.A provocative "conspiracy theory" regarding Collingwood's late-game strategies has been actually floated following its devastating loss to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and advised its own moderators to be looking for players finding repeat discontinuances? Judge on your own. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men yielded a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate term to drop by 3 aspects at the SCG, along with undo their finals odds. View every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.Last season, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to get triumph. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in games where it stored the conveniences at the last adjustment. "They closed the books games (last year). This year ... they haven't fairly had the ability to acquire it performed," Street Kilda great Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer positioned his concept for why that may be. "Our team lauded Collingwood in 2013 for its ability to close games down-- get regular deductions, keep it in tight, set up how they desire to set up," he carried on, mentioning examples coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2015 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, get another standstill, and also they can easily get the game on their phrases, and they may simply take a while off the clock. "( But) the ball sprays out and also it resulted in the initial objective (for Sydney in the final quarter). "Then only pair of moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he knows what he would like to do he wishes to take the deal with, go to ground, obtain a ball-up-- however possibly due to the new holding-the-ball regulations, everyone's getting mindful. "Suddenly, instead of keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- value, one more target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress late in the competition. "Once more, three mins later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- commonly he will simply take the address, he would certainly lose his hips, get another discontinuance-- he worries a little bit, lets it spill out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna discussed. "I merely presumed Collingwood merely lost a little their potential (to terminate the account close video games) ... all those little traits amounted to all of them paying a 27-point lead." Dual premiership player David Master presented the concept to Montagna that probably the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, which maybe the umpires were primarily keeping an eye out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game state of mind-- and also the past St. got on panel. "Perhaps, yeah-- it's an excellent conspiracy theory," he pointed out. "Maybe they (the AFL and its umpires) are actually onto it-- overdue in activities, we understand that Collingwood tries as well as perform these factors, (perhaps they're pointing out) 'let's know it'. "I believe that is actually reasonable, since they have actually performed it for a number of years currently." Collingwood will definitely be especially gross about its own failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday and also Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th position on the step ladder and also need to have a magic to obtain the finals from here-- closing matches with Brisbane as well as Melbourne wait for.