.A provocative "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been floated following its own destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset as well as advised its own moderators to be looking for players finding repeat halts? Judge on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to drop by 3 factors at the SCG, along with reverse their finals opportunities. See every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to get victory. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the advantage at the ultimate improvement. "They liquidated activities (in 2014). This year ... they haven't very been able to receive it done," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his idea for why that might be. "We lauded Collingwood last year for its ability to close video games down-- get repeat blockages, maintain it in limited, established how they would like to set up," he carried on, citing examples from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, acquire yet another standstill, and they can easily get the activity on their phrases, and also they can easily merely take a while off the clock. "( However) the ball squirts out and it led to the first goal (for Sydney in the final fourth). "At that point just 2 minutes later, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wishes to do he wishes to take the deal with, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- but maybe as a result of the brand-new holding-the-ball guidelines, everyone's acquiring aware. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the pressure late in the competition. "Once again, three mins later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- ordinarily he 'd merely take the handle, he would certainly drop his hips, get an additional interruption-- he worries a little, permits it splash out, and also was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna revealed. "I only believed Collingwood merely shed a little bit of their ability (to close out close activities) ... all those little bit of factors added up to them spending a 27-point top." Twin premiership player David Master presented the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also possibly the umpires were particularly looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game perspective-- and the past St got on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL as well as its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts and also perform these points, (maybe they're stating) 'allow's be aware of it'. "I presume that's reasonable, since 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 as well as the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder as well as require a magic to apply for the finals hence-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.