AFL 2021 Round 7: Gold Coast 79 Collingwood 55

AFL 2021 ROUND 8 COLLINGWOOD v NORTH MELBOURNE Time & Place:  Saturday May 8, 4.35pm AEST Docklands TV: Fox Footy Weather: Min 11 Max 17 Chance of rain 70%: 3mm Wind: NNW 11kph Betting: Collingwood $? North Melbourne $?

GOLD COAST       2.2.14   6.3.39   9.3.57   12.7.79
COLLINGWOOD   2.3.15   2.8.20   5.11.41  7.13.55

GOALS - Collingwood: Mihocek 4, Daicos, Noble, Grundy

BEST - Collingwood: Mihocek, Daicos, Pendlebury, Quaynor, Noble

INJURIES - Collingwood: Nil

REPORTS - Collingwood: Nil

SUBSTITUTES - Collingwood: Jay Rantall (unused)

OFFICIAL CROWD - 24,397 at the MCG

What The Pies Coach Said “The commentary around there being a disconnect in the leadership of the football club in regards to my tenure … I mean, go back and just listen to the interviews ... [President] Mark Korda has spoken, [CEO] Mark Anderson has spoken, I’ve spoken, ‘Wrighty’ (football boss Graham Wright) in some shape or form – we’re really clear on the timeline, so you’ve already got the answers to questions.” – Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley

Media Clippings Herald Sun Amid a horror season, Nathan Buckley is under pressure to justify his future as coach following a horror loss to the Suns. AFL GOLD Coast has condemned Collingwood to its fifth straight loss and placed further pressure on besieged coach Nathan Buckley with a stunning 24-point win at the MCG on Saturday. The Age Collingwood’s win-loss record, according to football-department chief Graham Wright, may not be all that matters in Nathan Buckley’s hope of being reappointed as coach next season, but it’s hard not to think losses of the kind experienced against the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday could sink his bid. The Magpies fell to their fifth-straight defeat, this time by 24 points in front of only 24,397 fans at the MCG, the first time the resurgent Suns blessed with significant young talent have beaten the Pies in Melbourne. Roar My goodness, how the mighty have fallen. The once-great Collingwood reduced to rubble off the field and a rabble on it. Plenty of clubs have shot themselves in the foot over the years, but since the start of trade period last season, the Pies have fired bullets into their own torso and heart as well.