.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" concerning Collingwood's late-game approaches has been actually floated following its own dreadful loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game mindset and taught its own moderators to be on the lookout for gamers looking for loyal standstills? Judge on your own. It happens following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the last term to shed by 3 aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every video game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish 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, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the advantage at the last adjustment. "They closed the books games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't rather had the capacity to obtain it carried out," Street Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that could be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its own potential to close video games down-- obtain repeat deductions, maintain it in strict, put together just how they want to set up," he carried on, presenting examples from the Pies' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the address, (they) reset, receive another deduction, as well as they may obtain the video game on their phrases, as well as they can easily simply take some time off the time clock. "( However) the ball sprays out and also it caused the very first goal (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "After that just two minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wishes to do he intends to take the tackle, most likely to ground, receive a ball-up-- yet possibly due to the brand new holding-the-ball rules, every person's receiving aware. "All of a sudden, instead of maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, another goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the stress behind time in the competition. "Again, three minutes later on, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- normally he will only take the tackle, he would certainly lose his hips, obtain yet another halt-- he overreacts a little bit, lets it spill over out, which was the (second-last) goal," Montagna described. "I just presumed Collingwood simply shed a little their capacity (to liquidate close activities) ... all those little bit of factors amounted to them spending a 27-point lead." Dual premiership gamer David King positioned the idea to Montagna that probably the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, which possibly the umpires were particularly keeping an eye out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- and also the previous St. got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy theory," he said. "Possibly they (the AFL as well as its umpires) are onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood tries as well as do these things, (possibly they are actually stating) 'allow's understand it'. "I assume that's decent, considering that they have actually done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be especially gross regarding its failure after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs discover Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the ladder and need to have a miracle to apply for the finals from here-- closing matches along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.