.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game methods has actually been actually floated following its own dreadful defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also coached its umpires to be in search of gamers seeking regular stops? Judge on your own. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males caved in a game-high 27-point top early in the final phrase to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals opportunities. View every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it held the benefit at the last improvement. "They closed out activities (last year). This year ... they haven't pretty been able to get it performed," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his idea for why that might be. "Our experts admired Collingwood last year for its ability to shut video games down-- acquire repeat blockages, maintain it in strict, set up how they want to put together," he carried on, citing instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, obtain an additional stop, and they may obtain the activity on their terms, as well as they can simply take time off the clock. "( However) the reception sprays out and it brought about the first target (for Sydney in the final quarter). "Then only pair of minutes later, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he desires to take the take on, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly as a result of the new holding-the-ball rules, every person's receiving mindful. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension late in the contest. "Again, three minutes later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- ordinarily he will just take the address, he 'd lose his hips, acquire yet another discontinuance-- he freaks out a bit, lets it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I just assumed Collingwood merely dropped a bit of their capacity (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little traits added up to all of them coughing up a 27-point top." Double premiership gamer David Master posed the theory to Montagna that possibly the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game methods, which perhaps the peacemakers were primarily keeping an eye out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game state of mind-- and also the past St was on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy idea," he mentioned. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its moderators) are actually onto it-- overdue in activities, we know that Collingwood attempts and also carry out these points, (possibly they are actually pointing out) 'permit's be aware of it'. "I assume that's decent, considering that they've performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will be actually specifically filthy concerning its crash after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the step ladder and need a magic to get approved for the finals from here-- shutting matches with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.