.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been drifted observing its damaging defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and advised its peacemakers to become looking for players looking for loyal stoppages? Court on your own. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to shed through three factors at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals possibilities. Check out every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard success. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the benefit at the last change. "They closed the books games (last year). This year ... they have not rather been able to acquire it performed," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his idea for why that may be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2015 for its capability to shut activities down-- get repeat stoppages, maintain it in tight, established exactly how they intend to set up," he continued, citing instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, get another discontinuance, as well as they may acquire the game on their terms, and they can easily merely take a while off the time clock. "( However) the reception squirts out as well as it resulted in the 1st target (for Sydney in the last fourth). "After that just 2 mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he would like to do he would like to take the take on, most likely to ground, get a ball-up-- yet maybe due to the brand-new holding-the-ball regulations, everyone's acquiring aware. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, one more objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the contest. "Once again, 3 mins eventually, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- ordinarily he will simply take the address, he 'd drop his hips, obtain another blockage-- he freaks out a little bit, allows it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna explained. "I simply presumed Collingwood just dropped a bit of their capability (to close the books close activities) ... all those little bit of things added up to them divulging a 27-point top." Twin premiership player David Master positioned the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, which perhaps the moderators were particularly watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- and also the former St. performed panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy theory," he claimed. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- overdue in games, we know that Collingwood tries as well as perform these things, (maybe they are actually pointing out) 'let's recognize it'. "I think that is actually fair, because they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood is going to be actually specifically dirty regarding its own crash after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs find Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th setting on the step ladder and need to have a miracle to qualify for the finals away-- finalizing competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.