.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game approaches has been floated following its own destructive loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL got onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking as well as coached its own umpires to become looking for gamers finding replay stoppages? Judge for yourself. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the last phrase to drop by 3 points at the SCG, as well as undo their finals possibilities. Enjoy every activity up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last time, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to secure triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the perk at the ultimate improvement. "They closed the books activities (last year). This year ... they haven't pretty been able to obtain it performed," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer posed his theory for why that might be. "Our experts honored Collingwood last year for its own capability to shut activities down-- receive replay stops, keep it in limited, put together exactly how they would like to put together," he carried on, pointing out examples from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that reception, takes the address, (they) reset, receive one more deduction, and also they can easily get the game on their terms, and they can simply take time off the time clock. "( But) the reception sprays out and also it caused the first target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "After that simply pair of minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to carry out he intends to take the deal with, go to ground, get a ball-up-- but maybe because of the brand new holding-the-ball policies, everyone's acquiring conscious. "All of a sudden, instead of maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- bang, one more goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the tension behind time in the contest. "Once more, 3 moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- normally he 'd simply take the handle, he will drop his hips, acquire another interruption-- he runs scared a little, allows it spill over out, and that was actually the (second-last) goal," Montagna discussed. "I just thought Collingwood simply shed a bit of their capacity (to close out close games) ... all those little bit of things amounted to them paying a 27-point top." Double premiership player David King presented the theory to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, which perhaps the moderators were specifically looking out for the Cakes' trademark save-the-game mentality-- and the previous St got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy idea," he stated. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its moderators) are onto it-- late in activities, we know that Collingwood tries as well as carry out these points, (maybe they are actually mentioning) 'allow's know it'. "I presume that's reasonable, considering that they have actually performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will certainly be especially unclean regarding its own failure after seeing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs locate Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the step ladder and also need a wonder to apply for the finals away-- closing matches along with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.