Collingwood's board has told embattled coach Nathan Buckley that no decision will be made on his position until the end of the season.

Club CEO Gary Pert passed that information onto the players in a pre-training meeting on Tuesday morning while Buckley was present.

Buckley said it was helpful to have the board's stance reinforced.  

"It just helps us maintain our focus week-by-week over the next seven-week period," Buckley said. 

"It was my intention and understanding all along so I suppose it is good to be validated by the board."

Buckley said the team and coaches were focused on emerging from the form slump that has seen the Magpies lose their past four games. 

He said they had had strong conversations on what needed to happen for a turnaround to occur. 

"It's mainly going to be around our intensity and defensive focus," Buckley said. 

He said the opposition were scoring too heavily and sweating on the Magpies' turnovers. 

Buckley said the impact of speculation around his future had been addressed internally well before the loss to Essendon, and that disappointment at recent performances would drive any response against Gold Coast rather than players airing that impact publicly.

"We would like to think we can flick a switch but we are going to need a solid effort from all players," Buckley said.