.A provocative "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been floated following its own destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and taught its umpires to be looking for gamers finding loyal halts? Court on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the final phrase to lose through 3 factors at the SCG, as well as undo their finals possibilities. View every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last season, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure success. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it held the conveniences at the last adjustment. "They liquidated games (last year). This year ... they haven't quite been able to get it done," Street Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that might be. "Our team lauded Collingwood last year for its potential to shut games down-- acquire regular stops, keep it in tight, established just how they wish to set up," he continued, citing examples from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, receive another blockage, as well as they can easily get the video game on their phrases, and also they may merely take some time off the time clock. "( However) the reception sprays out as well as it resulted in the first objective (for Sydney in the final quarter). "At that point just 2 minutes later, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to do he desires to take the deal with, most likely to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however maybe due to the brand new holding-the-ball rules, everyone's acquiring conscious. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, an additional goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension behind time in the contest. "Once more, 3 moments later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- ordinarily he 'd merely take the handle, he will drop his hips, acquire another stop-- he worries a small amount, allows it splash out, and that was the (second-last) target," Montagna clarified. "I merely assumed Collingwood only lost a little bit of their potential (to terminate the account close video games) ... all those little things amounted to them divulging a 27-point top." Double premiership player David Master posed the idea to Montagna that maybe the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and that possibly the moderators were exclusively watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game perspective-- as well as the former St. was on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a good conspiracy concept," he said. "Perhaps they (the AFL as well as its own moderators) are actually onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood attempts and do these traits, (maybe they are actually mentioning) 'let's recognize it'. "I assume that's decent, considering that they have actually performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood will certainly be actually specifically dirty about its own failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs locate Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and require a miracle to get approved for the finals away-- finalizing matches with Brisbane and Melbourne await.