.A provocative "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been actually floated observing its own disastrous loss to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking as well as coached its own umpires to be on the lookout for players finding repeat deductions? Judge on your own. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point lead early in the final phrase to drop by three factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to get victory. This year, having said that, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it stored the advantage at the final improvement. "They terminated the account games (last year). This year ... they have not fairly had the ability to receive it done," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that might be. "Our experts admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own ability to shut games down-- obtain regular blockages, keep it in limited, established exactly how they wish to set up," he carried on, presenting examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire one more stoppage, and they may acquire the activity on their phrases, and they may simply take some time off the clock. "( However) the reception sprays out as well as it caused the 1st goal (for Sydney in the last fourth). "Then just 2 minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he desires to perform he desires to take the address, visit ground, get a ball-up-- but maybe as a result of the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's receiving aware. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the pressure behind time in the competition. "Once more, 3 mins later, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- typically he would certainly merely take the deal with, he would certainly fall his hips, receive another standstill-- he worries a little, lets it spill out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna explained. "I merely assumed Collingwood merely dropped a little their ability (to close out close video games) ... all those little things added up to them paying a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David King posed the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and also possibly the umpires were exclusively watching out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game mindset-- and also the previous St. was on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a good conspiracy theory," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood attempts and also do these traits, (possibly they're stating) 'let's understand it'. "I believe that is actually fair, due to the fact that they have actually performed it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will be actually specifically filthy concerning its own crash after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs find Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder and need a miracle to get the finals hence-- closing matchups along with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.