.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been drifted observing its own disastrous loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and coached its own umpires to become looking for gamers seeking regular discontinuances? Court for yourself. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys gave in a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to drop by three points at the SCG, as well as undo their finals possibilities. See every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to secure victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it kept the advantage at the ultimate modification. "They terminated the account games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the capacity to acquire it carried out," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his theory for why that might be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own capability to shut video games down-- get loyal stops, keep it in strict, put together exactly how they want to set up," he proceeded, presenting examples from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the address, (they) reset, acquire yet another discontinuance, as well as they can receive the game on their conditions, and they can easily only take time off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception sprays out and it caused the first objective (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "At that point just two moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to do he desires to take the address, go to ground, receive a ball-up-- however perhaps because of the brand-new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's receiving aware. "All of a sudden, as opposed to keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, one more goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress behind time in the contest. "Once more, 3 moments eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- ordinarily he will simply take the handle, he will lose his hips, receive one more interruption-- he stresses a small amount, lets it spill out, which was the (second-last) target," Montagna revealed. "I simply thought Collingwood only shed a little their capacity (to close out close video games) ... all those little traits amounted to them spending a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David Master positioned the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also perhaps the moderators were actually particularly watching out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game perspective-- and also the previous St got on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a really good conspiracy idea," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts and also carry out these points, (possibly they are actually saying) 'permit's understand it'. "I assume that is actually decent, considering that they've performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be actually especially filthy about its own collapse after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the step ladder and need a magic to get the finals from here-- shutting matches along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne await.