Collingwood onballer Dayne Beams is out for another month. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: The Advertiser
COLLINGWOOD best-and-fairest Dayne Beams has aggravated a thigh injury and is at least another month away from playing again.
Beams' setback cast a pall over the Magpies' preparations for the blockbuster against unbeaten Richmond at the MCG on Saturday.
The classy midfielder felt pain in his thigh when he tried to step up training last weekend.
Coach Nathan Buckley said after training on Wednesday: "It's a bit of a re-bleed, which just signals to us that it (injury) was more significant than we initially thought and we've just got to give it a little more time.
"The last thing you want to do when you walk into a medical meeting is to hear one of your better players is probably another three or four weeks (out) longer than you anticipated.
"Beamsy is incredibly frustrated by it and our medics are working hard to get him up to speed.
Picture gallery: Dane Swan warms up for game 200
"At the same time, it's no use pushing a player up if he's 85 per cent fit. The intensity of the game requires full fitness and we won't be putting any of our players in that danger zone by pushing them up before they're ready."
Defender Ben Reid is ready for the Tigers despite jarring his right knee last Sunday.
And Alan Didak and Andrew Krakouer are closer to senior recalls.
"We've been encouraged by the progress of those two," Buckley said.
"Their intensity is picking up in the VFL."
Buckley said midfield ace Dane Swan couldn't hide from the focus on his 200th game.
"Dane Swan is an elite player and his 200 games should be celebrated, and will be celebrated," he said.
"But he and all his teammates are looking forward to his onfield contribution on Saturday and what he's about to produce beyond.
"Because every player needs to evolve to stay relevant in the game. And Swanny is going through that process at the moment."
Collingwood's recent run of five straight wins against Richmond will have no relevance to preparations for Saturday's showdown.
"When we do our opposition analysis, we go back over the last four games," Buckley said.
"So, any records over sides can sometimes be an outside focus rather than an internal one.
"The last time we played Richmond was Round 2 last year. That's over 12 months ago. All their stats, all their CPIs stood up as a top eight side, even a top six side.
"They lost a lot of close games, they've got a lot of talent in there and they're doing a lot of things right. It just makes it a great challenge for us to match them."
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