.A provocative "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been actually floated following its damaging defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game mentality and advised its own peacemakers to be on the lookout for players looking for replay blockages? Court for yourself. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's guys gave in a game-high 27-point top early in the last condition to lose by 3 aspects at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals opportunities. Watch every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to protect success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it held the conveniences at the final change. "They closed out games (last year). This year ... they have not fairly had the capacity to acquire it done," St Kilda terrific Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that could be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own potential to close games down-- obtain repeat stops, keep it in limited, put together how they would like to set up," he continued, presenting instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the take on, (they) reset, obtain an additional interruption, and they can get the video game on their phrases, and also they can simply take a while off the clock. "( But) the reception sprays out as well as it resulted in the very first objective (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "At that point simply 2 moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he wishes to take the deal with, visit ground, receive a ball-up-- but maybe due to the brand new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's acquiring aware. "Suddenly, as opposed to maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, yet another goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury felt the pressure late in the contest. "Once again, three mins later, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- typically he would certainly simply take the handle, he 'd drop his hips, receive another discontinuance-- he worries a bit, permits it splash out, and also was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I simply presumed Collingwood just shed a little their capacity (to close out close activities) ... all those little things amounted to them paying a 27-point lead." Double premiership player David Master posed the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had actually captured onto Collingwood's late-game strategies, which perhaps the peacemakers were actually especially looking out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- as well as the past St. performed board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy theory," he mentioned. "Possibly they (the AFL and also its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts as well as perform these points, (maybe they are actually stating) 'allow's recognize it'. "I think that is actually fair, due to the fact that they have actually performed it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood is going to be particularly unclean concerning its own failure after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western Bulldogs discover Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th position on the step ladder as well as require a wonder to receive the finals from here-- shutting matches with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.