.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been floated observing its terrible loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and instructed its peacemakers to be looking for players finding loyal stoppages? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop by 3 points at the SCG, along with reverse their finals possibilities. Watch every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last time, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to get triumph. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the benefit at the ultimate adjustment. "They closed out games (in 2014). This year ... they have not fairly been able to obtain it done," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that may be. "Our team honored Collingwood last year for its own ability to shut activities down-- receive regular deductions, maintain it in tight, established just how they intend to set up," he continued, pointing out instances from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, get one more blockage, and also they can obtain the activity on their conditions, as well as they can merely take a while off the time clock. "( But) the ball sprays out as well as it brought about the initial goal (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then merely two mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to carry out he wants to take the tackle, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- yet maybe because of the brand new holding-the-ball policies, every person's obtaining conscious. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the competition. "Once more, 3 mins later on, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- usually he 'd merely take the deal with, he 'd drop his hips, obtain an additional standstill-- he stresses a small amount, allows it splash out, which was the (second-last) objective," Montagna clarified. "I only thought Collingwood just lost a little bit of their ability (to close the books close games) ... all those little things amounted to all of them spending a 27-point lead." Twin premiership player David King positioned the idea to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, which maybe the peacemakers were specifically keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- and the past Saint was on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually an excellent conspiracy idea," he said. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its peacemakers) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and also do these traits, (maybe they're saying) 'allow's understand it'. "I presume that is actually reasonable, considering that they have actually done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be actually especially unclean regarding its own crash after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs find Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th position on the ladder and also need a miracle to apply for the finals from here-- closing competitions along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.