AFL's wayward Pies a concern for Buckley

May 28, 2017 - 5:56 PM Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley's delight at recording back-to-back AFL wins for the first time this season was tempered by another inaccurate display in front of goals.

The Magpies spurned several gilt-edged scoring opportunities in their 45-point win over Brisbane at the MCG.

It continued a worrying trend this season, and while it didn't affect the outcome of Sunday's match it has in the past and Buckley is concerned it will again if not properly addressed.

"It's been pretty consistent over a long period of time now, (but) I think our last month has been improved," he said.

"Our percentage will sit around 100 after 10 games and we could be 10 or 15 per cent better off and a couple of wins better off if we'd kicked straighter.

"It doesn't impact the result (against Brisbane) but clearly when the game is a bit tighter it can impact the result.

"So we'll continue to work on it. We've improved it and the past month has been better."

Alex Fasolo's goalkicking yips continued with his wasteful return of 2.4 taking his season tally to 14.20.

Jamie Elliott was the most dangerous forward on the ground with four goals, but he also booted four behinds, with Darcy Moore managing 3.2.

"Each of those guys should have had (bags) of four, five or six goals but in the end the general shape of our team was positive," Buckley said.

"We won the game by 5.15, if it was 15.5 it wouldn't change a great deal other than percentage and it's great to fill your boots when you get your opportunities."

Source: AAP