"Mick Malthouse says no reason to panic"
Jackie Epstein - Sunday Herald Sun
"COLLINGWOOD'S goalkicking inaccuracy continues to haunt the side with coach Mick Malthouse identifying the malaise as one reason for yesterday's three-point loss to Hawthorn."
"Rival clubs line up to tempt Mick Malthouse"
Jay Clark - Sunday Herald Sun
"THE full stop Collingwood put on Michael Malthouse's senior coaching tenure has become something of a question mark."
"Hawthorn punishes wasteful Collingwood as stray Pies pay the price"
Michael Horan - Sunday Herald Sun
"ALL season Collingwood has flirted with the prospect of paying a high price for wasteful kicking."
"McHale mark muddies waters"
Tim Lane - The Age
"MICK Malthouse's achievement in climbing to the second rung of coaching's longevity ladder is a significant event that crept up quietly. Yesterday was the 635th time the grizzled warhorse has called the shots since taking the reins at Footscray in 1984."
"Lockyer, O'Bree may be finished"
Brent Diamond - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD assistant coach Gavin Brown has forecast that yesterday's VFL elimination final loss may have been the last in the black and white for veterans Tarkyn Lockyer and Shane O'Bree."
"How Eddie's fans got the biggest slice of the Pie"
Daniel Ramus - The Age
"The AFL has dominated The Sun-Herald's list of Australia's top 10 most valuable clubs among the four football codes."
"Hawks fly high as Magpies miss mark"
Roger Vaughan - The Age
"Hawthorn may not have gained a home elimination final with the 15.8 (98) to 13.17 (95) win, and the game was as much about Collingwood's ongoing inaccuracy, but it has given the victors a huge confidence boost."
"An overture to the finals leaves the Magpies feeling flat"
Greg Baum - The Age
"IT WAS a half-dead rubber, with no consequences for minor premier Collingwood and what proved an illusory chance for Hawthorn to secure a home final next week."
"Kicking cost us win: Malthouse"
Martin Blake - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD'S triumphal march into September has hit a grinding halt."
