.A provocative "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has actually been actually drifted observing its destructive loss to the Swans. Possesses the AFL caught onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective as well as taught its peacemakers to become in search of players seeking regular stops? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys caved in a game-high 27-point lead early in the last condition to drop through 3 points at the SCG, in addition to reverse their finals odds. Enjoy every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a down payment limit.Last period, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard triumph. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in games where it stored the benefit at the ultimate modification. "They closed the books video games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't quite had the capacity to get it carried out," Street Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his concept for why that may be. "Our experts honored Collingwood in 2013 for its capacity to close activities down-- acquire loyal deductions, maintain it in strict, set up how they would like to establish," he proceeded, mentioning examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, acquire one more halt, and they can obtain the activity on their conditions, and they can easily merely take some time off the clock. "( However) the ball squirts out and also it caused the very first target (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then simply 2 minutes later, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he wishes to carry out he wishes to take the tackle, most likely to ground, obtain a ball-up-- yet maybe as a result of the new holding-the-ball rules, every person's receiving aware. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Detector catches it-- value, one more goal." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury believed the pressure late in the competition. "Again, three mins later on, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- typically he will merely take the deal with, he will fall his hips, get an additional interruption-- he worries a little bit, lets it spill over out, and also was the (second-last) goal," Montagna explained. "I merely thought Collingwood just shed a little their capability (to terminate the account close games) ... all those little bit of traits amounted to all of them spending a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David King posed the concept to Montagna that maybe the AFL had captured onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, which perhaps the moderators were actually primarily watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game frame of mind-- as well as the past St. was on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's a great conspiracy concept," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL as well as its own peacemakers) are actually onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood tries as well as perform these points, (perhaps they are actually saying) 'allow's understand it'. "I assume that's decent, since they have actually done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood will be specifically unclean regarding its own collapse after observing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th placement on the ladder and also need to have a wonder to get the finals hence-- closing competitions along with Brisbane and also Melbourne wait for.