.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been actually drifted observing its terrible defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also instructed its own peacemakers to be looking for players seeking repeat halts? Court on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop through 3 points at the SCG, as well as undo their finals chances. Watch every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it kept the advantage at the last adjustment. "They terminated the account activities (in 2015). This year ... they haven't rather managed to acquire it carried out," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that may be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its own capability to shut video games down-- obtain regular deductions, maintain it in strict, put together exactly how they wish to establish," he continued, mentioning examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the address, (they) reset, obtain one more deduction, and they can easily acquire the game on their phrases, and they can easily just take time off the clock. "( Yet) the ball sprays out and also it triggered the very first target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "After that simply pair of moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to do he intends to take the handle, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- yet possibly as a result of the new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's getting conscious. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the pressure behind time in the contest. "Once again, 3 minutes later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- generally he will merely take the handle, he will drop his hips, receive yet another stoppage-- he worries a small amount, allows it splash out, which was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna described. "I just thought Collingwood just lost a little bit of their capacity (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little bit of things added up to them divulging a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David King posed the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and that possibly the umpires were actually particularly watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game frame of mind-- and also the former St was on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy concept," he claimed. "Possibly they (the AFL and also its own peacemakers) are onto it-- late in video games, we understand that Collingwood tries and perform these things, (perhaps they are actually mentioning) 'allow's be aware of it'. "I presume that is actually fair, since they have actually performed it for a number of years right now." Collingwood will be actually specifically gross regarding its crash after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th position on the step ladder and also need to have a wonder to get the finals away-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.