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They say footy is a funny game.

The expression usually has little to do with humour.

The sad fact that Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has split with his wife Tania after 18 years will surprise hardly any of the Magpie Army.

© Provided by Daily Mail Tania Buckley caused a storm when she showed up at the Brownlow in this dress

© Provided by Daily Mail Nathan and Tania Buckley split before the 2020 season even got underway

It's been an open secret around footy traps for months.

Footy forum BigFooty.com has been banging on about Bucks for most of the year.

The now infamous tennis match Buckley was caught out at while in lockdown just poured fuel on the fire.

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Collingwood handed Buckley a $50,000 fine - half of it suspended - after he and assistant coach Brenton Sanderson played tennis with Australia's Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik and one other unauthorised person from outside of the Magpies' Perth hub.

They had been barred from playing with anyone not living in the Collingwood hub during the COVID pandemic.

Buckley admitted the negative attention around the breach had not helped his side, who was flogged by Fremantle the following game.

To be blunt, Collingwood fans care very little about the former champion's personal life.

As long as it doesn't interfere with his capacity to win premierships.

The reality is, Nathan Buckley is yet to bring home the bacon for his beloved Pies.

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Collingwood head coach Nathan Buckley and wife Tania have split after 18 years of marriage. The couple issued a statement via Tania's Instagram page on Friday, publicly announcing they split 11 months ago in January. They have since been co-parenting their two sons Ayce, 12, and Jett, 14, but managed to keep the surprise separation under wraps until today. © Provided by Daily Mail Collingwood head coach Nathan Buckley (left) and his wife Tania Buckley (right).

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He really should have by now.

Buckley was anointed the successor to champion coach Mick Malthouse in 2009.

It was a controversial move that split fans down the middle.

And then Collingwood won the flag in 2010.

You'd have imagined Buckley's gig might have been scuttled.

But Collingwood president Eddie McGuire pushed ahead with Buckley all the same and gave Malthouse - a Collingwood premiership winning coach - the boot.

Hindsight will declare it a disastrous move that set Collingwood on a path of 'coulda been champions'.

Fast forward to the 2020 pre-season.

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Buckley has now confirmed he and his wife had mutually decided to separate in January.

'It has been a tough and challenging year for every family and for ours included,' the statement by Tania on Instagram read.

'It is with the utmost love and respect for each other and a true commitment to our sons, that we have made a decision to separate in January.'

Tania Buckley was right when she said it had been a tough year.

Collingwood members had forked out full price for a year's worth of footy and got absolutely nothing back in return.

Had Buckley brought home the premiership cup from Queensland, they might have forgiven them for being so stingy on the 2021 membership fees.

Buckley not only failed again, he led the club through a disastrous trade period where beloved players were discarded like yesterday's newspapers.

Buckley was said to have treated the boys with cold contempt.

It opened queries about his ability to manage different personalities, with regular conversations among fans about personality clashes.

For an athlete as disciplined as Buckley, the tennis game with Molik just seemed so out of the ordinary it reeked of a man who had lost the plot.

Tania continues to wear ring after split with husband Nathan Buckley

Nathan Buckley and his wife Tania recently revealed they separated 11 months ago following 18 years of marriage. But WAG Tania is still wearing a gold ring on her wedding finger. On Tuesday, the mother-of-two was sporting the band during a tense standoff with her estranged husband at their Melbourne marital home.

To say Buckley's performance off the field this year has been odd is an understatement.

A glance at Tania Buckley's Instagram page shows a picture of matrimonial bliss.

'The A Team', Tania called the couple under a photo of them together laughing.

When Daily Mail Australia asked Collingwood to comment on the suspected split early last month, spin doctor Stephen Reilly responded with traditional venom.

'Please don’t waste my time with over-imaginative gossip,' he said.

This from a man who at the height of COVID-19 flat out lied about Collingwood going into isolation.

Collingwood has always been hyper sensitive to negative press.

Especially about its president and Buckley.

But Collingwood fans are tired of the off-field games and apparent lack of honesty and 'side-by-side' togetherness sung so proudly by Collingwood players after winning matches.

It doesn't matter if Buckley is single, married or becomes a monk, they'll be throwing away their memberships if he doesn't deliver a premiership next season.