.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" concerning Collingwood's late-game techniques has actually been actually drifted observing its own damaging defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and taught its own peacemakers to become in search of gamers finding repeat blockages? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the final condition to drop by 3 aspects at the SCG, and also undo their finals possibilities. Check out every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect triumph. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the conveniences at the ultimate improvement. "They closed the books video games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't very had the ability to obtain it done," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer positioned his concept for why that might be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2013 for its ability to close activities down-- obtain repeat blockages, keep it in strict, established just how they would like to establish," he carried on, citing examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, get another deduction, and they can easily acquire the game on their phrases, as well as they can merely take a while off the clock. "( However) the reception sprays out and it led to the first target (for Sydney in the last quarter). "At that point just two mins eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to carry out he wishes to take the address, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- however maybe as a result of the brand new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's receiving aware. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- value, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress late in the competition. "Once more, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- ordinarily he 'd merely take the address, he would certainly drop his hips, acquire an additional blockage-- he overreacts a bit, allows it splash out, and that was the (second-last) target," Montagna discussed. "I simply presumed Collingwood just dropped a bit of their potential (to liquidate close video games) ... all those little points amounted to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Double premiership gamer David Master postured the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, which possibly the peacemakers were actually primarily looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game state of mind-- and also the previous Saint got on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy idea," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL and also its own peacemakers) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts and also perform these traits, (maybe they're pointing out) 'allow's recognize it'. "I assume that is actually fair, because they have actually done it for a number of years right now." Collingwood is going to be actually especially dirty about its failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs find Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th placement on the step ladder as well as need to have a magic to receive the finals away-- closing matchups with Brisbane and Melbourne await.