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BARRETT: Controversy won’t shake Pies out of flag race – AFL
Negative headlines have rarely been a problem for Collingwood. Don’t expect it to start now, writes Damian Barrett

THIS is soooo Collingwood.
The Magpies sit outside the eight beyond the halfway point of the season Sunday night’s loss to Fremantle leaving them 10th with four wins and a draw after nine matches and yet they could still win the premiership.
They are courageously playing good football without Scott Pendlebury, Jeremy Howe and Jordan De Goey.
And, as always, they are playing matches after off-field actions of key personnel have created screaming, negative headlines.
A social hit of tennis…
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