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1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

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.

Sadly, the players have to take responsibility for the choking. Move on and have a big Pre-Season for 2024.

Fingers crossed we can break the Brownlow Medal drought of 23-24 years now sometime soon.

 
13 hours ago, WheeloRatings said:

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.

Thanks Wheelo. 

  • 1 year later...
 

From a premiership to worst last quarter loss of all time in just a few years. Sadly it looks like we're back to making embarrassing records again!

Not breaking. Back to making.


 
22 minutes ago, Deefensive Language said:

My dad quotes the Essendon game in 92 as the day he mentally checked out. I don't think he's attended a game since the 90s

At 3/4 time I told my son about that game. Now he has his own trauma that will haunt him for the rest of his life as a Melbourne supporter just like I do. This club really brings families together 😂


2 hours ago, Demonland said:

For posterity:

Arguably we own 'first' AND 'second' - a poster elsewhere noted our lead in the 1992 Bombers game stretched to 47 points at the 4 minute mark of the last...

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Arguably we own 'first' AND 'second' - a poster elsewhere noted our lead in the 1992 Bombers game stretched to 47 points at the 4 minute mark of the last...

...however, tempering the awfulness of this new record tonight, it's sort of arbitrary, established between the arbitrary markers, within the whole game, of 3/4 time and full time.

A Reddit poster notes (subject to checking, someone?) that the 'biggest “turnaround” in shortest time might be Sydney vs St Kilda, Rd 7 1994. Saints were down by 41 points with only 9 minutes left on the clock in the final quarter and came out 1 point winners'. The Saints took much longer to melt us this time... We may have the 'biggest' full-final-quarter meltdown but not the 'worst' final-quarter meltdown.

That's as nice as I'm prepared to be tonight.

Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew
Just checked: Margin was 42 points at 9.03 to go before Saints kicked a behind. Indeed, the margin had been 48 points earlier in the quarter. So, I think this 'record' tonight at least deserves an asterisk.

11 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

At 3/4 time I told my son about that game. Now he has his own trauma that will haunt him for the rest of his life as a Melbourne supporter just like I do. This club really brings families together 😂

I've got younger kids and I'm now seriously considering just letting them follow their mother's side.

I don't want them to subject them to this.

  • 2 weeks later...

3 hours ago, mpc said:

Biggest win (83 pts) before sacking a coach - another record?

Yep, why not? The cupboard was thinning out anyway.

I suspect this one - surely true - is a keeper, too.

27 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Can we name a new number. We all hate and use 186. Let’s add 46 to out MFCSS vernacular

2021 is in my vernacular

Edited by Chook

29 minutes ago, Nietaphart said:

Can we name a new number. We all hate and use 186. Let’s add 46 to out MFCSS vernacular

Only if 83 is added, too.


4 hours ago, mpc said:

Biggest win (83 pts) before sacking a coach - another record?

Not even in the top three!

94 points - Alby Pannam (Richmond) in 1955

88 points - Ron Alexander (WCE) in 1988

85 points - Ken Judge (Hawthorn) in 1985

3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Not even in the top three!

94 points - Alby Pannam (Richmond) in 1955

88 points - Ron Alexander (WCE) in 1988

85 points - Ken Judge (Hawthorn) in 1985

I think those 3 might be all end-of-season conclusions to their gigs, and was Judge a resignation rather than a sacking?

A mid-season sacking after a thumping win is probably in a category of its own.

12 hours ago, Nietaphart said:

Can we name a new number. We all hate and use 186. Let’s add 46 to out MFCSS vernacular

46 just doesn't have the same oomph. I don't know why, but 186 is just a perfect number to be shorthand for misery.

 

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