I was watching the last quarter of the '63 Grand Final earlier, where in the comments, someone was lamenting this frustrating era for Geelong, where they could only manage 1 flag from 8 successive finals appearances (1962-1969).
In some ways, you could argue that this era was not too dissimilar from '89-'97 & '12-'22. An enormous amount of finals appearances, without a lot of ultimate success.
Needless to say, unlike their home and away efforts, Geelong has been a poor finals performer throughout their history, with a win rate of only 45% (compared to 55% across all games).
A classic example of this is that Geelong has played in the identical number of finals as Essendon (132) for 9 less Grand Finals and 6 less Premierships, and the comparison with Carlton is very similar.
Teams like Richmond, (94) Melbourne (92) and the Hawks (86) have played in a lot less finals than Geelong (132), but have also been far more successful when it counts.
Geelong has won the 4th most games in VFL/AFL history, and has a winning record against all bar Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon, but sadly, have more often than not, failed to capitalise at the business end of the season.
Having said that, Geelong's record once they make the Grand Final is reasonable with 10 wins from 19 starts (excluding the 1897 finals round robin). Their much bigger issue has been converting finals appearances into Grand Final appearances.
In some ways, you could argue that this era was not too dissimilar from '89-'97 & '12-'22. An enormous amount of finals appearances, without a lot of ultimate success.
Needless to say, unlike their home and away efforts, Geelong has been a poor finals performer throughout their history, with a win rate of only 45% (compared to 55% across all games).
A classic example of this is that Geelong has played in the identical number of finals as Essendon (132) for 9 less Grand Finals and 6 less Premierships, and the comparison with Carlton is very similar.
Teams like Richmond, (94) Melbourne (92) and the Hawks (86) have played in a lot less finals than Geelong (132), but have also been far more successful when it counts.
Geelong has won the 4th most games in VFL/AFL history, and has a winning record against all bar Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon, but sadly, have more often than not, failed to capitalise at the business end of the season.
Having said that, Geelong's record once they make the Grand Final is reasonable with 10 wins from 19 starts (excluding the 1897 finals round robin). Their much bigger issue has been converting finals appearances into Grand Final appearances.
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