AFL LIVE updates: Header: Giants in control, wasteful Pies have a quarter to pull off one of their trademark Houdini acts

Despite returning to play after getting treatment from Collingwood, Nick Daicos is still severely impeded as he tries to play though cramps.

The gun midfielder’s stunted performance is unwelcome or the Pies, who went goalless in the third quarter.

AFL Hall of Fame inductee Dermott Brereton said coach Craig McCrae should consider taking his star off the ground and bringing on the tactical substitution, believing the cramps will persist for the remainder of the game.

“You’re playing with 17 at the moment,” Brereton said on Fox Footy.