.A provocative "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game techniques has actually been drifted observing its damaging defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and also taught its own umpires to become looking for players finding repeat deductions? Judge for yourself. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the last term to drop through three factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last time, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it stored the advantage at the final modification. "They closed the books activities (in 2013). This year ... they have not very managed to receive it performed," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his theory for why that may be. "Our team honored Collingwood in 2015 for its own potential to shut games down-- obtain regular stoppages, keep it in limited, established how they want to establish," he proceeded, pointing out examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, obtain another discontinuance, and they may receive the video game on their terms, and also they can easily merely take some time off the clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and it triggered the very first goal (for Sydney in the last fourth). "At that point simply two mins later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wants to carry out he wants to take the deal with, go to ground, get a ball-up-- but perhaps as a result of the new holding-the-ball policies, everyone's obtaining conscious. "Suddenly, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, one more goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the competition. "Once more, three mins later, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- commonly he will simply take the tackle, he will fall his hips, receive an additional stoppage-- he overreacts a little bit, lets it splash out, and also was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna revealed. "I simply thought Collingwood only lost a little bit of their capability (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little things added up to them spending a 27-point lead." Twin premiership gamer David King posed the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also possibly the moderators were exclusively keeping an eye out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game way of thinking-- and the former St. performed panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy theory," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its moderators) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood makes an effort as well as carry out these things, (possibly they are actually saying) 'permit's recognize it'. "I believe that is actually decent, due to the fact that they've performed it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will be specifically dirty regarding its own collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the step ladder and require a miracle to obtain the finals hence-- closing competitions with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.