.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game techniques has been actually drifted following its destructive defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and also taught its umpires to be on the lookout for players looking for repeat discontinuances? Judge on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to lose through three factors at the SCG, along with reverse their finals opportunities. Check out every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it held the advantage at the ultimate change. "They terminated the account games (in 2013). This year ... they haven't quite had the ability to acquire it carried out," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his idea for why that could be. "Our team honored Collingwood in 2015 for its own potential to close activities down-- acquire regular discontinuances, keep it in limited, set up exactly how they want to put together," he carried on, presenting examples from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, get an additional interruption, as well as they can easily get the video game on their phrases, as well as they can easily only take some time off the time clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and also it led to the 1st target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then only two mins eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wishes to carry out he wishes to take the take on, most likely to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however perhaps because of the new holding-the-ball rules, everybody's obtaining aware. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, yet another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the tension behind time in the contest. "Again, 3 moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- normally he would certainly only take the tackle, he will drop his hips, obtain yet another deduction-- he runs scared a little, lets it spill out, and also was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna revealed. "I only assumed Collingwood just dropped a bit of their ability (to close the books close games) ... all those little points amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point top." Double premiership player David King positioned the idea to Montagna that possibly the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also maybe the umpires were particularly watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game frame of mind-- and also the past St. performed board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a really good conspiracy theory," he claimed. "Perhaps they (the AFL as well as its moderators) are onto it-- overdue in games, we know that Collingwood attempts and carry out these points, (maybe they are actually pointing out) 'let's be aware of it'. "I assume that's decent, since they have actually done it for a number of years right now." Collingwood will be actually especially gross about its failure after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs discover Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and need a wonder to qualify for the finals from here-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.