Mick and Eddie to remain at odds

Not on ... Mick Malthouse says reconciliation with Eddie McGuire is not a priority. Source: Wayne Ludbey / News Limited

Carlton coach Mick Malthouse says he has no plans to reconcile with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire.

McGuire has said he hopes to one day repair his relationship with Malthouse, which soured following the Collingwood coaching handover to Nathan Buckley at the end of 2011.

But Malthouse has made it clear he does not share the sentiment.

 "I have many things to do, but I don't think that is going to happen," Malthouse said on Fox Footy's On the Couch on Monday night.

"And Eddie knows exactly the reasons why.

"I don't need to go there...there's a million things that happen on this planet and that are going to happen in football.

"I'm just focusing on this year."

A massive crowd is expected at the MCG on Sunday when Malthouse coaches against his former side for the first time.

Malthouse denied the blockbuster would be all about was him and his fractured relationship with the Magpies.

"This cannot be about one person and it won't be about one person," he said.

"This is about the football club, Carlton, playing Collingwood. If we went back to VFL days, it's tribal.

"But it's a national competition now.

"The significance - it's my old club, yes. But so is West Coast, the Western Bulldogs, as is Richmond and St Kilda."

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