Steele Sidebottom is crossing his fingers that Collingwood will put a contract offer on the table after improving on an indifferent start to his 16th AFL season.
The 33-year-old and premiership teammate Scott Pendlebury are playing out the 2024 campaign on one-year deals.
Pendlebury declared in May that he had yet to make up his mind on playing next year while Sidebottom has now made his position clear.
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“I want to keep playing footy for as long as I can so whatever will happen will happen,” he told 7NEWS ahead of Friday night’s clash with Geelong.
“I still feel like I’m contributing to the team and if I’m able to do that then hopefully there’s a contract there for me.”
Sidebottom’s stance puts the pressure on the Magpies to come forward with an extension.
But he might be forced to wait for some time yet given their precarious flag defence.
The reigning premiers sat ninth on the ladder entering Round 18 and closer to 13th place than the top four.
Friday night’s blockbuster at the MCG marked Collingwood’s long-awaited 2010 premiership reunion following COVID delays.
Sidebottom and Pendlebury, who is now just three games away from his milestone 400th AFL game, are the only players left standing from the grand final.
“It’s nice to see so many familiar faces come back,” Sidebottom said.
“Obviously the reunion got postponed a bit so I think there’ll be a good turnout tonight and maybe tomorrow as well.”
Indeed, many favourites crossed paths in the warm-up — including Tyson Goldsack, Ben Johnson, Luke Ball, Dane Swan and Channel 7’s own Daisy Thomas.
Premiership coach Mick Malthouse was also among the throng with Travis Cloke, Dayne Beams, Heath Shaw, Chris Dawes and Alan Toovey.
“How good that they finally get to celebrate,” Abbey Holmes said on Channel 7.
“What a moment that is.”