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<\/p>\nCollingwood great Nathan Buckley gave a glowing assessment of Silvagni when speaking on SEN on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
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Jack Silvagni grapples with Mason Cox.Credit: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I was coaching anywhere in the competition, Jack Silvagni would be a player I would love to have on my list,\u201d Buckley said on SEN Mornings.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s had a horrendous run with injuries in the last three or four years [but] he is going to play his best footy in the next five seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m Carlton I would have been doing everything I could to not lose him, but it seems like that, for whatever reason \u2013 where the club has been, how he has been managed potentially \u2013 he has decided to look over the fence.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would not have had to look far to find suitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a really shrewd approach by Collingwood because he will really help them in the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buckley added that Silvagni was a player any club would want.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is everything Carlton have needed in the last couple of years. You could put him in any role on the field and he will find a way.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s not fast but he\u2019s a massive competitor \u2013 he is strong in the contest, he never gives in and he\u2019s got leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could not have enough Jack Silvagnis on your list. He will be a massive loss for Carlton and a massive get for any other club that could get him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Magpies expect Scott Pendlebury will be fit for Saturday night\u2019s top-of-the-ladder with the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. He was a late withdrawal last round after struggling with a corked muscle.<\/p>\n
Dan McStay has been training as a defender while Billy Frampton is in contention to return, with Jeremy Howe still injured.<\/p>\n
Skipper Darcy Moore (back) didn\u2019t train on Wednesday, but McRae said he \u201cshould be fine\u201d to face the reigning premiers on Saturday, while Scott Pendlebury is set to return.<\/p>\n
Collingwood are weighing up whether to bring back Bobby Hill, who kicked three goals in the VFL on his return from personal leave, and Jordan De Goey, who had 19 disposals on limited minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the ideal world, they probably do both need a little bit more [match time under their belts],\u201d McRae said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we just weigh up what the team needs this week, and then what\u2019s best for those guys longer-term.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre they fit and available to perform at a level that we\u2019d like this week?\u201d<\/p>\n
Veteran defender Howe will be out for at least two more weeks with a groin injury, but the Magpies hope he can return to training next week.<\/p>\n
Small forward Lachie Sullivan will miss the rest of the season after suffering a high-grade PCL injury against Richmond last round.<\/p>\n
Sullivan is expected to be out for at least 12 weeks.<\/p>\n
With AAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood great Nathan Buckley gave a glowing assessment of Silvagni when speaking on SEN on Wednesday morning. Jack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-31558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}