Collingwood coach Craig McRae says All-Australian Nick Daicos will likely be again to strengthen the Magpies for his or her dwelling preliminary remaining as he declared there was no “malice” within the Brayden Maynard collision that might sideline Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw for the remainder of the finals.
McRae mentioned Daicos doubtless would have performed however “come in a bit short” in a semi-final had the Magpies misplaced on Thursday evening however as a substitute could be primed for a return as Melbourne put together for subsequent week with out their very own star midfielder Angus Brayshaw.
The coach despatched his greatest needs to Brayshaw as he mentioned he didn’t assume there was any intent to injure him from defender Maynard.
Maynard will face a nervous wait forward of the preliminary remaining with an enormous determination looming on whether or not his contact with Brayshaw as he kicked early within the first quarter was avoidable or not.
“I’ve caught it on a phone, one view of it, one angle, looks like he’s in the air … actually, I’ll go back a step – I hope Angus is OK,” McRae mentioned when requested concerning the collision.
“I’ve met him a couple of times socially, he’s a ripping guy, and hopefully this is not too bad for him because he’s had multiple concussions.
“Then the act itself, it didn’t look like it had much malice, but I’ll leave it up to others to decide whether that’s worthy of a suspension or not.”
Speaking to Channel 7 post-match, Maynard, who was positioned on report, performed down the potential for a suspension calling it a “footy act”.
“I don’t want to say too much, but it’s a footy act,” he started.
“I came forward, I jumped to smother the ball and unfortunately I just got him on the way down.
“We’ll have to wait and see what happens, but it’s all love, I absolutely love that guy to bits. It’s shattering what happened.”
McRae mentioned Daicos’ inclusion would give the Magpies an enormous enhance, pointing to the affect defensive inclusions Darcy Moore and Nathan Murphy had on the competition, as Melbourne was restricted to solely seven objectives from 69 inside 50s.
“I think that gives Nick an extra week to train and prepare, he probably would have come in a bit short next week – he probably would’ve played, he’s progressing really well, but now he gets another week of training and load in,” he mentioned.
“Things going well, he should be available. He said it was the worst two hours of his life, watching the game … he’s a great player and every time you can welcome back your best players – we saw what happened tonight when Darcy Moore came back in.”
McRae singled out Dan McStay for his resilient efficiency. He kicked two essential third-quarter objectives after dropping a number of straightforward marks and struggling for affect within the first half.
“Dan McStay, I don’t think I’m understating this – he got a head knock, he’s fine, he’s been judged (able) to go back on the ground, wasn’t playing well … I think everyone could see that, and to be able to fight your way out of that, that’s a moment for him. That’s a moment of growth,” he mentioned.
McRae was not bothered by the stark inside 50 differential, saying the Magpies had carried out what was required to beat the Demons’ model of play.
“No, not too often (does a team win with such a large gap in forward entries), but this time it doesn’t matter – you can analyse all the stats, but it doesn’t matter, you can just win,” he mentioned.
“No one cares on grand final day if you’ve had 37 inside 50s … our efficiency forward of the ball was fantastic, we scored when we went inside 50.”
McRae mentioned Darcy Cameron had battled sickness within the lead-up to the sport and John Noble had been placed on standby after he dropped the backline common “with a heavy heart” on Thursday.
Originally revealed as AFL finals: Nick Daicos to return for preliminary remaining
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
