.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been drifted observing its own destructive defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and coached its own moderators to be in search of players finding replay deductions? Court for yourself. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys caved in a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop by three factors at the SCG, and also reverse their finals possibilities. Check out every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect success. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it held the perk at the last adjustment. "They terminated the account games (last year). This year ... they haven't very had the ability to obtain it done," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that could be. "We honored Collingwood in 2015 for its potential to shut games down-- receive repeat blockages, keep it in tight, set up just how they desire to establish," he continued, presenting instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire yet another standstill, and they can receive the video game on their conditions, and they can easily simply take a while off the clock. "( However) the reception sprays out and also it triggered the first goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "After that only pair of minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wishes to carry out he would like to take the take on, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- but possibly due to the brand-new holding-the-ball policies, everyone's obtaining conscious. "Suddenly, instead of keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, yet another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the competition. "Again, three minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- usually he 'd simply take the take on, he would certainly drop his hips, get yet another stoppage-- he stresses a small amount, permits it spill out, which was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I just thought Collingwood merely shed a bit of their capacity (to close out close activities) ... all those little factors added up to them paying a 27-point top." Double premiership player David Master positioned the theory to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, which possibly the peacemakers were primarily watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game state of mind-- and also the past St. was on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy idea," he claimed. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its own umpires) are actually onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood tries and also perform these points, (perhaps they're mentioning) 'permit's know it'. "I think that's fair, because they have actually performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood is going to be actually particularly filthy about its failure after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs find Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the step ladder and also require a miracle to obtain the finals from here-- closing matchups with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.