.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been actually drifted observing its terrible loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and also instructed its own moderators to be in search of players finding repeat discontinuances? Judge on your own. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop through 3 points at the SCG, along with undo their finals chances. View every video game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a down payment limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to safeguard triumph. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it kept the advantage at the ultimate modification. "They terminated the account video games (in 2014). This year ... they have not quite had the capacity to obtain it carried out," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his idea for why that may be. "Our experts admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own capability to shut activities down-- obtain replay stops, keep it in tight, established how they would like to establish," he continued, mentioning examples from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the tackle, (they) reset, acquire an additional stop, as well as they can easily get the video game on their conditions, as well as they can merely take some time off the clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and also it led to the first goal (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "At that point only 2 minutes later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wishes to do he desires to take the take on, go to ground, get a ball-up-- however possibly as a result of the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's acquiring aware. "Suddenly, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, one more target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension behind time in the contest. "Once again, 3 mins eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- typically he 'd only take the address, he 'd fall his hips, get an additional blockage-- he overreacts a little bit, allows it splash out, and also was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna clarified. "I just thought Collingwood just lost a little bit of their ability (to close the books close activities) ... all those little bit of things amounted to them paying a 27-point top." Double premiership gamer David Master positioned the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually recorded onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also maybe the moderators were actually exclusively keeping an eye out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game state of mind-- as well as the past Saint performed panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy idea," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its umpires) are onto it-- overdue in games, we know that Collingwood attempts and do these traits, (perhaps they're pointing out) 'permit's recognize it'. "I believe that's reasonable, considering that they've done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood will be especially unclean regarding its own collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and require a miracle to obtain the finals away-- finalizing competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.