Pies in print on Thursday 17 September
Read what the major papers are writing about Collingwood on Thursday 17 September
"Collingwood faces Josh Fraser poser"
Mike Sheahan - Herald Sun
"SCOTT Pendlebury won't be Collingwood's only selection poser when the team is finalised tomorrow."
"Pendlebury may play with plate in leg"
Matt Windley - Herald Sun
"COLLINGWOOD star Scott Pendlebury is officially an "outside chance" to play against Geelong on Saturday, despite having a broken leg."
"Goldsack wants crack at Steve J"
Jackie Epstein - Herald Sun
"COLLINGWOOD defender Tyson Goldsack would relish the chance to stop Geelong star Steve Johnson."
"Fraser in doubt despite Magpie optimism"
Martin Boulton - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD ruckman Josh Fraser is unlikely to play in Saturday's preliminary final against Geelong, with the vice-captain facing a battle to make the team."
"Wood hopes to stay"
Michael Gleeson - The Age
"IT IS a rhetorical question for Cameron Wood and a conundrum for Michael Malthouse: one lump or two?"
"Scott Pendlebury shapes for miracle return"
Stephen Rielly - The Australian
"SHOULD we be surprised that Scott Pendlebury trained yesterday, only nine days after having surgery to repair the fibula he fractured in Collingwood's loss to St Kilda in the first qualifying final?"