.A provocative "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game approaches has been floated following its destructive defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and also coached its peacemakers to become on the lookout for players looking for replay stops? Judge for yourself. It happens adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to shed through 3 factors at the SCG, and also reverse their finals chances. View every game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect success. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the perk at the last change. "They liquidated activities (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the ability to obtain it carried out," St Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that might be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2015 for its own ability to close games down-- acquire regular interruptions, maintain it in tight, set up exactly how they intend to establish," he proceeded, citing instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, receive an additional deduction, and they can easily obtain the video game on their conditions, as well as they may just take a while off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out as well as it triggered the initial goal (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then merely two moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to do he wishes to take the take on, head to ground, obtain a ball-up-- but maybe due to the new holding-the-ball rules, every person's getting conscious. "All of a sudden, rather than keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, yet another goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the stress late in the contest. "Again, 3 moments later on, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- ordinarily he 'd just take the deal with, he would certainly fall his hips, obtain one more deduction-- he stresses a bit, permits it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I merely presumed Collingwood just lost a little bit of their capacity (to close the books close video games) ... all those little factors amounted to all of them divulging a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David Master posed the concept to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, which possibly the umpires were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game perspective-- as well as the former St. got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy theory," he claimed. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its umpires) are actually onto it-- overdue in activities, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort and also do these traits, (perhaps they are actually saying) 'let's be aware of it'. "I presume that is actually reasonable, due to the fact that they've performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood will be actually specifically unclean regarding its own crash after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs discover Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th setting on the step ladder and also need a magic to get approved for the finals from here-- shutting competitions with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.