.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game techniques has been drifted observing its own damaging loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and instructed its umpires to be in search of gamers seeking loyal stoppages? Court on your own. It happens adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males surrendered a game-high 27-point lead early in the last condition to lose through 3 aspects at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals chances. Watch every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to safeguard success. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the perk at the last change. "They terminated the account games (in 2014). This year ... they have not pretty managed to acquire it done," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that could be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2015 for its own ability to shut video games down-- get replay deductions, keep it in limited, set up just how they would like to put together," he carried on, presenting instances from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the take on, (they) reset, receive yet another halt, and also they may get the game on their phrases, and also they can easily merely take a while off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and it resulted in the first goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "Then just pair of moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he desires to perform he wishes to take the tackle, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- yet perhaps because of the brand new holding-the-ball rules, everyone's receiving aware. "Suddenly, as opposed to maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, one more objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress late in the competition. "Once again, 3 moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- usually he 'd only take the tackle, he 'd lose his hips, acquire another discontinuance-- he panics a small amount, permits it spill over out, and also was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna revealed. "I just presumed Collingwood only shed a bit of their potential (to liquidate close activities) ... all those little bit of things amounted to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Dual premiership player David Master posed the concept to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, and also possibly the umpires were exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game way of thinking-- and the previous St got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a really good conspiracy theory," he pointed out. "Maybe they (the AFL and its own umpires) are onto it-- overdue in games, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as carry out these things, (maybe they are actually claiming) 'permit's know it'. "I presume that's reasonable, considering that they've done it for a number of years now." Collingwood is going to be especially dirty concerning its own failure after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs find Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th posture on the ladder as well as require a magic to get the finals hence-- closing matches along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne await.