.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game approaches has been drifted observing its own terrible loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also advised its own moderators to become looking for players finding loyal interruptions? Judge on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals possibilities. View every video game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to safeguard success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it stored the advantage at the ultimate change. "They closed the books games (in 2014). This year ... they have not fairly had the capacity to obtain it done," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his idea for why that could be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2015 for its own capacity to close video games down-- get regular halts, keep it in tight, set up just how they want to establish," he proceeded, mentioning instances from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, get an additional stoppage, as well as they can easily receive the video game on their conditions, and also they may just take some time off the clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and it caused the initial goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "Then simply 2 minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to carry out he intends to take the handle, go to ground, get a ball-up-- however maybe because of the brand-new holding-the-ball rules, every person's acquiring conscious. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, one more goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the competition. "Again, three mins later, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- ordinarily he will just take the handle, he 'd fall his hips, acquire yet another halt-- he worries a little bit, allows it splash out, which was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I simply assumed Collingwood merely shed a little their ability (to liquidate close activities) ... all those little traits added up to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David King postured the idea to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and that maybe the umpires were actually especially keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game mentality-- and also the previous St. was on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy concept," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its moderators) are actually onto it-- late in games, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort and perform these factors, (perhaps they are actually stating) 'let's know it'. "I think that's decent, given that they have actually done it for a number of years currently." Collingwood is going to be actually especially unclean concerning its own collapse after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th posture on the ladder and need to have a magic to get approved for the finals hence-- finalizing competitions along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.