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On 5/21/2018 at 9:39 AM, Petraccattack said:

The Melbourne Football Club has never scored 200 points in a game in its history.  Our highest score is just 182, achieved twice.  We were 23 shy of equaling that yesterday.    I am pretty sure every club from the VFL has scored 200+ in a game,  including Sydney and the Brisbane Bears.  Fitzroy have done it too I think.

This current crop of talent we have coming through might get us our first ever 200 point game.  The firepower is there.

It will be a magical day when we can tick that one off.

 

Tomorrow.

Buckle up.

 

Another record I'd like to see broken, is that we haven't had a single player kick more than 50 or more goals in a season since Brad Green in 2010 - the equal longest in the comp with Brissy. Even Carlton (Andrew Walker 2011) and Freo (Pav 2012) has managed it. If we take it up to 60 goals then we go back to Neita in 2006. 

Hoges is on track at the moment and we've got a few others who might even get close.

7 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Tomorrow.

Buckle up.

187 would be nice. (margin i mean)

  • 3 weeks later...
 

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-18/match-preview-port-adelaide-v-melbourne

4. The teams have played three times at Adelaide Oval with two wins to the Power. Not in Melbourne's favour is they've never won an interstate Friday night match, with eight losses from eight games since 1991.

Another one to hopefully break on Friday!!

4 minutes ago, Stinger said:

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-18/match-preview-port-adelaide-v-melbourne

4. The teams have played three times at Adelaide Oval with two wins to the Power. Not in Melbourne's favour is they've never won an interstate Friday night match, with eight losses from eight games since 1991.

Another one to hopefully break on Friday!!

Wow, pretty desperate for them to trawl back to 1991, 27 years ago, unsure how it's not in our favour!


8 minutes ago, Stinger said:

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-18/match-preview-port-adelaide-v-melbourne

4. The teams have played three times at Adelaide Oval with two wins to the Power. Not in Melbourne's favour is they've never won an interstate Friday night match, with eight losses from eight games since 1991.

Another one to hopefully break on Friday!!

8 games on a Friday night since 1991? 

1 hour ago, Stinger said:

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-18/match-preview-port-adelaide-v-melbourne

4. The teams have played three times at Adelaide Oval with two wins to the Power. Not in Melbourne's favour is they've never won an interstate Friday night match, with eight losses from eight games since 1991.

Another one to hopefully break on Friday!!

When was the last time we played an interstate game on a Friday night?

The most recent one I can think of was against Sydney in 2003 on Anzac Day when we blew a 20 point three qtr time lead and then conceded 10 last qtr goals. 

 
1 hour ago, SFebey said:

Wow, pretty desperate for them to trawl back to 1991, 27 years ago, unsure how it's not in our favour!

That's a useless stat IMO.

We beat Port on a Saturday night over there in 2016. I guess if that game was on a Friday night we would've lost.

15 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

When was the last time we played an interstate game on a Friday night?

The most recent one I can think of was against Sydney in 2003 on Anzac Day when we blew a 20 point three qtr time lead and then conceded 10 last qtr goals. 

Adelaide 2014? Was that a friday night...


2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Adelaide 2014? Was that a friday night...

If you're referring to that amazing 3 point win over Adelaide in Roosy's first year, that was a Saturday twilight.

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

When was the last time we played an interstate game on a Friday night?

The most recent one I can think of was against Sydney in 2003 on Anzac Day when we blew a 20 point three qtr time lead and then conceded 10 last qtr goals. 

The final against Fremantle in 2006 was played on a Friday night.

Other than that, you're right, we haven't played an interstate Friday night game since that 2003 game.

56 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If you're referring to that amazing 3 point win over Adelaide in Roosy's first year, that was a Saturday twilight.

That’s the one. Deserved Friday status

Bruce would have died!!!

17 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

The final against Fremantle in 2006 was played on a Friday night.

Other than that, you're right, we haven't played an interstate Friday night game since that 2003 game.

Yeah thanks for that. Good memory or research by you.

Was only focusing on Friday night home and away games and that final slipped my mind.

  • 1 month later...

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Last time we beat Sydney? 2010?

Correct. Two 8 goal quarters in that game. Q1 8.2 and Q3 8.4

July 25, 2010

@MCG in front of a crowd of 29,374

Melb 22.10.142

Syd 10.9.69

B Green 5 goals, Sylvia BOG with 28 disposals.

 

Followed it up with a draw in R1, 2011 then 6 straight losses by 101 points, 31, 31, 38, 55 and last year a 35 point loss.

15 minutes ago, MSFebey said:

Correct. Two 8 goal quarters in that game. Q1 8.2 and Q3 8.4

July 25, 2010

@MCG in front of a crowd of 29,374

Melb 22.10.142

Syd 10.9.69

B Green 5 goals, Sylvia BOG with 28 disposals.

 

Followed it up with a draw in R1, 2011 then 6 straight losses by 101 points, 31, 31, 38, 55 and last year a 35 point loss.

I'd be satisfied with that scoreline.

1 hour ago, MSFebey said:

Correct. Two 8 goal quarters in that game. Q1 8.2 and Q3 8.4

July 25, 2010

@MCG in front of a crowd of 29,374

Melb 22.10.142

Syd 10.9.69

B Green 5 goals, Sylvia BOG with 28 disposals.

 

Followed it up with a draw in R1, 2011 then 6 straight losses by 101 points, 31, 31, 38, 55 and last year a 35 point loss.

Is Sylvia available?


It's time we replaced this thread with a positive one: "Records: Oldies but Goodies Being Superseded". I know that actually seems like a headline from when iTunes first came on the market but I love hearing about how this modern team is making its own positive statement. For example, yesterday's first quarter score was our highest Q1 since ??? (I can't remember. Was it 1972?); When was the last time, if ever, we beat opponents by more than 90 points three times in a single season? etc  

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1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

It's time we replaced this thread with a positive one: "Records: Oldies but Goodies Being Superseded". I know that actually seems like a headline from when iTunes first came on the market but I love hearing about how this modern team is making its own positive statement. For example, yesterday's first quarter score was our highest Q1 since ??? (I can't remember. Was it 1972?); When was the last time, if ever, we beat opponents by more than 90 points three times in a single season? etc  

Feel free to start a new thread about records we break. I like the idea.

This one however stays until all of our past demons are erased. Pun intended.

 

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