.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game strategies has been actually floated following its damaging loss to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and also instructed its own umpires to become looking for gamers finding loyal halts? Judge on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to drop by three factors at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals chances. Watch every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY COSTING YOU? Specify a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to protect success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it stored the conveniences at the last modification. "They closed out activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not quite managed to obtain it performed," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer positioned his concept for why that could be. "Our team honored Collingwood in 2014 for its own capacity to close games down-- acquire replay standstills, maintain it in strict, set up how they want to set up," he continued, pointing out examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, receive another stoppage, and they can easily get the activity on their phrases, as well as they may merely take time off the clock. "( However) the reception sprays out and also it resulted in the very first objective (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "After that just 2 mins later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he would like to carry out he desires to take the tackle, head to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly as a result of the new holding-the-ball policies, everyone's receiving conscious. "All of a sudden, instead of keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress behind time in the competition. "Once again, 3 moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- usually he would certainly merely take the tackle, he will lose his hips, acquire one more blockage-- he runs scared a little, lets it spill out, and that was the (second-last) target," Montagna clarified. "I just assumed Collingwood just shed a little bit of their capacity (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little factors amounted to them coughing up a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David King positioned the concept to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually recorded onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also possibly the peacemakers were actually exclusively watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game mentality-- as well as the past Saint performed panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually an excellent conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its own umpires) are actually onto it-- late in activities, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort as well as perform these factors, (perhaps they're claiming) 'permit's know it'. "I assume that is actually decent, because they have actually done it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will be actually especially filthy about its failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs locate Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th setting on the step ladder as well as need to have a wonder to qualify for the finals away-- closing competitions along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.