.A provocative "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game methods has actually been actually drifted following its devastating defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game perspective and coached its own peacemakers to be on the lookout for gamers looking for loyal standstills? Judge on your own. It comes adhering to Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney final Friday evening-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the ultimate phrase to lose through three aspects at the SCG, along with reverse their finals odds. See every game till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICING YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Last season, in the 13 opportunities the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they went on to safeguard victory. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it held the benefit at the ultimate modification. "They liquidated activities (last year). This year ... they haven't rather managed to obtain it carried out," Street Kilda great Leigh Montagna said to Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday night. The 287-gamer posed his theory for why that may be. "Our team admired Collingwood last year for its own potential to shut games down-- get replay stops, keep it in tight, established how they intend to set up," he continued, mentioning instances coming from the Cakes' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that reception, takes the tackle, (they) reset, obtain yet another stop, as well as they may obtain the activity on their conditions, and they can simply take a while off the time clock. "( However) the ball squirts out and also it caused the very first goal (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "After that just 2 moments later on, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he wishes to take the deal with, head to ground, acquire a ball-up-- but possibly because of the new holding-the-ball guidelines, everyone's getting conscious. "Suddenly, rather than maintaining it in it sprays out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, another target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the contest. "Again, three moments eventually, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- usually he would certainly merely take the handle, he will fall his hips, receive one more stoppage-- he stresses a small amount, permits it spill out, which was actually the (second-last) objective," Montagna explained. "I just thought Collingwood simply shed a little bit of their capability (to terminate the account close video games) ... all those little points amounted to them divulging a 27-point lead." Double premiership player David King positioned the theory to Montagna that maybe the AFL had actually caught onto Collingwood's late-game tactics, which perhaps the moderators were primarily looking out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game state of mind-- and the past St was on panel. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy concept," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL and its moderators) are onto it-- late in games, we know that Collingwood attempts and do these factors, (maybe they are actually pointing out) 'allow's recognize it'. "I believe that is actually decent, since they have actually done it for a couple of years right now." Collingwood will definitely be specifically filthy about its failure after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and the Western side Bulldogs find Saturday and Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder as well as need a magic to obtain the finals from here-- closing matchups with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.