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Tantalising Finals Series

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Who really cares. Footy finished for me after Rd 2.

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    I'll preface this by saying that I don't want to get into a slinging match about NM and to recognise that Kangaroos do well to make finals (and I obviously am not talking about their 90's finals record). I also don't want this to be responded to with a "I wish we had the same problem rah rah" - this is not about the MFC, this is a post about North Melbourne:

    North Melbourne's finals record this millennium is diabolical (if not worse).

    Let's have a look:

    2000

    125 point loss to Essendon

    10 point win over Hawthorn

    50 point loss to Melbourne

    2002

    38 point loss to Melbourne

    2005

    87 point loss to Port Adelaide

    2007

    106 point loss to Geelong

    33 point win over Hawthorn

    87 point loss to Port Adelaide

    2008

    35 point loss to Sydney

    2012

    96 point loss to West Coast

    Total:

    Played 10, Won 2, Lost 8

    Average Winning Margin: 21.5

    Average Losing Margin: 78

    Amazing how the "Shinboner" tag only pops up in the media after a win...

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    ^ Interesting.

    Let's also take a look at Adelaide:

    2001

    68 point loss to Carlton

    2002

    71 point loss to Brisbane

    12 point win over Melbourne

    28 point loss to Collingwood

    2003

    56 point win over West Coast

    42 point loss to Brisbane

    2005

    8 point loss to St Kilda

    83 point win over Port Adelaide

    16 point loss to West Coast

    2006

    30 point win over Fremantle

    10 point loss to West Coast

    2007

    3 point loss to Hawthorn

    2008

    31 point loss to Collingwood

    2009

    96 point win over Essendon

    5 point loss to Collingwood

    2012

    29 point loss to Sydney

    Total

    Played 16, Won 5, Lost 11

    Average Winning margin: 55.4

    Average Losing margin: 28

    Also a perennial finals flop this millennium. When they win, they at least win well, but to have played 16 finals for just the 5 wins isn't fantastic at all.

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