.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game methods has actually been floated observing its own destructive loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and also taught its moderators to be looking for players looking for repeat stops? Judge on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to drop through three points at the SCG, as well as undo their finals odds. See every game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to safeguard triumph. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it held the perk at the last change. "They liquidated video games (last year). This year ... they have not pretty managed to acquire it done," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his concept for why that may be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2013 for its own capacity to close activities down-- receive regular standstills, keep it in limited, set up how they desire to establish," he continued, mentioning instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, get yet another discontinuance, as well as they can get the video game on their terms, as well as they can easily just take some time off the time clock. "( But) the reception squirts out and it brought about the very first target (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "At that point just pair of moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wishes to do he would like to take the take on, most likely to ground, get a ball-up-- however maybe due to the brand new holding-the-ball guidelines, everyone's acquiring conscious. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- value, another objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury experienced the pressure behind time in the competition. "Once more, three mins later, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- usually he 'd merely take the deal with, he will drop his hips, acquire one more deduction-- he overreacts a little bit, permits it spill over out, and that was the (second-last) target," Montagna discussed. "I only believed Collingwood just shed a little their capability (to liquidate close video games) ... all those little bit of points added up to them paying a 27-point lead." Twin premiership player David Master presented the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and that possibly the peacemakers were especially watching out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game attitude-- as well as the past St got on panel. "Maybe, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy idea," he claimed. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its moderators) are onto it-- overdue in activities, we know that Collingwood tries and do these factors, (possibly they are actually saying) 'permit's know it'. "I believe that is actually decent, given that they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be particularly filthy about its collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and also require a magic to qualify for the finals away-- finalizing matchups with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.