.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game tactics has been actually drifted observing its own damaging defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective as well as taught its own peacemakers to be looking for gamers seeking repeat interruptions? Court on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys caved in a game-high 27-point top early in the last condition to lose by three factors at the SCG, in addition to reverse their finals possibilities. See every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last time, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it held the conveniences at the ultimate change. "They liquidated video games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't pretty managed to obtain it done," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that may be. "We admired Collingwood last year for its own capability to close activities down-- receive regular discontinuances, maintain it in limited, established how they want to establish," he carried on, pointing out instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire another halt, and they can get the video game on their terms, and they can easily simply take some time off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out as well as it resulted in the initial objective (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then simply two moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to carry out he intends to take the deal with, go to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly due to the brand-new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's receiving conscious. "All of a sudden, instead of keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the tension late in the competition. "Once more, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- usually he 'd only take the handle, he will lose his hips, acquire yet another stop-- he freaks out a little, permits it splash out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna detailed. "I only thought Collingwood only lost a bit of their capacity (to liquidate close activities) ... all those little traits amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David King positioned the idea to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also maybe the moderators were actually primarily looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game mindset-- and also the former St got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy theory," he mentioned. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its own moderators) are onto it-- overdue in games, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort and also perform these things, (maybe they are actually saying) 'permit's understand it'. "I think that's fair, considering that they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood is going to be actually particularly gross regarding its collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder and need a wonder to receive the finals away-- shutting matches with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.