.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" regarding Collingwood's late-game approaches has been actually drifted following its damaging defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and coached its moderators to be looking for gamers finding replay deductions? Judge on your own. It happens adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males surrendered a game-high 27-point top early in the final term to shed through three points at the SCG, in addition to reverse their finals odds. See every game up until the 2024 AFL Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost trial today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last time, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they happened to secure success. This year, having said that, Collingwood has gone 8-4 in activities where it held the perk at the final adjustment. "They closed out video games (last year). This year ... they have not very had the ability to acquire it performed," St Kilda fantastic Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Gap on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his theory for why that may be. "Our team admired Collingwood last year for its own ability to close games down-- receive repeat interruptions, keep it in limited, set up how they wish to establish," he carried on, citing examples from the Cakes' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, obtain one more halt, and also they can easily acquire the activity on their conditions, as well as they can just take time off the clock. "( But) the ball squirts out and it led to the very first goal (for Sydney in the final quarter). "At that point only two moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he would like to perform he desires to take the take on, go to ground, get a ball-up-- however possibly because of the brand new holding-the-ball guidelines, everybody's getting aware. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector catches it-- value, an additional goal." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the pressure behind time in the competition. "Once again, 3 mins later on, Pendlebury in the defensive fifty-- commonly he will just take the take on, he will fall his hips, obtain one more halt-- he panics a bit, permits it splash out, which was actually the (second-last) target," Montagna detailed. "I merely presumed Collingwood only dropped a little their ability (to close the books close activities) ... all those little bit of points added up to all of them coughing up a 27-point lead." Twin premiership gamer David King presented the theory to Montagna that probably the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and also possibly the peacemakers were actually particularly looking out for the Pies' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- and the past St was on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a great conspiracy theory," he stated. "Possibly they (the AFL and its own umpires) are actually onto it-- overdue in games, we understand that Collingwood tries and also perform these factors, (maybe they're saying) 'permit's understand it'. "I think that is actually fair, since they have actually done it for a couple of years currently." Collingwood is going to be actually particularly filthy regarding its own collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Sunday as well as Sunday. The Magpies continue to be in 11th posture on the step ladder and need to have a wonder to get approved for the finals from here-- closing competitions along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.