The Race to 17

[mighty_lions]

Yes we won them without any welfare payments and hand outs.

what welfare payments or hand outs do we get? enlighten me

 

[Bagger72]

what welfare payments or hand outs do we get? enlighten me

Third highest welfare queens in the competition + academy fully paid for. Do you want anything else, maybe a premiership or two?

 

[mighty_lions]

Third highest welfare queens in the competition + academy fully paid for. Do you want anything else, maybe a premiership or two?

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we should be getting even more money the amount of money we bring it to the competition, you think your getting all those tv rights $$$ with your little VFL

 

[Bagger72]

we should be getting even more money the amount of money we bring it to the competition, you think your getting all those tv rights $$$ with your little VFL

Well fact of the matter is your Premierships are bought by a governing body. Facts don't lie.

 

[mighty_lions]

Well fact of the matter is your Premierships are bought by a governing body. Facts don't lie.

what facts? you opinion isn't a fact, the distribution is just that, facts are Brisbane Back 2 Back stop making excuses for your pathetic club, notice you didnt complain about father sons, wonder why?

 

[Bagger72]

what facts? you opinion isn't a fact, the distribution is just that, facts are Brisbane Back 2 Back stop making excuses for your pathetic club, notice you didnt complain about father sons, wonder why?

Well the AFL bought you those Premierships. Clear as day.

 

[mighty_lions]

Well the AFL bought you those Premierships. Clear as day.

Back 2 Back baby

 

[Bagger72]

Back 2 Back baby

Whatever makes you happy.

 

[mighty_lions]

Whatever makes you happy.

yes watching premierships this century is exciting, 5 times, the most!

 

[Colonial]

..and GWS was no where to be found.

Of course not.
The VFL was a suburban Victorian comp.

The AFL is a national competition.

Just like the NRL to the NSWRL. Ridiculous counting the premierships as equal to the National equivalents.

 

[RUNVS]

Of course not.
The VFL was a suburban Victorian comp.

The AFL is a national competition.

Just like the NRL to the NSWRL. Ridiculous counting the premierships as equal to the National equivalents.

Yep, but according to some people this teams premiership

is worth the same as a modern day one. I mean they couldn't even decide which way the sash went back then, and those guys look about as fit as the average person who maybe goes to the gym once a fortnight.

 

[RonnieRaven]

It was a different competition - a tougher and purer competition - no handouts were given - no welfare queens. Success was built on the back of people not AFLs discretion and welfare handouts.

Success was built on the back of a beer coaster and Cash was king

 

[RonnieRaven]

Well the AFL bought you those Premierships. Clear as day.

You can’t shame the shameless
They just revel in your pity

 

[Red Bull]

The premier competition in the country changes and evolves every year.
But every year that premier competition crowns its champion team.
The best team in Australia … that never changes and never will …

 

[terrybull]

Restart the count every time a new club is added!

Nah
Reset the count every time there is a rule change.

 

[RonnieRaven]

The premier competition in the country changes and evolves every year.
But every year that premier competition crowns its champion team.
The best team in Australia … that never changes and never will …

does that mean when rooster beat the blues in 72 only the sanfl flag counts?
Port won the Sanfl flag in 63 and SA beat the Vics in state of origin at the MCG so that would count as a port flag?

 

[Red Bull]

does that mean when rooster beat the blues in 72 only the sanfl flag counts?
Port won the Sanfl flag in 63 and SA beat the Vics in state of origin at the MCG so that would count as a port flag?

Blokes having a kick while on footy trips

 

[Pistol Night]

Restart the count every time a new club is added!

This is the 4th time we've done that for you guys now. Its like playing backyard cricket with a 3yo to keep them happy

 

[timokane]

Still got Collingwood first to 17 only 1 away you know.
Still in some window in 2026.
Came 3rd this year as well.
Dont discount it.

 

[Partridge]

the VFL was an entirely different competition to today, only supporters that want to have a big dick competition care, the premierships should be separated into VFL and AFL era from 1987 onwards, no one is pretending they dont exist but suggesting a premiership from 1900 as an AFL premiership is laughable

That's because it was a VFL premiership to begin with. Won by Melbourne. Their first flag out of a current total of 13.

This is the reality, it isn't now - nor ever has been - a national competition. It's an expanded Victorian competition. Founded in 1897 when eight clubs broke away from the VFA. That's when the clock started running. Restarting it at any other point is completely arbitrary, and frequently coincides with a particular club's premiership drought ending and/or excluding a big chunk of no success at all. So there are always going to be quirks - when South got moved interstate, when Brisbane (Bears) and West Coast came in, when Adelaide came in, et cetera. 1990 was a name change and literally nothing else, same teams, same coaches, same players.

So to me 16 is still the most premierships any club has won. I'd love to say we (Geelong) have won more, but 10 it is. It wasn't that long ago we were stuck on 6, so I'm pretty happy to see it increase. All clubs have had droughts - to anyone who had to put up with Carlton and Essendon fans in the mid-90s/early-2000s, if you'd suggested both were about to start longest premiership droughts in their history they wouldn't have believed you. But that's how it goes. It's not like either club (or any club) means for it to happen.

 

[Chief]

This is the 4th time we've done that for you guys now. Its like playing backyard cricket with a 3yo to keep them happy

When was the count ever restarted?

 

[Pistol Night]

When was the count ever restarted?

Can we start it in 1900 until about 1937 and then pick it up again at 1990?

 

[Pistol Night]

what welfare payments or hand outs do we get? enlighten me

Fages' pension not included in the soft cap

 

[SleepingGiant]

VFL counting is laughable.

I don’t count Balmains premierships as NRL premierships.

VFL had 12 teams in it for most of it, I think it counts.

 

[SleepingGiant]

This thread is about a race to 17 and it's filled with interstate flogs with a chip on their shoulder shouting because they know it's a tally they can't win. The "VFL" in the 70's/80's was so far and above any other league at the time it's laughable. Enthralling physical contests, and a very watchable game. The MCG didn't sell out with over 100K people for no reason, for some suburban league . The fact this the AFL is mostly a victorian sport, others have been invited in, and now it's national. If you don't like your lack of legacy, go back to SANFL or WAFL and have fun.

The flags count, your opinions won't change it, and write your own legacy. Brisbane are on track to doing it.