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The AFL’s benchmark team Collingwood turned on the individual magic to thump West Coast by 52 points at the MCG on Sunday.
On an afternoon of remarkable goals, midfielders Dale Thomas and Scott Pendlebury led the Magpies for their eighth win in nine matches this season.
Thomas showed enough magic tricks to make David Copperfield’s jaw drop, with two brilliant individual goals and a high-flying mark among his 30 possessions.
All came at important times to lift the premiers to the 16.9 (105) to 7.11 (53) win.
A snapped goal out of mid-air with the scores level in the first quarter was just the entree for Thomas.
He then soared in the second term for a huge mark in the goalsquare, before dishing off to Pendlebury for a goal.
Thomas threaded a magnificent left-foot goal from an impossible angle on the boundary line soon after, giving his side a 27-point halftime lead they never surrendered.
Small forward Andrew Krakouer got in on the acts of brilliance in the third term.
He booted a goal while falling to ground in a heavy tackle to boost Collingwood’s lead to the 40-point margin they enjoyed at three-quarter-time.
A heated three-quarter-time exchange between defender Heath Shaw and skipper Nick Maxwell as the Magpies went to their huddle mattered little – though it perhaps highlighted the premiers’ meticulous attention to detail.
The Pies went on with the job in the final term, though West Coast made the margin more flattering with three of the last four goals of the match after trailing by as much as 64 points.
Thomas combined his individual quality with an all-action performance, Pendlebury was influential with 31 possessions and onballer Luke Ball was also excellent with 30 touches.
Eagles forward Josh Kennedy followed last weekend’s 10-goal haul with three goals while midfielders Adam Selwood and Matt Priddis toiled hard.
Defeat dropped the Eagles to the fringe of the top eight.
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