The pointy end of the season is coming up. The last few weeks of the regular season where every team is giving it their all, week in week out. Every side is trying to finish as high in the standings as possible, attempting to make finals and gain a home ground advantage.
However, that's not all. The coach doesn't walk in and simply tell the players "we want to make finals", each team has specific goals tailored to the way they play game in order to make it as far as possible in the competition. We're going to look at every team's situation and dissect what they want to do and what they need to do in order to hoist that cup at the end of the season.
Collingwood Magpies
At the beginning of the season Collingwood's goal was to help Nathan Buckley keep his job and make a push for the finals. Now however, the Pies can genuinely say their goal is to win the premiership and they cannot be laughed at. Currently sitting second on the ladder, the Pies have exceeded all expectations and look make a deep run into the finals.
Injuries have bothered the Pies however with crucial pieces going down including Adam Treloar and Lynden Dunn. Dunn's out for the year but the Pies will do everything possible to have Treloar back and ready for the finals. It's hard to match any other team with the Pies when it comes to belief and stringing together strong performances, so the Pies definitely have the goal of winning it all in mind.
