Collingwood icon and goal-kicking legend Peter McKenna says club great Scott Pendlebury should retire at the end of the year.
Talks around Pendlebury's future have been ongoing and have hit fever pitch following a recent hamstring injury, which is off-brand for the V/AFL games record holder.
Essendon and Gold Coast are interested in luring him away from Olympic Park, while the Pies have said publicly they will await the 38-year-old's decision, which McKenna doesn't believe should be the case.
"Sidebottom has decided to retire, and I'm hoping Scott will retire too," McKenna told Zero Hanger.
"I don't think he should play on next year. He's had a wonderful career and has been a superstar for Collingwood. But there are a lot of young players they are finding in the seconds at Collingwood.
"I don't think it should be his choice, or that you earn the right about whether you should play on, or not. The club should make the decision."
McKenna also provided his insight into the newly introduced Wildcard Round as well as the one rule he's "totally opposed" to.
"I'm not excited because I don't believe in this Wildcard Round. I think it's a load of rubbish to have 10 out of 18 teams playing finals. We don't need that - and don't start me on the rules. I'll be here for half an hour," he said.
"I can't stand the stand rule - they're like tin soldiers standing out there. And the bloke who's got the ball with a free kick or a mark, he's gaining five metres because the bloke on the mark is petrified to move a muscle.
"Kevin Bartlett and plenty of other former players agree with me and are totally opposed to it."
McKenna played 180 games for Collingwood between 1965 and 1975, kicking 838 goals. He is a Copeland Trophy winner, an eight-time leading club goal-kicker, two-time Coleman Medallist and an All-Australian.
He was also inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
