.A provocative "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has been drifted following its terrible loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and also coached its umpires to become on the lookout for players seeking repeat stoppages? Court on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate phrase to shed by three aspects at the SCG, along with reverse their finals chances. Watch every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to safeguard success. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the benefit at the last modification. "They terminated the account video games (in 2014). This year ... they have not rather managed to acquire it carried out," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his idea for why that may be. "Our experts admired Collingwood last year for its capacity to close games down-- obtain loyal halts, maintain it in strict, set up just how they desire to put together," he continued, presenting instances from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, acquire an additional halt, and they can receive the game on their conditions, and also they can easily simply take time off the time clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and also it triggered the first objective (for Sydney in the final quarter). "Then merely pair of moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to carry out he wishes to take the address, visit ground, receive a ball-up-- yet maybe because of the new holding-the-ball rules, everybody's getting mindful. "All of a sudden, instead of keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the pressure behind time in the contest. "Once again, 3 moments later, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- typically he will only take the take on, he 'd lose his hips, obtain another halt-- he freaks out a bit, allows it spill out, which was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I simply believed Collingwood merely dropped a little bit of their capability (to close out close games) ... all those little things added up to them paying a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David King posed the theory to Montagna that probably the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, which perhaps the peacemakers were particularly watching out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game perspective-- as well as the previous St got on panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its own peacemakers) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as perform these points, (perhaps they are actually mentioning) 'let's recognize it'. "I assume that is actually reasonable, due to the fact that they have actually done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be particularly filthy about its crash after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs locate Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th placement on the step ladder and also need a magic to apply for the finals hence-- shutting matchups with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.