.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" concerning Collingwood's late-game approaches has actually been actually floated following its own destructive defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and instructed its umpires to become looking for players seeking replay stoppages? Judge on your own. It comes following Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney last Friday evening-- Craig McRae's men succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to drop by 3 factors at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals chances. Enjoy every game until the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.Last period, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard victory. This year, however, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it held the benefit at the ultimate modification. "They closed out video games (in 2015). This year ... they haven't quite had the ability to receive it carried out," Street Kilda excellent Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Crack on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer postured his theory for why that may be. "Our experts lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its own capability to close video games down-- get loyal stoppages, keep it in limited, established how they would like to set up," he proceeded, pointing out instances coming from the Pies' final-quarter crash. "( Patrick) Lipinski last year takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, receive one more stop, and they may receive the game on their conditions, and also they can easily simply require time off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception sprays out and also it resulted in the initial target (for Sydney in the last one-fourth). "Then merely two minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he would like to take the address, most likely to ground, get a ball-up-- but maybe due to the brand new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's getting mindful. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Detector pounces on it-- value, an additional target." Even 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension behind time in the competition. "Again, 3 moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective fifty-- typically he would certainly merely take the take on, he will drop his hips, obtain another interruption-- he freaks out a little, allows it splash out, and that was the (second-last) objective," Montagna described. "I merely believed Collingwood just lost a bit of their potential (to liquidate close games) ... all those little things added up to all of them divulging a 27-point top." Twin premiership gamer David Master posed the idea to Montagna that maybe the AFL had caught onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, and also maybe the umpires were actually specifically watching out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game state of mind-- as well as the past St. got on board. "Perhaps, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy theory," he pointed out. "Perhaps they (the AFL and also its umpires) are onto it-- overdue in video games, we know that Collingwood attempts and also carry out these factors, (possibly they're stating) 'permit's understand it'. "I presume that is actually decent, due to the fact that they have actually done it for a couple of years now." Collingwood will certainly be actually specifically dirty about its own failure after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton and also the Western side Bulldogs find Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th posture on the ladder and require a wonder to qualify for the finals away-- shutting matches with Brisbane and Melbourne wait for.