.A provocative "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been drifted following its dreadful defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking as well as coached its umpires to become looking for gamers looking for loyal stops? Court on your own. It happens complying with Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys yielded a game-high 27-point top early in the ultimate term to lose by 3 aspects at the SCG, and also undo their finals odds. View every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary hardship today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICING YOU? Specify a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to get success. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it stored the perk at the last improvement. "They liquidated activities (in 2013). This year ... they have not rather had the ability to obtain it done," St Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer positioned his theory for why that could be. "Our company honored Collingwood in 2013 for its own capability to shut games down-- obtain loyal stops, keep it in limited, set up just how they would like to put together," he proceeded, pointing out examples from the Cakes' final-quarter failure. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that ball, takes the deal with, (they) reset, get yet another stoppage, as well as they can easily obtain the activity on their phrases, and also they can only require time off the clock. "( But) the ball sprays out as well as it triggered the very first objective (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "Then simply 2 mins later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he would like to carry out he wishes to take the take on, most likely to ground, get a ball-up-- but perhaps as a result of the brand-new holding-the-ball policies, every person's obtaining mindful. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, an additional target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the pressure late in the contest. "Once again, three mins later, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- generally he would certainly simply take the tackle, he will fall his hips, receive an additional deduction-- he worries a small amount, lets it spill out, and also was the (second-last) objective," Montagna clarified. "I just thought Collingwood just shed a little their capacity (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little bit of points amounted to all of them coughing up a 27-point top." Dual premiership gamer David Master presented the concept to Montagna that maybe the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game methods, and also perhaps the moderators were primarily looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game way of thinking-- and also the previous Saint got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy concept," he said. "Perhaps they (the AFL and its moderators) are onto it-- late in video games, we understand that Collingwood tries and also perform these factors, (maybe they are actually stating) 'permit's recognize it'. "I presume that's reasonable, since they have actually performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be especially filthy concerning its own failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs stumble on Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the ladder and also need a miracle to obtain the finals hence-- finalizing matchups along with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.