.A provocative "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game strategies has been actually drifted following its devastating defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and instructed its own peacemakers to be looking for players finding regular deductions? Court on your own. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to shed through 3 points at the SCG, as well as undo their finals possibilities. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to get success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it held the benefit at the final modification. "They closed out games (in 2015). This year ... they have not rather had the capacity to get it done," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that might be. "Our experts honored Collingwood in 2015 for its own potential to close games down-- obtain loyal discontinuances, keep it in strict, established exactly how they desire to establish," he carried on, presenting instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, get an additional standstill, and also they may obtain the video game on their phrases, and they can only take a while off the clock. "( But) the reception squirts out and also it led to the first objective (for Sydney in the last quarter). "After that just 2 minutes later, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he intends to do he would like to take the tackle, head to ground, get a ball-up-- however perhaps due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everyone's obtaining conscious. "All of a sudden, instead of maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, another goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the stress behind time in the competition. "Once more, three minutes later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- commonly he will just take the take on, he will fall his hips, obtain yet another deduction-- he panics a bit, allows it spill over out, and also was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna explained. "I only assumed Collingwood simply lost a bit of their capacity (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of things added up to them spending a 27-point top." Double premiership player David King posed the idea to Montagna that maybe the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also possibly the umpires were actually especially keeping an eye out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game attitude-- and also the past St. performed board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a really good conspiracy concept," he said. "Perhaps they (the AFL as well as its own umpires) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as perform these traits, (possibly they're pointing out) 'allow's recognize it'. "I assume that is actually reasonable, considering that they've performed it for a number of years now." Collingwood will certainly be actually especially gross about its crash after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs find Sunday and Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th placement on the step ladder as well as need to have a miracle to obtain the finals away-- shutting matches along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne await.