.A thought-provoking "conspiracy theory" concerning Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been actually drifted observing its own destructive defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and instructed its own moderators to be in search of gamers seeking loyal blockages? Judge on your own. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males gave in a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to shed through three aspects at the SCG, and also undo their finals chances. Check out every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to safeguard victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it kept the benefit at the last adjustment. "They closed the books video games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't very had the ability to acquire it performed," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that could be. "We lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its potential to shut activities down-- get replay discontinuances, maintain it in limited, put together exactly how they desire to put together," he continued, citing instances from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the address, (they) reset, obtain yet another interruption, as well as they may get the game on their terms, as well as they may just take some time off the clock. "( However) the ball squirts out and it brought about the initial objective (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then just pair of moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wishes to perform he desires to take the deal with, go to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's getting aware. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, yet another objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress late in the contest. "Once again, 3 mins later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- generally he would certainly merely take the take on, he 'd lose his hips, acquire one more standstill-- he freaks out a little bit, permits it spill out, and also was the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I merely assumed Collingwood just dropped a bit of their potential (to close the books close games) ... all those little factors amounted to them spending a 27-point top." Double premiership player David King posed the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually recorded onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, which perhaps the umpires were actually particularly keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game perspective-- as well as the former St. performed board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy idea," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its own moderators) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as do these factors, (maybe they are actually saying) 'allow's recognize it'. "I presume that is actually decent, because they have actually performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood will definitely be actually particularly unclean about its own collapse after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs stumble on Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th setting on the step ladder as well as require a magic to receive the finals hence-- finalizing competitions with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.