.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game strategies has been floated observing its own dreadful loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also advised its peacemakers to be on the lookout for players looking for repeat standstills? Judge for yourself. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the final phrase to shed through 3 factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals chances. See every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a deposit limit.Last period, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect triumph. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the conveniences at the last change. "They liquidated activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not very managed to get it done," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that might be. "Our experts admired Collingwood in 2013 for its own ability to shut games down-- acquire repeat halts, keep it in tight, set up just how they would like to put together," he proceeded, pointing out examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, receive one more discontinuance, and they can acquire the activity on their phrases, and also they can only require time off the clock. "( Yet) the ball sprays out and also it resulted in the initial goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "At that point simply two mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to do he wants to take the take on, go to ground, get a ball-up-- yet perhaps as a result of the new holding-the-ball policies, every person's obtaining mindful. "All of a sudden, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- value, another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the pressure behind time in the competition. "Again, three moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- ordinarily he would certainly merely take the deal with, he would certainly drop his hips, acquire an additional standstill-- he worries a little, lets it splash out, and also was the (second-last) target," Montagna detailed. "I only believed Collingwood merely lost a bit of their ability (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of things amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Twin premiership gamer David Master positioned the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and also possibly the peacemakers were primarily watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- and the former St. got on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its own peacemakers) are onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood tries and carry out these traits, (perhaps they're mentioning) 'permit's know it'. "I believe that is actually decent, due to the fact that they have actually done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood will definitely be specifically unclean about its own crash after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the ladder and also need to have a miracle to qualify for the finals from here-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.