Peter Daicos, Nathan Buckley and Scott Pendlebury have for some time stood apart from other Collingwood greats of the AFL era. Pendlebury is now the best of the three.
Peter Daicos, Nathan Buckley and Pendlebury have for some time stood apart from other Collingwood greats of the AFL era. Pendlebury is now the best of the three.Daicos was an inventive genius, the dynamic player who dragged people to watch games, who turned himself from a centreman to a small full-forward. Buckley was unrelentingly brilliant. But after adding a second flag, and the manner in which it was achieved, Pendlebury now sits above them.
In the final quarter it was the former captain who was the leader to put his stamp on the game. Pendlebury’s last term had the mark of a player who wanted to show his team how to win – 11 touches, four contested, a clearance, two inside 50s and a score assist. There was a symmetry about Saturday’s game for while Pendlebury might have elevated himself above Peter Daicos, the goalkicker’s son Nick might surpass both of them.
The call to pay advantage to the Lions forward after Lachie Neale was legged was plainly wrong. The ball should have been called back. Richmond won its first flag with Jack Riewoldt and a bunch of small to medium forwards. The Bulldogs won when Tom Boyd had the game of his life playing key forward as well as ruck due to a paucity of options.But the Pies won with the only genuine tall forward, playing as a defender in the forward line. Brody Mihocek, an undersized big-hearted key forward was also playing more of a ‘just bring it to ground’ defensive role, though he did kick one delightful goal.
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