.A provocative "conspiracy idea" concerning Collingwood's late-game techniques has been actually drifted observing its disastrous loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and taught its own umpires to be in search of gamers seeking repeat stops? Judge for yourself. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to drop through three factors at the SCG, as well as undo their finals chances. See every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICING YOU? Set a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to secure triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the benefit at the last modification. "They closed the books activities (in 2013). This year ... they haven't rather had the ability to acquire it done," Street Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer positioned his idea for why that could be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2013 for its own potential to close activities down-- receive replay stops, maintain it in tight, put together exactly how they would like to set up," he proceeded, pointing out instances from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, receive yet another stoppage, as well as they can obtain the game on their conditions, and also they may merely take time off the clock. "( But) the reception sprays out as well as it caused the very first goal (for Sydney in the last quarter). "Then simply 2 moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wants to do he intends to take the address, visit ground, acquire a ball-up-- yet maybe due to the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, everyone's acquiring conscious. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the stress behind time in the contest. "Once again, three moments later on, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- usually he 'd just take the take on, he 'd lose his hips, receive one more stoppage-- he worries a bit, permits it spill out, which was the (second-last) objective," Montagna explained. "I just assumed Collingwood simply lost a little bit of their capability (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little bit of points added up to all of them paying a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David Master presented the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also maybe the moderators were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game mentality-- as well as the past St got on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually an excellent conspiracy idea," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its peacemakers) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as perform these things, (possibly they are actually claiming) 'let's recognize it'. "I believe that's decent, because they have actually done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be especially unclean about its own collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs locate Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th position on the step ladder as well as need a miracle to qualify for the finals from here-- finalizing matches along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.