.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been floated following its own disastrous defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and also coached its peacemakers to be on the lookout for gamers finding repeat stops? Judge on your own. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to shed by 3 factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals odds. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to protect victory. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the conveniences at the final improvement. "They closed out activities (in 2015). This year ... they haven't very been able to acquire it performed," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that could be. "Our company lauded Collingwood last year for its ability to shut games down-- acquire loyal deductions, maintain it in limited, established how they wish to establish," he carried on, presenting instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the take on, (they) reset, acquire an additional interruption, and also they may receive the activity on their terms, and also they can easily only take some time off the time clock. "( However) the reception squirts out as well as it caused the 1st target (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "Then just pair of mins later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he would like to carry out he would like to take the deal with, go to ground, obtain a ball-up-- but maybe due to the new holding-the-ball policies, everybody's receiving conscious. "All of a sudden, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- value, yet another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the competition. "Again, 3 moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- normally he will simply take the deal with, he 'd fall his hips, get an additional stop-- he overreacts a little, lets it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna clarified. "I merely believed Collingwood only lost a little bit of their capability (to liquidate close video games) ... all those little factors added up to all of them spending a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David King postured the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, which possibly the moderators were actually particularly keeping an eye out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- as well as the former St. got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it's a good conspiracy idea," he claimed. "Possibly they (the AFL and its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood attempts and also perform these points, (possibly they are actually saying) 'permit's be aware of it'. "I believe that's decent, since they've done it for a number of years right now." Collingwood is going to be especially gross concerning its crash after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs find Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th position on the ladder and need to have a miracle to receive the finals hence-- finalizing matches along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.