Darcy Cameron is eyeing a strong finish to the home-and-away campaign as the Magpies fight to keep their finals dream alive
COLLINGWOOD ruckman Darcy Cameron insists the reigning premiers can still pick themselves up and fight to keep their season alive.
Chasing back-to-back flags for the first time since 1935-36, the Magpies coughed up a 27-point lead in their “heartbreaking” three-point loss to Sydney on Friday night.
It left Craig McRae’s side facing must-win clashes against Brisbane and Melbourne over the remaining two weeks of the home-and-away season.
But even that might not be enough to break back into the top eight.
“We’re going to fight to the very end with two big games to come,” Cameron told reporters on Monday.
“The season’s been crazy and you saw on the weekend the results just keep getting more and more weird … (so) there is still hope.
“You can’t predict anything this season, so we’re just going to go out there and play our brand this week and hopefully things can fall in place for us.”
Collingwood has a positive recent record against Brisbane, having won last year’s epic Grand Final by four points and backed up with a 20-point win at the Gabba in round three.
But there has been plenty of water go under the bridge as the two sides prepare to renew hostilities at the MCG on Saturday.
The Lions surged into premiership favouritism on the back of a nine-match winning streak before losing to Greater Western Sydney on Saturday.
