Collingwood under pressure to find form after worst-ever start in Super Netball

The Collingwood Magpies are desperately hoping to secure their first victory of the season in Round 4, after starting the season none from three for the first time.

It might only be the early stages of the competition, but there are already concerns for where the Magpies are headed.

The Pies are sitting on the bottom of the ladder, winning just four quarters and have been beaten by a total 32 points.

The false start is nothing new for the Magpies, who've began three of their past four Super Netball campaigns with two straight losses before joining the winner's circle.

Unfortunately, that history shows they're also unlikely to recover, after finishing towards the bottom of the ladder those years, in 2018 (seventh), 2020 (eighth) and 2021 (sixth).

2017 — 4th — (Coach: Kristy Keppich-Birrell) 2018 — 7th — (Kristy Keppich-Birrell) 2019 — 4th — (Rob Wright) 2020 — 8th — (Rob Wright) 2021 — 6th — (Nicole Richardson)

In fact, in the five years of the club's existence, the side have struggled to convince netball fans that they have a real chance at lifting the Super Netball trophy.

Even in the two seasons that they made the finals, back in 2017 and 2019, they've bowed out straight away.

During that time, they've signed some of the biggest names in world netball, had three different coaches and still haven't been able to establish a winning culture.

In the off-season, the current team said they spent a lot of time soul searching and trying to figure out who it is that they want to be as a netball club. So far, there have been no signs to demonstrate that they've found any of the answers.

They lack leadership up front, the discipline to stick to a game plan and a full commitment from each player to execute their role in the team.

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