.A thought-provoking "conspiracy concept" about Collingwood's late-game methods has been drifted observing its disastrous defeat to the Swans. Possesses the AFL found onto the Magpies' save-the-game attitude and advised its own peacemakers to be on the lookout for gamers finding regular stops? Judge on your own. It happens observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation versus Sydney last Friday night-- Craig McRae's males succumbed a game-high 27-point lead early in the final term to drop by three points at the SCG, as well as reverse their finals possibilities. See every activity till the 2024 AFL Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Set a down payment limit.Last season, in the 13 times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard success. This year, nonetheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in video games where it held the advantage at the final change. "They liquidated video games (in 2015). This year ... they have not very had the capacity to obtain it carried out," St Kilda great Leigh Montagna informed Fox Footy's First Fracture on Sunday night. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that might be. "Our experts lauded Collingwood in 2014 for its own ability to close activities down-- acquire replay interruptions, maintain it in limited, established how they wish to establish," he carried on, citing examples from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2013 takes that ball, takes the take on, (they) reset, obtain one more halt, and they may get the activity on their phrases, and also they can easily only take some time off the clock. "( However) the reception squirts out and it triggered the first objective (for Sydney in the final one-fourth). "At that point simply pair of minutes eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he recognizes what he wants to do he wishes to take the tackle, go to ground, get a ball-up-- however perhaps as a result of the brand-new holding-the-ball guidelines, every person's receiving mindful. "Suddenly, rather than keeping it in it sprays out, Chad Warner pounces on it-- bang, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the stress behind time in the contest. "Again, three moments later on, Pendlebury in the protective 50-- normally he 'd just take the take on, he will fall his hips, acquire another interruption-- he runs scared a bit, lets it splash out, and also was the (second-last) objective," Montagna revealed. "I merely believed Collingwood simply shed a bit of their ability (to close out close video games) ... all those little things amounted to them spending a 27-point lead." Double premiership player David King posed the theory to Montagna that perhaps the AFL had recorded onto Collingwood's late-game techniques, and that possibly the peacemakers were particularly keeping an eye out for the Cakes' hallmark save-the-game mentality-- as well as the past Saint performed board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a really good conspiracy idea," he pointed out. "Maybe they (the AFL and its moderators) are actually onto it-- late in video games, we know that Collingwood tries and perform these things, (maybe they are actually mentioning) 'permit's be aware of it'. "I believe that is actually reasonable, since they've done it for a number of years now." Collingwood will be actually especially gross about its collapse after finding fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western Bulldogs stumble on Saturday and also Sunday. The Magpies stay in 11th placement on the step ladder and need a magic to apply for the finals from here-- shutting matchups along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.