.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been drifted following its own terrible defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and advised its peacemakers to become on the lookout for gamers looking for repeat stops? Court for yourself. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males gave in a game-high 27-point lead early in the final condition to shed through 3 points at the SCG, and also reverse their finals opportunities. Check out every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the conveniences at the final change. "They closed the books games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the capacity to acquire it carried out," Street Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his theory for why that could be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2013 for its own capacity to close games down-- get loyal stoppages, maintain it in limited, set up just how they would like to establish," he proceeded, presenting instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, receive one more stop, and also they can obtain the video game on their phrases, as well as they may just require time off the time clock. "( But) the reception sprays out and also it led to the 1st target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then just 2 moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wishes to perform he wants to take the deal with, most likely to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's obtaining aware. "All of a sudden, rather than keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the pressure late in the competition. "Again, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- commonly he would certainly simply take the take on, he will lose his hips, acquire yet another discontinuance-- he runs scared a little, lets it spill out, and also was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I only believed Collingwood just dropped a little bit of their capacity (to liquidate close video games) ... all those little traits added up to them paying a 27-point top." Twin premiership player David Master presented the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game methods, which perhaps the peacemakers were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- as well as the past St. got on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy idea," he claimed. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its peacemakers) are actually onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood tries and carry out these things, (maybe they're stating) 'allow's know it'. "I presume that is actually reasonable, since they've performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be actually particularly gross regarding its collapse after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs discover Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th position on the ladder and need a wonder to apply for the finals from here-- closing matchups along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.