.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" concerning Collingwood's late-game approaches has been drifted observing its destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and taught its moderators to be on the lookout for gamers looking for loyal interruptions? Court for yourself. It happens adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the last term to lose through 3 aspects at the SCG, as well as undo their finals possibilities. View every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure victory. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it kept the perk at the last adjustment. "They closed out games (in 2013). This year ... they haven't fairly had the capacity to receive it done," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his concept for why that may be. "We lauded Collingwood in 2015 for its own ability to shut games down-- acquire repeat discontinuances, maintain it in tight, put together exactly how they want to establish," he carried on, pointing out instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, acquire one more standstill, and they can receive the game on their phrases, and they may just take time off the clock. "( But) the ball sprays out and it led to the very first target (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point just pair of moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he intends to perform he would like to take the take on, head to ground, get a ball-up-- but maybe due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's obtaining conscious. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, an additional objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the pressure behind time in the contest. "Again, three minutes later, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- commonly he would certainly only take the take on, he will drop his hips, receive yet another stoppage-- he freaks out a bit, lets it spill out, and also was the (second-last) goal," Montagna revealed. "I merely assumed Collingwood merely shed a little their capacity (to terminate the account close video games) ... all those little bit of things added up to all of them coughing up a 27-point top." Twin premiership player David King positioned the concept to Montagna that possibly the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and that possibly the umpires were specifically looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game perspective-- as well as the past Saint got on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually an excellent conspiracy idea," he mentioned. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its moderators) are actually onto it-- overdue in games, we understand that Collingwood makes an effort as well as perform these factors, (perhaps they are actually mentioning) 'let's know it'. "I believe that is actually fair, given that they have actually done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood is going to be particularly filthy concerning its failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the step ladder and require a magic to apply for the finals away-- closing matches with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.