What do you want out of season 24?

[Nunez]

I’ve not got much time left, I must think positively about my circumstances

I will miss you Larry.

 

[Grasshopper17]

How many teams have lost the grand final and not had a down year the following season?

Every team to have lost a Grand Final by 40 points or more since 1995 has either failed to make the finals the following year or failed to win a final even if they made it. Sydney reached the top 4 in 2015 but went out in straight sets.

Of the rest:

Geelong made a Preliminary Final in 2021
Collingwood made a Preliminary Final in 2019
Sydney made a Semi Final in 2017
Fremantle went out in straight sets in 2014
Hawthorn won the flag in 2013
Collingwood made a Preliminary Final in 2012
St Kilda made 2 Grand Finals in 2010
Geelong won the flag in 2009
Sydney made an Elimination Final in 2007
West Coast won the flag in 2006
Collingwood made the Grand Final in 2003
Essendon made a Semi Final in 2002
Carlton made a Preliminary Final in 2000
North Melbourne won the flag in 1999
St Kilda went out in straight sets in 1998
Sydney made the finals in 1997

I think that's enough. Right now we're a pretty clear outrider... A mentally fragile one at that.