.A provocative "conspiracy theory" about Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been floated observing its own destructive defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and also advised its umpires to become looking for gamers looking for loyal stoppages? Judge for yourself. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate condition to shed by 3 factors at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals chances. See every video game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to get success. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it held the perk at the last improvement. "They closed the books activities (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the capacity to get it carried out," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that could be. "Our team honored Collingwood in 2013 for its capability to close video games down-- receive replay stoppages, maintain it in strict, set up just how they wish to put together," he continued, mentioning examples from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, receive one more interruption, and also they can easily get the game on their terms, and they may just take some time off the clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and it caused the 1st target (for Sydney in the final quarter). "Then simply 2 mins eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wants to do he would like to take the take on, most likely to ground, obtain a ball-up-- but perhaps as a result of the brand new holding-the-ball policies, everybody's obtaining mindful. "Suddenly, as opposed to 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 contest. "Once more, three minutes later on, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- ordinarily he would certainly only take the take on, he will lose his hips, acquire one more discontinuance-- he panics a little, permits it spill out, and that was the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I just presumed Collingwood simply shed a little their ability (to terminate the account close video games) ... all those little bit of things added up to them coughing up a 27-point top." Twin premiership player David Master positioned the idea to Montagna that maybe the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and that maybe the moderators were exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game mindset-- and the past St. got on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy idea," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL and its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and also carry out these points, (possibly they are actually stating) 'permit's know it'. "I assume that is actually decent, due to the fact that they've done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will be actually particularly unclean about its failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th posture on the step ladder and need to have a wonder to apply for the finals hence-- shutting matches along with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.