40) and clearances (32 to 31) but the Demons booted 16 goals. Buckley said the Pies — who have played four games in 14 days — were “a little bit out of shape at the moment”. Red-hot Demons thrash Pies to rise into top eight AFL MELBOURNE has surged into the top eight, playing its best football since 2018 to thump Collingwood by 56 points at the Gabba on Saturday night. The Demons blew the game open with an exhilarating seven-goal second quarter and kept their foot to the floor, running out rampant 16.4 (100) to 6.8 (44) winners. Even without injured skipper Max Gawn, they matched Collingwood's midfield and then used dare and bravery with the ball to open up the usually frugal Magpies' defence. 'We were off tonight, that's as disconnected as we've been': Buckley Collingwood News Nathan Buckley has never seen Collingwood as disconnected as it was in Saturday night's drubbing at the hands of Melbourne. On a horror night for the Magpies, luckless Ben Reid strained another hamstring and key forward Brody Mihocek was taken to hospital for scans on his neck after a sickening second-quarter collision. Buckley said the 56-point loss to the Demons was a concern, culminating a five-to-six-week period where "nothing's coming easy".