The last thing Tyson Goldsack wanted to go through became an antidote to his AFL grand final heartbreak.

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley revealed last Friday that when they returned to pre-season training, one of the players' first tasks was to review the five-point loss to West Coast.

Tyson Goldsack found it initially hard to go through the grand final review, but found it beneficial. Credit:AAP

"When we were told we're going to do an individual review, I thought 'I don't really want to do that'," Goldsack said.

"I would have been pretty happy to just let that one slide. But when you get into it, it's back to work - you're going through it like it's a normal game."