“Little boy Blues?”
Robert Walls - The Age
“Collingwood is riding high but there are positives for Carlton.”
“Out in front”
Michael Gleeson - The Age
“It was the game Ben Reid admits changed his budding career.”
“Leon is back as Pies flick switch”
Martin Boulton - The Age
“After taking on a new role over summer as a rebounding defender, Leon Davis will tonight slot into the Magpies’ disciplined defensive unit for the first time against Carlton at the MCG.”
“A clash to rival the bygone blockbusters”
Rohan Connolly - The Age
“This is definitely one meeting between the AFL’s most bitter foes which stands on its own merits without the need for unconvincing hyperbole.”
“Bucks stops at breakfast”
Scott Pendlebury - Herald Sun
“From the moment I walked in the door at Collingwood, I was drawn to Nathan Buckley.”
“Pert confident flag stars won’t flee”
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
“Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert has a message for the nervous Magpie Army - the club’s out-of-contract stars aren’t going anywhere.”
“Lucky slices of Pie”
Mike Sheahan - Herald Sun
“As are all players enjoying the unique range of benefits offered by the modern phenomenon that is the Collingwood Football Club.”
“Mick’s crystal ball”
Chris de Kretser and Daryl Timms - Herald Sun (Sport Confidential)
“Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse believes the AFL has the potential to keep introducing new clubs into the competition over the next 30 years.”
“Shock jocks”
Chris de Kretser and Daryl Timms - Herald Sun (Sport Confidential)
“Ash Williams, a radio host on Nova 100, dropped in to convince the Magpies to vote for him as Cleo magazine’s Bachelor of the Year.”
“Magpies too busy to inscribe 2010 cup”
Chris de Kretser and Daryl Timms - Herald Sun (Sport Confidential)
“The AFL said yesterday that once the cup was handed over on Grand Final day, it was up to the club to have it engraved.”
"Quest for the key of Collingwood's mental straitjacket"
Courtney Walsh - The Australian
"While it is often said a team or athlete becomes the hunted on ascending the peak that makes it the champion, it seems Collingwood is turning conventional thinking on its head with the frenetic pressure it applies to rivals across the ground."
