.An intriguing "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has been drifted observing its disastrous loss to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and taught its moderators to be in search of players seeking repeat deductions? Court on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to lose through three aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals opportunities. View every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect triumph. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the perk at the final modification. "They liquidated activities (in 2013). This year ... they have not very had the ability to obtain it performed," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that might be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2015 for its own capability to close activities down-- receive repeat discontinuances, keep it in strict, established just how they intend to establish," he proceeded, citing examples from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, get yet another standstill, and they may get the activity on their phrases, and they can merely take time off the time clock. "( However) the reception sprays out and also it caused the initial target (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "After that merely two moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wishes to do he would like to take the handle, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- yet maybe because of the new holding-the-ball rules, everybody's obtaining conscious. "Suddenly, instead of keeping it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, another objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the tension late in the contest. "Again, 3 moments eventually, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- ordinarily he will just take the take on, he would certainly fall his hips, obtain one more deduction-- he stresses a little bit, permits it spill out, which was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna revealed. "I merely thought Collingwood only dropped a little their capability (to close out close activities) ... all those little things amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David Master postured the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, which perhaps the umpires were specifically keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game mindset-- and also the former St. was on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy idea," he stated. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its own umpires) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we understand that Collingwood tries as well as perform these factors, (maybe they're pointing out) 'let's be aware of it'. "I believe that's reasonable, given that they have actually done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will definitely be especially dirty about its own failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs discover Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th posture on the ladder and also require a magic to receive the finals hence-- finalizing matches with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.