.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been floated observing its own terrible loss to the Swans. Has the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and also taught its umpires to become on the lookout for players looking for loyal standstills? Judge on your own. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to drop through 3 points at the SCG, along with undo their finals possibilities. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the conveniences at the ultimate improvement. "They closed the books games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the ability to receive it carried out," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that could be. "Our experts honored Collingwood in 2014 for its capacity to shut activities down-- get replay halts, maintain it in tight, set up exactly how they want to establish," he proceeded, pointing out examples from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire yet another standstill, and they may receive the game on their terms, as well as they can merely take a while off the clock. "( But) the ball sprays out and it brought about the first objective (for Sydney in the last quarter). "After that simply pair of mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wants to perform he wishes to take the take on, visit ground, get a ball-up-- yet possibly because of the brand-new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's obtaining aware. "All of a sudden, instead of keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, yet another goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the pressure late in the competition. "Once more, 3 minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- generally he 'd merely take the address, he will fall his hips, get one more blockage-- he panics a little bit, lets it spill over out, which was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna detailed. "I only thought Collingwood simply dropped a bit of their ability (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little points amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Dual premiership player David Master postured the theory to Montagna that possibly the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, which possibly the umpires were actually exclusively looking out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game mindset-- as well as the past St. got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy theory," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its peacemakers) are actually onto it-- overdue in activities, we understand that Collingwood tries and do these factors, (maybe they're mentioning) 'allow's understand it'. "I assume that's decent, since they've done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will be actually especially unclean concerning its collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs locate Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the step ladder and require a wonder to get the finals away-- shutting matchups with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.