.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been floated observing its destructive defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game state of mind and also advised its umpires to become in search of players finding regular standstills? Judge on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate condition to lose by three points at the SCG, and also reverse their finals odds. Check out every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last period, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the advantage at the final improvement. "They terminated the account video games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't pretty been able to obtain it carried out," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that could be. "We honored Collingwood last year for its ability to shut video games down-- obtain repeat stoppages, keep it in tight, set up exactly how they want to set up," he carried on, mentioning instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the address, (they) reset, get yet another blockage, and they can easily get the video game on their phrases, as well as they can easily simply take a while off the time clock. "( But) the ball sprays out and also it brought about the initial target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "After that merely two moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he would like to do he would like to take the address, head to ground, obtain a ball-up-- yet perhaps as a result of the new holding-the-ball policies, everybody's obtaining mindful. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, yet another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the tension late in the competition. "Again, three moments later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- usually he 'd merely take the address, he would certainly fall his hips, obtain one more standstill-- he runs scared a small amount, permits it spill out, and also was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna explained. "I merely assumed Collingwood just dropped a little their capability (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of factors amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Twin premiership gamer David King postured the theory to Montagna that probably the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and that possibly the umpires were actually specifically looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the former St. got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy concept," he said. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in video games, we understand that Collingwood attempts and also perform these things, (perhaps they are actually stating) 'allow's understand it'. "I believe that's decent, given that they have actually done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood is going to be actually particularly gross regarding its collapse after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs locate Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th position on the ladder and also need a miracle to obtain the finals from here-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.