.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been floated following its dreadful loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game frame of mind and advised its own moderators to become in search of gamers looking for replay blockages? Judge on your own. It comes complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males gave in a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to shed by three points at the SCG, and also undo their finals chances. Check out every video game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last time, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to get victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it held the advantage at the ultimate improvement. "They terminated the account games (in 2013). This year ... they haven't pretty had the ability to receive it done," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that may be. "We admired Collingwood in 2015 for its own capacity to close activities down-- receive repeat stops, maintain it in limited, put together exactly how they wish to put together," he continued, mentioning instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, acquire an additional deduction, and they can obtain the game on their phrases, and they can easily simply take some time off the time clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and also it triggered the 1st objective (for Sydney in the last quarter). "Then only pair of moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to perform he desires to take the address, head to ground, get a ball-up-- yet perhaps because of the brand-new holding-the-ball policies, every person's getting aware. "All of a sudden, as opposed to maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, another objective." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension behind time in the contest. "Once again, three minutes eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- generally he 'd just take the deal with, he 'd lose his hips, get one more halt-- he stresses a small amount, allows it spill over out, and also was the (second-last) goal," Montagna revealed. "I just assumed Collingwood just shed a bit of their capacity (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little bit of traits added up to all of them spending a 27-point top." Double premiership player David Master posed the idea to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, and also perhaps the umpires were exclusively watching out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game state of mind-- and the former St. was on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy theory," he pointed out. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its umpires) are onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood tries as well as do these factors, (possibly they're saying) 'permit's know it'. "I presume that's decent, due to the fact that they've performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be actually particularly gross concerning its own collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs discover Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and also need a magic to obtain the finals from here-- shutting matchups along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.