What was the worst AFL Finals series ever?

[BigVic]

Outside of 2020 and 2021 what do you think was the worst AFL finals series ever?

2017 was a bad one. Every match was a blowout with the only close final being at Adelaide Oval when West Coast won over Port Adelaide in an extra time thriller which was the one match decided by under a goal. The WCE vs GWS semi was the lowest-attended finals match ever too and both prelims were blowouts.

 

[adammania9]

2015 had two really good elimination finals, everything else was forgettable

 

[ep2018]

2017. Every final was a blowout except Port/Eagles.

 

[Handsuper47]

I'd probably say 2000 because it was just Essendon then everyone else

 

[The 747]

2023, 2010, 1990.

 

[Lsta062]

2017. Great for the winners, but boring for neutrals other than the Port Adelaide vs West Coast Elimination Final

 

[GWT6]

2023 - the ultimate Bradbury premiership.

If Maynard hadn't taken out Brashaw with that cowardly act Collingwood would have lost first week, but they just fell over the line.

Without the weak act Collingwood's best case is playing Brisbane in Brisbane to make the GF, which they loose.

The entire finals series was tainted by a dog act and the AFL wanting Collingwood to win the GF, and they still just fell over the line.

 

[BigVic]

Looks like 2024 is added here. Geelong Bradbury'ing to another premiership with the Grand Final at the MCG.

Also Geelong, Sydney and Hawthorn back in it again isn't good for footy

 

[Orange Agent]

Obviously every finals series without Collingwood's participation.

Am I doing it right?

 

[adammania9]

Close finals are only bad when Collingwood win them

 

[Osho]

2023, 2010, 1990.

Ha!

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Looks like 2024 is added here. Geelong Bradbury'ing to another premiership with the Grand Final at the MCG.

Also Geelong, Sydney and Hawthorn back in it again isn't good for footy

Could be another of your shit (not) amazing coincidences.

 

[Eternal Schism]

2017 was terrible.

2003 was bad too, two decent finals in the first week, but the rest were really lopsided affairs, plus a fizzer grand final drubbing.

Looks like 2024 is added here. Geelong Bradbury'ing to another premiership with the Grand Final at the MCG.

Also Geelong, Sydney and Hawthorn back in it again isn't good for footy

Only if Port lose tomorrow. If they win, Geelong will have to win at least one away interstate final, which instantly disqualifies any "bradbury" claim.

 

[MJG14]

Looks like 2024 is added here. Geelong Bradbury'ing to another premiership with the Grand Final at the MCG.

Also Geelong, Sydney and Hawthorn back in it again isn't good for footy

Pretty impressive to judge how good a finals series is before it's even started.

 

[STPer18]

Looks like 2024 is added here. Geelong Bradbury'ing to another premiership with the Grand Final at the MCG.

Also Geelong, Sydney and Hawthorn back in it again isn't good for footy

Winning 16 on the trot is a Bradbury these days? What does that make Collingwood's 2023 where they rarely had to leave their safe space all year?

 

[Cleansweep17]

2023

Pretty much every finals series had a great story or great games except for that.

 

[Purple Suit]

2023, 2010, 1990.

Yep, 1990 was the worst with a drawn prelim that pushed out the GF a week. If Suma could kick it wouldn’t have happened.

I liked the drawn GF for the novelty but a drawn final holding everything up is just an amateur competition without foresight.

 

[My Tilly]

2017-2020 was a weak period.

 

[BigVic]

2017-2020 was a weak period.

First years of the pre-finals bye resulted in one-sided encounters during the finals series

 

[Stax on the mill]

2023 - the ultimate Bradbury premiership.

If Maynard hadn't taken out Brashaw with that cowardly act Collingwood would have lost first week, but they just fell over the line.

Without the weak act Collingwood's best case is playing Brisbane in Brisbane to make the GF, which they loose.

The entire finals series was tainted by a dog act and the AFL wanting Collingwood to win the GF, and they still just fell over the line.

 

[kaiserchief13]

2017 was terrible.

2003 was bad too, two decent finals in the first week, but the rest were really lopsided affairs, plus a fizzer grand final drubbing.





Only if Port lose tomorrow. If they win, Geelong will have to win at least one away interstate final, which instantly disqualifies any "bradbury" claim.

If Geelong make the grand final against Sydney (or Port/GWS - whoever finishes above them) and wins, it's another undeserved home ground victory

 

[Handsuper47]

2017-2020 was a weak period.

sure was, it had Geelong finishing in the top four three times then collapsing every time the finals came around, the spot should have gone to a team that actually knew how to compete

 

[My Tilly]

sure was, it had Geelong finishing in the top four three times then collapsing every time the finals came around, the spot should have gone to a team that actually knew how to compete

Nah the fact a team like Adelaide were able to make it through to a grand final says it all.
2020 will forever be amateur hour with the shortened quarters and 5 less weeks of footy played.

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

2003 always springs to mind, wall to wall blowouts and the most anti-climatic grand final ever, and as a music nerd seeing the Australia idol finalists as the half-time grand final entertainment was also a true low point.

 

[emuboy]

2017 without doubt, an abysmal finals series to end an abysmal season filled with low-standard dismal games.