.A thought-provoking "conspiracy idea" regarding Collingwood's late-game tactics has been drifted following its devastating defeat to the Swans. Has the AFL saw onto the Magpies' save-the-game way of thinking and coached its peacemakers to become on the lookout for gamers looking for repeat standstills? Judge on your own. It comes observing Collingwood's fourth-quarter capitulation against Sydney final Friday night-- Craig McRae's guys caved in a game-high 27-point lead early in the last phrase to drop through 3 factors at the SCG, in addition to undo their finals opportunities. Enjoy every activity until the 2024 AFL Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary difficulty today > Cycle 22WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Last time, in the thirteen times the Magpies led at three-quarter-time, they took place to safeguard triumph. This year, nevertheless, Collingwood has actually gone 8-4 in activities where it stored the advantage at the ultimate adjustment. "They closed the books video games (in 2014). This year ... they haven't fairly been able to acquire it done," St Kilda wonderful Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy's First Split on Sunday evening. The 287-gamer presented his idea for why that may be. "Our team admired Collingwood in 2014 for its own capacity to shut activities down-- get loyal standstills, keep it in strict, established just how they want to put together," he continued, presenting examples coming from the Pies' final-quarter collapse. "( Patrick) Lipinski in 2014 takes that reception, takes the deal with, (they) reset, receive another blockage, as well as they can easily obtain the activity on their terms, and they can just take time off the time clock. "( Yet) the reception squirts out and it resulted in the 1st objective (for Sydney in the final fourth). "Then merely two moments eventually, Steele Sidebottom-- he understands what he wants to carry out he desires to take the take on, visit ground, obtain a ball-up-- however maybe because of the new holding-the-ball regulations, everybody's getting mindful. "All of a sudden, rather than maintaining it in it squirts out, Chad Warner catches it-- bang, yet another target." Also 401-gamer Scott Pendlebury thought the tension behind time in the contest. "Once more, 3 minutes later, Pendlebury in the defensive 50-- ordinarily he 'd only take the deal with, he 'd drop his hips, get one more discontinuance-- he freaks out a little bit, permits it spill out, and also was the (second-last) objective," Montagna detailed. "I merely believed Collingwood merely lost a little their capacity (to terminate the account close activities) ... all those little bit of factors amounted to them spending a 27-point lead." Double premiership gamer David Master positioned the idea to Montagna that possibly the AFL had actually recorded onto Collingwood's late-game approaches, which perhaps the moderators were actually particularly looking out for the Pies' trademark save-the-game perspective-- and also the previous Saint got on board. "Possibly, yeah-- it is actually a good conspiracy idea," he said. "Maybe they (the AFL as well as its own moderators) are onto it-- late in video games, we understand that Collingwood tries and do these factors, (perhaps they're stating) 'let's know it'. "I presume that is actually fair, due to the fact that they've performed it for a number of years right now." Collingwood will definitely be actually especially dirty regarding its collapse after viewing fellow finals hopefuls Essendon, Carlton as well as the Western side Bulldogs stumble on Saturday as well as Sunday. The Magpies remain in 11th position on the step ladder and need to have a magic to receive the finals hence-- finalizing matches along with Brisbane and Melbourne await.