Fisher has been an attacking weapon all year with his run off half back, but he was thrown forward in the second half of the grand final to provide a marking target after injury to Michael Gardiner saw Justin Koschitzke forced into the ruck.
With just seconds to go in the match the ball was loose near the Saints’ goal with scores level, but the Pies cleared it to secure the draw.
“I was right there and I was just trying to get a fist, a handball or a kick on the ball just to get it through, but it didn’t fall that way,” Fisher said.
“I knew it was pretty close [to the siren] and that we had to get it through for a score, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.”
Fisher said the first half was disappointing despite a first quarter that saw St Kilda fight back after being jumped by the Magpies.
“We just wanted to match it because Collingwood are really good starters - we wanted to keep with them in the first quarter and we did, but in the second quarter we lost them a bit and they got on top of us with their pressure.
“I think we lost the contested ball -18, which is a big margin.
“They got on top of us and that showed on the scoreboard.”
Fisher said he was stunned by the result, but said the side would have no trouble getting mentally and physically ready for next week.
“Three grand finals … not too many people can say they’ve played in a drawn grand final, so maybe I’m lucky in that sense.
“It was like a dream. I don’t know what’s going on … it feels like we’re in a dream at the moment. Hopefully, it’ll sort itself out tomorrow.
“We’ll prepare for round 27 I suppose - we don’t have a choice.
“We’ll focus on getting everything right again this week, as we have all year.
“That’s what we’ve been renowned for, our never-give up attitude and we proved it again today.”
