.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been actually floated following its disastrous defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and taught its own umpires to become in search of players finding repeat halts? Judge for yourself. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the final term to shed through three factors at the SCG, and also reverse their finals opportunities. See every video game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to get triumph. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the perk at the ultimate improvement. "They terminated the account games (in 2014). This year ... they have not very had the ability to receive it done," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer positioned his concept for why that could be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2015 for its ability to shut video games down-- acquire replay deductions, keep it in tight, set up just how they desire to establish," he carried on, mentioning examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, obtain another discontinuance, and also they can easily obtain the video game on their phrases, and they can easily just take time off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and also it led to the 1st target (for Sydney in the last fourth). "At that point merely pair of minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to perform he wishes to take the take on, head to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however maybe because of the brand-new holding-the-ball policies, every person's receiving aware. "Suddenly, instead of maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the pressure late in the contest. "Once more, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- commonly he would certainly just take the deal with, he 'd fall his hips, acquire one more stoppage-- he stresses a little bit, permits it spill over out, and that was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna detailed. "I simply assumed Collingwood only lost a bit of their capability (to liquidate close activities) ... all those little things added up to all of them paying a 27-point lead." Double premiership player David King presented the theory to Montagna that probably the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also perhaps the moderators were specifically watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game state of mind-- and the former Saint performed board. "Possibly, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy theory," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its umpires) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts and do these points, (perhaps they're stating) 'permit's understand it'. "I think that is actually fair, because they've done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be actually particularly unclean concerning its collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs find Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the ladder and also require a magic to obtain the finals away-- shutting matches with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.