No club has ever started a season 0-3 and finished top 4 in the 18-team era

[Freomaniac]

In 2017 we started 0-6 and finished 6th.

Starting losses/x = ladder position/x
X = 2
∆ Swans started 0-3 and finished 3rd

Check mate atheists.

I remember that 2017 season.

Swans 2 losses after round 7 until finals were hawks. Both 6 point losses too.

 

[My Tilly]

Crows won't make finals.
Too many teams have improved in the meantime. St Kilda, Geelong, Fremantle, GWS, Sydney, Carlton, Port Adelaide, Gold Coast.

Melbourne look the same side as last year and will make finals again.

Western Bulldogs, Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane . . . . they haven't improved at all. They look worse and some will be sitting 0-2 & 0-3.

 

[Roobs321]

West Coast had a dodgy start in early 1992, when they were 2-1-3 after seven rounds.

Some of our worst 90s form came in the first several weeks of '92, still outside the top 6 in Rnd10, and entered finals in 4th.

R1 - Bye
R2 - lose to Sydney by 3
R3 - beat Saints by 33
R4 - lose to Geelong by 24 (at home, conceded 95pts in 1st half)
R5 - draw Brisbane (first time they hadn't lost to us)
R6 - beat Tigers by 1
R7 - lose to Roys by 20

So by end R7, we'd almost failed to beat any of the bottom 4 from '91. West Coast won just as many games (21) in '91 as they did, combined!

We are failing to win in places like the SCG, Carrara, North Hobart. i.e. places that Vic teams would have to travel to as well.

 

[JackOutback]

Several teams are staring down the barrel of an 0-3 start right now. Collingwood are already there, Richmond will likely get there later today with a probable loss to Port, Brisbane will get there if they lose to Collingwood on Thursday night, the 0-2 Crows have a daunting trip to Perth to face the undefeated Dockers next week and could end up 0-3, North will most likely end up 0-3 as they are facing Carton next week and one of West Coast or the Bulldogs will probably get there too considering they face each other next week.

It's entirely possible that six teams will start the 2024 season 0-3.

You’re making an assumption that the Eagles will lose to GWS today.

 

[Freomaniac]

The Lions, Tigers and the Pies all started the 2024 season with a record of 0-3. The Crows, Roos, Hawks and Eagles may all follow suit this weekend. Would be pretty crazy to have seven teams starting the season 0-3.

I really hope no side goes 0-10

 

[FreoGirl]

That’s bad news for Adelaide…