.A provocative "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game tactics has been drifted observing its own devastating loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality as well as taught its umpires to be in search of gamers looking for regular deductions? Judge for yourself. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the final phrase to shed through three aspects at the SCG, and also undo their finals chances. See every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Specify a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it held the perk at the last adjustment. "They terminated the account games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't fairly had the ability to get it carried out," Street Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer positioned his theory for why that may be. "We lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its capacity to shut games down-- receive repeat deductions, keep it in limited, set up exactly how they want to put together," he proceeded, mentioning instances from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, acquire yet another standstill, as well as they can easily receive the activity on their conditions, as well as they can easily only require time off the clock. "( Yet) the reception sprays out as well as it led to the initial target (for Sydney in the last fourth). "Then simply two moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to carry out he desires to take the address, go to ground, obtain a ball-up-- yet possibly due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's getting mindful. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, one more target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the pressure late in the competition. "Once again, 3 minutes later, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- normally he would certainly just take the address, he 'd lose his hips, acquire an additional stoppage-- he overreacts a bit, permits it splash out, which was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I just assumed Collingwood only lost a little their capacity (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of things amounted to them spending a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David Master posed the concept to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, which possibly the umpires were actually primarily looking out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game way of thinking-- and also the former St. was on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy concept," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL and its own peacemakers) are onto it-- overdue in games, we understand that Collingwood tries and do these factors, (possibly they are actually saying) 'let's be aware of it'. "I believe that is actually fair, because they've performed it for a number of years right now." Collingwood is going to be actually especially unclean about its own crash after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs locate Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and need to have a magic to get approved for the finals from here-- closing competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.