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COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley has lauded his side's ability to handle a fast-finishing Brisbane amid the continuing shock of the drug scandal that has engulfed the club.
The Magpies led by 53 points at the 25-minute mark of the third term and survived the Lions booting the last seven goals of the game to claim four competition points.
Revelations that Collingwood duo Lachlan Keeffe and Josh Thomas tested positive for a performance enhancing substance rocked the club this week.
But Collingwood handle drama better than most and dominated Brisbane for three quarters.
"Obviously that issue has travelled through the week but to be honest, we travelled (and) our major focus was on starting our season as well as we possibly could,'' he said.
"We leave here with four points which is the result we are after.
"It takes time for that shock (about Keeffe and Thomas) to settle in. I wouldn't think it would be truly absorbed yet by the players.''
Buckley said he had spoken to both Keeffe and Thomas but had not asked them specifically about their version of events.
The only down side for the Pies was a suspected broken thumb for star midfielder Steele Sidebottom who will be sidelined for a few weeks.
Sidebottom will be assessed in the coming days as to whether or not the thumb requires a pin.
"We basically dominated the game for the best part of three quarters and gave the opposition a sniff because we didn't finish a couple of chances and gave ourselves a bit of a scare,'' Buckley said.
"I thought the leadership, the pluck in that last eight minutes to hold the game and do what we needed to do was pretty good.''
Buckley said former Magpie Dayne Beams — who collected 32 disposals — was not specifically targeted.
"He is obviously a very good player but we didn't want to focus on Beamsy at the expense of Tom Rockliff, Dayne Zorko or Daniel Rich. It wasn't an all-encompassing focus on one player,'' he said.
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