.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has actually been actually floated observing its own disastrous defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and also coached its moderators to become in search of players looking for repeat interruptions? Judge on your own. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys caved in a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate phrase to shed by three factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals odds. Watch every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the thirteen opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to get victory. This year, however, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it held the advantage at the last change. "They closed out activities (in 2015). This year ... they have not rather had the capacity to obtain it carried out," St Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that could be. "Our experts admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own ability to close games down-- get regular blockages, maintain it in limited, put together just how they desire to put together," he proceeded, mentioning examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the handle, (they) reset, get yet another halt, as well as they may obtain the game on their terms, and also they may merely take time off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and also it triggered the 1st target (for Sydney in the last fourth). "Then simply pair of moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he intends to do he wishes to take the address, visit ground, acquire a ball-up-- yet maybe because of the brand-new holding-the-ball policies, everybody's obtaining conscious. "Suddenly, as opposed to keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- bang, one more goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress late in the contest. "Once again, three minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- usually he 'd just take the address, he 'd drop his hips, acquire one more halt-- he stresses a small amount, permits it spill out, and that was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna explained. "I just assumed Collingwood simply shed a little their potential (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little bit of points added up to them paying a 27-point top." Double premiership gamer David King positioned the theory to Montagna that possibly the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also perhaps the umpires were actually primarily looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game attitude-- and the previous St. performed board. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a good conspiracy theory," he claimed. "Possibly they (the AFL and also its moderators) are actually onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood attempts and do these points, (possibly they are actually saying) 'let's understand it'. "I think that is actually reasonable, due to the fact that they've done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood is going to be actually especially filthy about its own crash after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs discover Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th setting on the step ladder and also need to have a miracle to qualify for the finals away-- shutting competitions along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne await.