.A provocative "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game methods has been floated following its damaging defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and instructed its own peacemakers to become looking for gamers finding regular deductions? Judge on your own. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to lose through 3 points at the SCG, along with reverse their finals chances. Enjoy every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last time, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the advantage at the ultimate adjustment. "They closed the books activities (in 2014). This year ... they have not very managed to acquire it done," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that might be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its own capability to close games down-- get replay discontinuances, maintain it in tight, established exactly how they intend to set up," he continued, presenting examples from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the take on, (they) reset, get one more stop, and also they may obtain the video game on their conditions, as well as they can easily only take time off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and it triggered the very first target (for Sydney in the last fourth). "After that simply 2 moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to carry out he wants to take the take on, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- yet possibly because of the brand new holding-the-ball rules, everyone's getting conscious. "Suddenly, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- value, an additional objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the contest. "Once again, 3 minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- usually he 'd simply take the deal with, he would certainly fall his hips, acquire another halt-- he panics a bit, permits it splash out, which was the (second-last) target," Montagna revealed. "I simply believed Collingwood simply shed a bit of their potential (to close the books close activities) ... all those little points added up to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Dual premiership player David King presented the theory to Montagna that probably the AFL had actually recorded onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and also perhaps the moderators were especially looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game way of thinking-- as well as the past St was on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a good conspiracy concept," he stated. "Maybe they (the AFL and its moderators) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood makes an effort as well as do these factors, (possibly they're saying) 'let's understand it'. "I think that's decent, because they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood is going to be actually especially filthy regarding its crash after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs locate Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th setting on the ladder and also need a magic to receive the finals away-- shutting matchups along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.