.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been actually drifted observing its dreadful loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and coached its own moderators to be on the lookout for players seeking loyal interruptions? Court for yourself. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate condition to shed through three aspects at the SCG, along with reverse their finals opportunities. Watch every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect success. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it stored the benefit at the final change. "They closed out activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not fairly been able to obtain it done," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his theory for why that might be. "Our company admired Collingwood in 2014 for its ability to shut video games down-- obtain regular halts, keep it in tight, set up how they desire to set up," he proceeded, presenting examples from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, get one more discontinuance, and they may get the game on their conditions, and they can just require time off the time clock. "( Yet) the ball squirts out and also it brought about the very first target (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "After that merely two moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to do he wishes to take the handle, visit ground, receive a ball-up-- yet maybe because of the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's acquiring aware. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, yet another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the competition. "Once again, three moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- ordinarily he will merely take the handle, he would certainly lose his hips, acquire yet another standstill-- he freaks out a little, allows it spill over out, and also was the (second-last) objective," Montagna revealed. "I merely thought Collingwood merely dropped a little bit of their capacity (to close out close games) ... all those little traits amounted to them paying a 27-point top." Dual premiership player David King presented the concept to Montagna that probably the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and that perhaps the umpires were particularly watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the former St. was on panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy theory," he stated. "Maybe they (the AFL and its own peacemakers) are onto it-- overdue in games, we know that Collingwood tries and also perform these points, (maybe they are actually saying) 'let's be aware of it'. "I think that's reasonable, since they have actually performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be actually especially filthy about its failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the step ladder and need to have a magic to obtain the finals hence-- shutting matches along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.