.An intriguing "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game techniques has been floated observing its devastating loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and coached its peacemakers to be on the lookout for players finding regular interruptions? Judge on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys gave in a game-high 27-point lead early in the final condition to drop by three aspects at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals possibilities. Check out every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to protect success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it held the benefit at the final change. "They terminated the account activities (in 2013). This year ... they have not fairly been able to get it carried out," Street Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that could be. "Our experts lauded Collingwood in 2015 for its ability to close activities down-- acquire loyal stops, keep it in limited, set up just how they desire to put together," he carried on, mentioning instances from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, obtain one more discontinuance, and they may acquire the game on their phrases, and they can easily merely take a while off the time clock. "( Yet) the ball sprays out and it led to the very first objective (for Sydney in the last quarter). "After that merely pair of moments later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he desires to perform he would like to take the address, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- however perhaps due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's getting aware. "Suddenly, instead of maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the competition. "Once again, three minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- typically he 'd simply take the address, he will drop his hips, get yet another discontinuance-- he runs scared a bit, lets it spill out, and that was the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I just presumed Collingwood merely dropped a little bit of their capacity (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of points added up to them coughing up a 27-point top." Double premiership gamer David King posed the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also possibly the umpires were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game attitude-- and the previous St performed board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy idea," he stated. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its own umpires) are actually onto it-- overdue in activities, we know that Collingwood attempts and also perform these things, (maybe they are actually stating) 'allow's recognize it'. "I think that is actually fair, because they've performed it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will certainly be actually especially gross regarding its failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th posture on the step ladder and need a miracle to get the finals hence-- closing matches with Brisbane and also Melbourne await.