.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" concerning Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been floated following its disastrous defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and also taught its moderators to become on the lookout for gamers seeking repeat stoppages? Court for yourself. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the last term to lose by three points at the SCG, along with undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to safeguard victory. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it held the perk at the final change. "They closed out games (last year). This year ... they haven't quite managed to get it done," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer positioned his concept for why that may be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2013 for its own capability to shut video games down-- receive repeat halts, maintain it in tight, established how they intend to put together," he carried on, presenting instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, get another stop, and also they may acquire the activity on their phrases, and they can just require time off the clock. "( Yet) the ball squirts out and also it brought about the first target (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "After that merely two mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to carry out he intends to take the tackle, head to ground, get a ball-up-- yet maybe due to the new holding-the-ball rules, every person's acquiring mindful. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, another goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the contest. "Again, 3 minutes later, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- generally he will simply take the address, he would certainly drop his hips, obtain yet another interruption-- he runs scared a bit, permits it spill out, which was the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I just thought Collingwood simply shed a bit of their ability (to close out close video games) ... all those little things amounted to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David Master postured the idea to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and that maybe the moderators were actually particularly looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the former St got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy idea," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its own umpires) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort as well as do these things, (possibly they are actually saying) 'permit's recognize it'. "I think that's reasonable, because they have actually done it for a number of years right now." Collingwood will be actually specifically dirty about its crash after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs locate Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the step ladder and need a miracle to apply for the finals from here-- finalizing matches with Brisbane and Melbourne await.