.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been floated observing its disastrous loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and advised its own peacemakers to become on the lookout for gamers looking for loyal standstills? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's men gave in a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop through 3 factors at the SCG, along with undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every video game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a down payment limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to get victory. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the conveniences at the last improvement. "They liquidated activities (in 2015). This year ... they have not rather had the ability to acquire it carried out," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his idea for why that could be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2014 for its own ability to close video games down-- receive loyal standstills, maintain it in tight, put together just how they intend to set up," he carried on, mentioning examples from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, obtain another interruption, as well as they can get the video game on their terms, and they can simply take a while off the clock. "( But) the reception squirts out and it led to the initial objective (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point merely 2 minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he would like to take the tackle, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- however perhaps as a result of the new holding-the-ball rules, everyone's receiving aware. "All of a sudden, instead of maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- value, another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the contest. "Again, three mins later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- generally he will simply take the handle, he 'd fall his hips, obtain yet another halt-- he overreacts a little, lets it spill out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna clarified. "I simply assumed Collingwood only shed a little their potential (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little traits added up to them divulging a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David King postured the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and that possibly the moderators were actually exclusively looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- as well as the previous St. performed panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy concept," he claimed. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in games, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort and perform these factors, (perhaps they are actually stating) 'allow's understand it'. "I assume that is actually decent, considering that they have actually performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood is going to be particularly gross about its failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder and also need a wonder to qualify for the finals away-- shutting competitions with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.