.An intriguing "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game techniques has been actually floated observing its own destructive defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and also coached its own peacemakers to become in search of gamers seeking repeat blockages? Judge on your own. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate condition to drop by 3 points at the SCG, and also reverse their finals opportunities. Check out every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge hardship today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last period, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to get success. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in video games where it kept the perk at the ultimate improvement. "They terminated the account games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't pretty had the capacity to obtain it carried out," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his theory for why that may be. "We admired Collingwood in 2015 for its potential to close games down-- acquire replay stops, maintain it in strict, established just how they want to set up," he continued, pointing out instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the handle, (they) reset, obtain yet another deduction, and they may acquire the game on their terms, as well as they can merely take time off the time clock. "( Yet) the ball sprays out as well as it triggered the first target (for Sydney in the last quarter). "At that point only two minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wants to do he desires to take the handle, head to ground, receive a ball-up-- but possibly due to the new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's obtaining mindful. "Suddenly, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- value, an additional objective." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the pressure late in the competition. "Once more, three mins later on, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- generally he 'd just take the take on, he will drop his hips, get one more stoppage-- he panics a little bit, permits it splash out, and that was the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I simply assumed Collingwood only lost a bit of their ability (to close the books close activities) ... all those little bit of things added up to all of them divulging a 27-point lead." Double premiership player David King presented the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game methods, which maybe the peacemakers were especially watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game frame of mind-- as well as the past Saint got on board. "Maybe, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy theory," he claimed. "Maybe they (the AFL and also its own umpires) are onto it-- late in video games, we understand that Collingwood attempts and carry out these factors, (possibly they are actually mentioning) 'allow's recognize it'. "I assume that is actually decent, considering that they have actually done it for a number of years now." Collingwood will definitely be actually specifically gross about its failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs find Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the step ladder and also require a miracle to qualify for the finals away-- shutting matchups along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.