.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been actually drifted observing its own disastrous defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game state of mind and advised its peacemakers to be on the lookout for players seeking regular standstills? Judge on your own. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's males caved in a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, in addition to reverse their finals possibilities. View every video game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last period, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to get triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the conveniences at the ultimate improvement. "They closed the books video games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't rather managed to acquire it done," Street Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that may be. "Our company admired Collingwood in 2015 for its capacity to shut activities down-- receive repeat blockages, keep it in limited, put together how they intend to put together," he proceeded, citing instances from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, receive an additional stoppage, and also they may obtain the game on their conditions, as well as they may simply take some time off the clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and it triggered the initial goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "Then just 2 minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he desires to perform he wishes to take the deal with, head to ground, acquire a ball-up-- however possibly due to the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, every person's receiving conscious. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, an additional goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the tension late in the competition. "Again, 3 minutes later on, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- commonly he will simply take the address, he 'd drop his hips, receive one more stop-- he panics a little, allows it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) target," Montagna revealed. "I only assumed Collingwood simply lost a little their potential (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little bit of things amounted to them divulging a 27-point lead." Dual premiership player David King positioned the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also maybe the peacemakers were actually specifically keeping an eye out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- and also the previous Saint got on panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy theory," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its own moderators) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood tries as well as carry out these points, (perhaps they are actually mentioning) 'let's recognize it'. "I think that is actually reasonable, because they've performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood is going to be actually particularly filthy regarding its own failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder and require a magic to obtain the finals from here-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.