The reigning premiers have slumped to three straight losses and must now go to the Gabba to play last year’s grand finalists Brisbane.
Collingwood’s biggest stars were inexplicably the team’s biggest offenders, with sloppy errors killing the team’s chances, coach Craig McRae admitted after their 14.10 to 12.7 loss to St Kilda on Thursday night.
“The reality , I think everybody out there can see it – there is just fundamental stuff we are just doing really poorly,” McRae said.“Things that are a little bit uncharacteristic to our game, but also from experienced players, so I addressed that and talked about that between three of us and it’s in the middle and ‘no you get it’, ‘no you get’. I’d rather have three guys get it than one waiting for you to get it. There’s a bit of hesitation instead of flow.
Defender Isaac Quaynor said he was at a loss to identify the cause of the problems, but he remained confident the group would recover.
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