.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been floated following its own terrible loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and taught its own peacemakers to be in search of gamers finding replay stoppages? Judge on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to drop through three points at the SCG, and also undo their finals chances. Watch every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect victory. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the advantage at the ultimate modification. "They liquidated games (in 2013). This year ... they have not very been able to get it done," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that could be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2015 for its own ability to shut video games down-- acquire loyal interruptions, maintain it in strict, set up just how they desire to set up," he continued, presenting examples from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, receive one more blockage, and they can obtain the game on their phrases, as well as they may only require time off the time clock. "( Yet) the ball squirts out and also it triggered the very first goal (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point just pair of mins eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to carry out he intends to take the handle, go to ground, acquire a ball-up-- but maybe as a result of the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's obtaining conscious. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, yet another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress late in the competition. "Again, 3 minutes later, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- usually he would certainly just take the address, he 'd fall his hips, acquire an additional interruption-- he stresses a little bit, allows it spill out, which was the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I simply believed Collingwood only shed a little bit of their capacity (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little things amounted to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David King presented the concept to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also maybe the peacemakers were primarily watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game state of mind-- as well as the previous St performed board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually an excellent conspiracy idea," he stated. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood makes an effort and also perform these factors, (perhaps they are actually stating) 'permit's be aware of it'. "I presume that's reasonable, since they've done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will be specifically dirty concerning its own failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs locate Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th posture on the step ladder and also need a wonder to get the finals away-- finalizing competitions with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.