.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" concerning Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been drifted observing its damaging loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude as well as taught its own peacemakers to become on the lookout for gamers looking for replay interruptions? Court for yourself. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals possibilities. View every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to safeguard victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it held the advantage at the last adjustment. "They terminated the account games (in 2014). This year ... they have not pretty managed to receive it carried out," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that could be. "Our experts honored Collingwood in 2013 for its ability to shut video games down-- get loyal stoppages, keep it in strict, established how they desire to set up," he proceeded, presenting instances from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the handle, (they) reset, obtain another discontinuance, as well as they can easily receive the video game on their terms, and they may only take a while off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and it brought about the initial objective (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "After that simply two minutes later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wants to carry out he would like to take the deal with, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- however maybe because of the brand-new holding-the-ball regulations, every person's obtaining conscious. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the contest. "Once again, three minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- commonly he 'd just take the deal with, he would certainly fall his hips, acquire another discontinuance-- he runs scared a little, allows it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I only assumed Collingwood only lost a little bit of their ability (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little bit of factors added up to them divulging a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David King posed the concept to Montagna that maybe the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and that perhaps the umpires were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game attitude-- and the previous St. performed panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy idea," he stated. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its peacemakers) are actually onto it-- late in activities, we understand that Collingwood attempts and also perform these points, (possibly they're stating) 'allow's know it'. "I presume that's decent, considering that they have actually performed it for a couple of years now." Collingwood is going to be especially dirty about its own collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs locate Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th position on the step ladder and also require a wonder to get the finals away-- shutting matchups with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.