Brownlow Medallist Adam Cooney has put a line through Collingwood's season, declaring they can no longer win the premiership.
The Pies have fought admirably all season despite enduring a plethora of injuries to key players, but tumbled out of the top four last night following their narrow two-point loss to the Swans.
And with swingman Darcy Moore becoming their latest casualty during Saturday night's clash with yet another hamstring strain, Cooney said that Nathan Buckley's team have reached their breaking point.
โI donโt think they can win it now, Collingwood,โ Cooney told theย AFL Nation pregame show.
โWe thought they were at the tipping point after the Adam Treloar injury and now theyโve lost another few players and now Darcy Mooreโs gone down.
โThey just donโt have enough quality left down there.โ
SEN chief broadcaster Gerard Whateley added that Moore, who is out of contract, is in no position to be commanding top dollars from Collingwood given his health concerns.
โ(The injuries) are why Collingwood canโt pay him a big contract, he hasnโt done it at Collingwood,โ Whateley said.
โItโs much easier to pay him from the outside to pull him away from Collingwood, but itโs far more difficult to pay him big dollars at Collingwood.
โWeโre a couple of years now since heโs shown the glimpses of what he might be. He doesnโt command the top dollars at Collingwood, no way.โ
