Can someone ring 'hoyney' and ask him if any team has won the flag from 4th and if any team has won it while losing 8 games in a season!!??? They can do a full segment on SEN.
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Melbourne have been ordinary over a long period. Going back to part way through last year. Even their recent uptick in form was followed by a drop off.Is Melbourne the most talked up 4th placed side ever? Usually the 4th side barely gets spoken about.
I thought I'd take a look at the record for teams who have compiled 70+ premiership points in a season.
The seasons where teams finished more than 2 games clear on top are bolded as I thought these less accurately reflect this year and the gap between Collingwood and the rest of the top 4. No guarantee of a flag however.
I chose 1987 as the starting point as this was the first season interstate teams joined the then VFL competition.
1987 Carlton 72pt Premier
1988 Hawthorn 76pt Premier
1989 Hawthorn 76pt Premier
1991 West Coast 76pt Grand Final (53pt loss)
1995 Carlton 80pt Premier
1999 Essendon 72pt Preliminary Final (1pt loss)
2000 Essendon 84pt Premier
2002 Port Adelaide 72pt Preliminary Final (56pt loss)
2003 Port Adelaide 72pt Preliminary Final (44pt loss)
2007 Geelong 72pt Premier
2008 Geelong 84pt Grand Final (26pt loss)
2009 St Kilda 80pt Grand Final (12pt loss)
Geelong 72pt Premier
2010 Collingwood 70pt Premier
2011 Collingwood 80pt Grand Final (38pt loss)
Geelong 76pt Premier
Hawthorn 72pt Preliminary Final (3pt loss)
2013 Hawthorn 76pt Premier
Geelong 72pt Preliminary Final (5pt loss)
2018 Richmond 72pt Preliminary Final (39pt loss)
2021 Melbourne 70pt Premier
2022 Geelong 72pt Premier
2023 Collingwood 72pt ?
If history is any guide we'll put ourselves at a minimum in a position to make another grand final.
23 games this season though, so we would be on 68 points by comparison.
It's written in the stars. The mighty pies will play the lions and beat them as payback for 2002/03 with their premiership player as the pies coach. Just like leigh matthews coaching Brisbane to a 3 peat who had coached the pies to the 1990 premiership. Go pies.
I would also love to break that flog Zorko’s peaheartAll the way through the season I've wanted to play the Lions in the Grand Final from a pure romanticism point of view
Buckley leaves Brisbane to go to Collingwood to "play in Grand Finals"
Buckley loses two Grand Finals to Brisbane against McRae
Buckley takes over as coach of Collingwood and loses a Grand Final as coach
McRae comes in and replaces Buckley as Collingwood coach and wins a flag...against Brisbane
Would be an incredible full circle moment lol
I would also love to break that flog Zorko’s peaheart
If anything would it not hamper Melb's intercepting defence?Rain might hamper our game plan?
60% of the time they are correct, every time.The way BOM forecasts is weird. There’s only a 25% chance of the rain range being correct.
1mm is currently the median amount predicted, that’s not a lot at all.
I think we will be a very different proposition on the G with Darcy back. Pendles said it was a bruise free game and again it was a dead rubber for us and a must win for them to secure a home final. They are a dangerous team but I think our best beats them.Imo it's likely to be a Pies vs Lions GF.
Pies vs Melbourne, will be Pies win imo but will be close.
Lions make me nervous and not confident at all to come out on top on GF day.