.A provocative "conspiracy theory" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been actually floated observing its own devastating loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also coached its moderators to become on the lookout for players looking for replay halts? Judge for yourself. It happens adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the last term to lose through three aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals chances. Watch every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to protect success. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it held the advantage at the ultimate change. "They closed the books video games (in 2015). This year ... they have not fairly had the ability to receive it carried out," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that could be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2014 for its own capacity to shut video games down-- obtain regular halts, maintain it in tight, established how they want to set up," he carried on, presenting examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, get one more blockage, and also they can get the game on their terms, and they can easily just take some time off the clock. "( But) the reception sprays out and also it caused the very first target (for Sydney in the final quarter). "At that point only two minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to carry out he wants to take the take on, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- but maybe as a result of the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's receiving aware. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the pressure behind time in the competition. "Again, three mins eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- typically he will just take the deal with, he will fall his hips, receive another blockage-- he stresses a small amount, allows it splash out, which was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna detailed. "I simply believed Collingwood only dropped a little bit of their potential (to close out close video games) ... all those little traits added up to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David King positioned the idea to Montagna that possibly the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and that maybe the umpires were exclusively keeping an eye out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game way of thinking-- and also the former St. was on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy idea," he stated. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its umpires) are onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood tries and also perform these factors, (maybe they are actually mentioning) 'allow's be aware of it'. "I think that's fair, considering that they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be actually especially unclean about its own crash after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the step ladder and need a miracle to obtain the finals from here-- shutting competitions with Brisbane and Melbourne await.