.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been drifted following its own destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and also taught its peacemakers to become looking for players looking for replay interruptions? Court for yourself. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the final phrase to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, as well as undo their finals odds. Enjoy every video game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the perk at the last improvement. "They terminated the account activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not quite had the capacity to acquire it performed," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer positioned his theory for why that might be. "Our company lauded Collingwood last year for its own capability to close video games down-- obtain regular blockages, maintain it in tight, established exactly how they would like to put together," he carried on, presenting instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, get one more discontinuance, and they may get the video game on their conditions, as well as they can easily just take time off the time clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and also it brought about the initial target (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point only 2 mins later, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wants to carry out he wishes to take the deal with, head to ground, obtain a ball-up-- yet perhaps due to the brand new holding-the-ball policies, every person's receiving aware. "Suddenly, rather than keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the tension behind time in the contest. "Again, 3 mins later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- generally he would certainly just take the address, he will drop his hips, obtain yet another blockage-- he freaks out a small amount, allows it spill over out, and that was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I only believed Collingwood merely shed a little bit of their capacity (to close the books close games) ... all those little bit of things added up to all of them spending a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David Master posed the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, which perhaps the peacemakers were actually particularly looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- and also the former Saint got on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy theory," he said. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its own moderators) are actually onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and also do these factors, (possibly they are actually claiming) 'permit's recognize it'. "I presume that is actually fair, given that they've done it for a number of years right now." Collingwood will be actually especially unclean regarding its failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs locate Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th position on the step ladder as well as require a wonder to obtain the finals hence-- finalizing matches along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.