Nathan Buckley.Credit:Getty Images
“There’s still obviously the united aspect to come from that (board rumblings) in some shape or form,” Buckley said.
“But that’s at a level beyond where the players and coaches are focusing on right now.
“Our jobs are to prepare and try to execute as best as we possibly can.
“We are asking some of our young boys to come in and play before acceptances in many ways.”
Saturday was one of the longest days these Magpies will endure in their careers.
All were tested for COVID-19 in Melbourne on Friday before setting their alarms super-early Saturday morning and flying to SA,undergoing a second test,spending hours of downtime hanging around Adelaide Oval’s indoor cricket nets awaiting the results,receiving the all-clear to play -and play well - before returning to Tullamarine the same evening.
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