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When will Melbourne break these embarrassing records?

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4 hours ago, Demonland said:

Adelaide 1997

Simon Goodwin was playing that day.

Omen?

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His first season I believe. Bowser b4 Bowser

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4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Yeah I think we went 11 of the next 12 wins to go from second last to third by round 15 2006.

  

We did indeed. Started the year 0-3 won the next 5, dropped round 9, then won the following 6 to be at 11-4.

3 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Apparently Melbourne was that awful in 1981 (the year I was born) that the coach at the time, Ron Barassi, wrote an apology letter to all Melbourne Demons members! 😖

I can't find it at the moment. But I know a copy of the letter exists somewhere online. 🤔

It was an awful year SD - we won 1 game, by 1 point.

Don't stress, things will pick up soon, as Ron assures us we're in the market for "some top-name interstate recruits"!

If you look carefully in the top right corner, the number for the changerooms is listed!

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49 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

It was an awful year SD - we won 1 game, by 1 point.

Don't stress, things will pick up soon, as Ron assures us we're in the market for "some top-name interstate recruits"!

If you look carefully in the top right corner, the number for the changerooms is listed!

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Great stuff! A piece of MFC history there.

Ron Barassi was right! But it took 40 years instead of the planned 5! 🤣

Hopefully they had photocopiers back in 1981 otherwise Ron Barassi was signing a lot of letters! 😯

15 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Great stuff! A piece of MFC history there.

Ron Barassi was right! But it took 40 years instead of the planned 5! 🤣

Hopefully they had photocopiers back in 1981 otherwise Ron Barassi was signing a lot of letters! 😯

Maybe not. How many members did we have in those days?


5 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Maybe not. How many members did we have in those days?

Back in 1981?! No idea.

Probably only a few thousand.

I reckon Ron Barassi signed one master copy and the rest were photocopies.

On 8/23/2023 at 12:20 PM, Demonland said:

Surely @Supermercado has this if it still exists online.

Hadn't seen that before @Grapeviney posted, but Ron did put a weird ad in the papers before returning as coach.

Barassi

On that note, I'd love scans of any member comms from the pre-internet era. Alternatively, if you just want to get rid of any old MFC paperwork PM me and I'll take it off your hands!

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On 8/22/2023 at 6:10 PM, Min Xie said:

We might have a chance to break this record一"No team have won a premiership from the 4th since year 2000." 

Sydney had their chance in 2006, but lost to WC by 1 point in GF.

The irony of this loss is that in 2005 they lost the first week and had to play 4 finals but won the big one whereas in 2006 they won the first week and only had to play 3 and lost. 

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Sorry Demonland fam but I have to do it.

Win a Qualifying Final at the MCG

- Last win: 2000 QF vs Carlton (2 games, 2 losses)

12 hours ago, praha said:

Sorry Demonland fam but I have to do it.

Win a Qualifying Final at the MCG

- Last win: 2000 QF vs Carlton (2 games, 2 losses)

But, but….we won a qualifying final at the Adelaide Oval during COVID….


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1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

But, but….we won a qualifying final at the Adelaide Oval during COVID….

yes i remember watching in on the couch in my underwear.

On 8/23/2023 at 5:48 PM, Grapeviney said:

It was an awful year SD - we won 1 game, by 1 point.

Don't stress, things will pick up soon, as Ron assures us we're in the market for "some top-name interstate recruits"!

If you look carefully in the top right corner, the number for the changerooms is listed!

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I was a member then and don't recall ever getting the letter

One more to the list.

Two straight sets in a row , since the new Top 8 system era.

23 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

One more to the list.

Two straight sets in a row , since the new Top 8 system era.

Straight Sets Simon is what all the kids are saying.

Where do we sit on the 'worst kicking year' (behinds to goals) table? Must be close to #1...

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6 hours ago, Demonland said:

4 more flags for the outright lead for the first time. 

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Don't you need to add Essendon to 16 from 2000 ? 

12 hours ago, 58er said:

Don't you need to add Essendon to 16 from 2000 ? 

16 premierships yes and they're in the graphic on 16 from 2000, but they've only won 14 grand finals 😉 Essendon won two premierships without winning a grand final, in 1897 and 1924.

1 hour ago, WheeloRatings said:

16 premierships yes and they're in the graphic on 16 from 2000, but they've only won 14 grand finals 😉 Essendon won two premierships without winning a grand final, in 1897 and 1924.

Who else has done that then ? You can only do what the competition allowed you to do at the time. 

What is the ruling on GF's then? And that other teams have had an easy Flag/s.?

5 minutes ago, 58er said:

Who else has done that then ? You can only do what the competition allowed you to do at the time. 

What is the ruling on GF's then? And that other teams have had an easy Flag/s.?

They're the only two premierships decided without a grand final. They were decided with a round robin (among some other factors), so I wouldn't even say they were easy flags.


On 9/13/2023 at 6:09 PM, praha said:

Sorry Demonland fam but I have to do it.

Win a Qualifying Final at the MCG

- Last win: 2000 QF vs Carlton (2 games, 2 losses)

Whoops I was thinking semi finals. No QF at the G since 2000 is very sad.

Unfortunately we did create the record of being the first team in the history of the current top 8 system to go out in straight sets from top 4 two years in a row. Sad. 
But we did make three consecutive finals series for the first time since 2006?

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We’re not very good at semi finals. 1-4 from the 2002 Adelaide final onwards.

The last time we won a home semi final (ie the higher ranked team) was 1998 V St Kilda.

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Was listening to Brayshaw and Brownless on the radio this arvo.
Brayshaw declaring he's "happy the best 2 teams are in the GF."
"Well apart from Melbourne who I dunno what happened but, sheet the bed."

The boys are tarnishing their legacy big time.
From GF heros to chokers.


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