.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has been actually drifted observing its destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality as well as advised its own moderators to be in search of players looking for loyal interruptions? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the last term to lose through three aspects at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals odds. View every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICING YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to secure victory. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it kept the perk at the final change. "They terminated the account games (last year). This year ... they have not fairly managed to obtain it done," St Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that may be. "Our company lauded Collingwood in 2013 for its ability to shut video games down-- acquire regular halts, keep it in strict, established how they intend to put together," he carried on, mentioning instances from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the take on, (they) reset, obtain one more discontinuance, as well as they can easily acquire the video game on their conditions, and also they may only require time off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and it resulted in the very first goal (for Sydney in the last fourth). "At that point merely 2 mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wants to do he would like to take the handle, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- but possibly due to the brand new holding-the-ball rules, every person's obtaining aware. "All of a sudden, instead of keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, an additional target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress late in the competition. "Again, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- usually he 'd only take the handle, he will drop his hips, get an additional deduction-- he stresses a small amount, lets it splash out, and also was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna explained. "I simply believed Collingwood merely dropped a bit of their ability (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of factors added up to them coughing up a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David King posed the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and that maybe the moderators were particularly keeping an eye out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the previous Saint was on panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a really good conspiracy concept," he stated. "Possibly they (the AFL and its umpires) are onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood makes an effort as well as carry out these points, (perhaps they're pointing out) 'let's know it'. "I think that is actually reasonable, given that they have actually done it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will be especially unclean about its own crash after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs find Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the ladder as well as need to have a miracle to get the finals from here-- finalizing matches with Brisbane as well as Melbourne await.