.A provocative "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has been actually floated observing its own dreadful defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and also instructed its own peacemakers to become in search of players finding regular interruptions? Court for yourself. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's men gave in a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to shed through three points at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals chances. Enjoy every video game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to safeguard victory. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the perk at the final improvement. "They liquidated video games (in 2013). This year ... they haven't quite managed to get it done," St Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that could be. "We admired Collingwood in 2015 for its ability to close activities down-- obtain regular standstills, maintain it in tight, put together exactly how they desire to set up," he continued, mentioning instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire another halt, as well as they can easily receive the video game on their phrases, and they can only take a while off the time clock. "( However) the reception squirts out as well as it led to the very first goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "After that simply 2 minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he would like to perform he wishes to take the take on, head to ground, receive a ball-up-- but possibly as a result of the brand-new holding-the-ball rules, everybody's obtaining mindful. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, one more objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the tension late in the contest. "Once again, three moments later, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- generally he would certainly merely take the tackle, he will lose his hips, get an additional blockage-- he freaks out a little, permits it spill over out, and also was the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I just believed Collingwood just shed a bit of their potential (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little bit of points added up to them spending a 27-point lead." Twin premiership player David Master presented the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also possibly the moderators were specifically looking out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- and also the past St got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its umpires) are actually onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and do these things, (perhaps they are actually stating) 'permit's know it'. "I think that's reasonable, due to the fact that they've done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood will certainly be actually specifically filthy regarding its collapse after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs find Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th posture on the ladder and also require a wonder to receive the finals away-- finalizing matches along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.