.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game approaches has been drifted observing its disastrous loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and coached its own moderators to be looking for gamers looking for repeat stoppages? Court on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to shed through 3 points at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals chances. See every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to secure victory. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the benefit at the final modification. "They closed out activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not quite had the capacity to obtain it done," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that may be. "We honored Collingwood last year for its ability to shut video games down-- obtain replay deductions, keep it in strict, set up how they would like to set up," he carried on, pointing out instances from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, acquire yet another stop, and they can easily obtain the video game on their terms, and they may merely take a while off the clock. "( Yet) the ball squirts out and it led to the very first objective (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point just two moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he would like to do he wants to take the deal with, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- however possibly due to the brand new holding-the-ball guidelines, everyone's obtaining mindful. "Suddenly, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the competition. "Once again, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- normally he will merely take the handle, he would certainly lose his hips, get another interruption-- he panics a little, lets it spill over out, and that was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna explained. "I only believed Collingwood only lost a little bit of their potential (to liquidate close video games) ... all those little factors amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point top." Double premiership player David Master posed the concept to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and that possibly the peacemakers were actually especially watching out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the former St was on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy idea," he stated. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its umpires) are actually onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and also carry out these points, (maybe they're claiming) 'allow's be aware of it'. "I assume that is actually decent, considering that they've performed it for a number of years right now." Collingwood is going to be actually specifically gross about its failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs locate Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th position on the ladder and also require a wonder to get approved for the finals hence-- shutting competitions with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.