Scott Pendlebury says Collingwood's knack for coming out on top of close games is no fluke, and reveals the shift to Magpies' training that has the team full of confidence ahead of the AFL grand final.
abc.net.au/news/scott-pendlebury-collingwood-prepared-for-tight-afl-grand-final/102902520Scott Pendlebury has total confidence in Collingwood winning close games after training last-minute scenarios more than he ever has before in his illustrious career.
"We're well versed if it's tight, what we need to do if we're up or down by a few points, what we need to do if we need to get the game back on that situation.The Magpies beat GWS by a single point in the preliminary final. "All those lessons are why we're here now and we practice it, two years of practising scenarios," he said after the one-point preliminary final win over GWS.
"You create habits and you get some luck here and there but I think we might have killed the clock for three minutes and the ball never went very far."
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