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2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Haven't beaten the Dogs in a Grand Final on the MCG, either.

Excellent embarrasing record.

Would love nothing more than to break that record this year.

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    Richmond game - early 90s we beat Pies and Dons in a row. Not sure that was their GF year, but both were flying like us. 
     

    Nek minit   - Swans in Sydney, lost 22 straight. Game Osborne convulsed onfield. 
     

    Don’t  disbelieve my MFCSS

    Now I think of a Viney foot tap to Jackson  or a Harmes pass to Fritta or a TMac goal  

     

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    2 hours ago, mauriesy said:

    Most of those are borderline ridiculous and beyond my caring. Not like 57 years.

    Not beating North Melbourne at least once at Marvel in the stadium's 21 year existence not raise your eyebrow?

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    3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

     

    11) Have never beaten North at Marvel

     

    This one is crazy, but also has a lot to do with not playing Norf at Marvel in the last few years.

    We went through a good decade where we couldn't buy a win there, and now we rarely lose in that hole of a ground. 

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    2 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    I don’t think we wanted to, but we were in the habit of falling in a heap. It was certainly our wont. 

    Well covered, FD 😄

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    3 hours ago, mauriesy said:

    Most of those are borderline ridiculous and beyond my caring.

    You've obviously never been teased by a Sydney supporter over the fact that we haven't beaten them on a Sunday at the MCG since 2001.

    My non-MFC  mates rib me about that one all the time, and they're not going to stop regardless of how many flags we win. 

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    6 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

    You've obviously never been teased by a Sydney supporter over the fact that we haven't beaten them on a Sunday at the MCG since 2001.

    My non-MFC  mates rib me about that one all the time, and they're not going to stop regardless of how many flags we win. 

    I cop it continually from my work colleagues that we’ve never beaten Hawthorn in the 4:35pm time slot.

    Maybe this year might finally be that year.

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    35 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    This one is crazy, but also has a lot to do with not playing Norf at Marvel in the last few years.

    We went through a good decade where we couldn't buy a win there, and now we rarely lose in that hole of a ground. 

    Getting shunted yearly across the Tasman definitely has not helped that record.

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    Just now, Demonland said:

    I'm taking it one week at a time. 😜

    In the past decade I think we've only had 2 home games against the bombers.

     

    From 2006-2021 we’ve hosted Essendon twice. 2010 and 2019 were those years.

    The reason doesn’t make sense but I recall about 5-10 years ago an MCC spokesman confirmed on radio that the MCC requested to the AFL that Melbourne plays away games to Essendon and Carlton at the MCG and therefore increasing the chances we’d miss out on home games against those 2 clubs.

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    4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Getting shunted yearly across the Tasman definitely has not helped that record.

    They've got us playing in New Zealand?  :D

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    9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    From 2006-2021 we’ve hosted Essendon twice. 2010 and 2019 were those years.

    The reason doesn’t make sense but I recall about 5-10 years ago an MCC spokesman confirmed on radio that the MCC requested to the AFL that Melbourne plays away games to Essendon and Carlton at the MCG and therefore increasing the chances we’d miss out on home games against those 2 clubs.

    That makes no sense considering we would want home games occasionally against those teams for the gate takings.

    It's not as if it saves us from having to play 6 games interstate a year.

    I always assume we played Essendon as the away team because they never (or rarely) forced Essendon to don their away guernsey and it was easier to shaft us and make us play in the Bali tops.

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    We haven't won a granny at the MGC for 58 years. Reckon 2022 is the year to right that wrong

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    4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Just a few obvious ones that come to mind:

    1) Haven't beaten Adelaide in Adelaide on a Saturday since 2017. Nor a Sunday since 1996.

    2) Haven't beaten Brisbane on a Friday night in QLD since the Bears inception in 1987.

    3) Haven't beaten Carlton in a home MCG game on a Saturday since 1997.

    4) Haven't beaten Collingwood on an MCG Q'Bday game since 2017

    5) Haven't beat Essendon in a home game since 2010

    6) Haven't beaten Freo in WA since 2004

    7) Haven't beaten GWS at the MCG since 2018

    8) Haven't beaten Gold Coast on a Sunday game since 2018

    9) Haven't beaten Geelong in Geelong on a Saturday in a non COVID affected year since 2005

    10) Have never beaten Hawthorn in a Saturday or Sunday twilight game.

    11) Have never beaten North at Marvel

    12) Haven't beaten Port in consecutive attempts  in Adelaide.

    13) Haven't beaten Richmond in an away game since 2015

    14) Haven't beaten St Kilda at the MCG since 2017. Have never beaten them at the MCG in the 1:10pm slot.

    15) Haven't beaten Sydney on a Sunday at the MCG since 2001

    16) Haven't beaten West Coast on a traditional Fri/Sat/Sun game in Perth since 2017

    17) Have never beaten the Dogs on a Friday night at the MCG.

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    20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    That makes no sense considering we would want home games occasionally against those teams for the gate takings.

    It's not as if it saves us from having to play 6 games interstate a year.

    I always assume we played Essendon as the away team because they never (or rarely) forced Essendon to don their away guernsey and it was easier to shaft us and make us play in the Bali tops.

    It was the Melbourne Cricket Club, not us as a club that requested that Melbourne plays Essendon as an away game at the MCG.

    Apparently the MCC also compiles and lodges a fixture request list with the AFL.

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    I think the one embarrassment we will struggle with from now on is beating West Coast in a lightning interfered match.

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    6 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    From 2006-2021 we’ve hosted Essendon twice. 2010 and 2019 were those years.

    The reason doesn’t make sense but I recall about 5-10 years ago an MCC spokesman confirmed on radio that the MCC requested to the AFL that Melbourne plays away games to Essendon and Carlton at the MCG and therefore increasing the chances we’d miss out on home games against those 2 clubs.

    I remember an AFL or MFC person also saying a number of years ago that we get Essendon away because we get Collingwood home each year. Now that we share the gate with Collingwood and Richmond it's more likely we'll get Carlton/Essendon home games every other year.

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    16 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Just a few obvious ones that come to mind:

    1) Haven't beaten Adelaide in Adelaide on a Saturday since 2017. Nor a Sunday since 1996.

    2) Haven't beaten Brisbane on a Friday night in QLD since the Bears inception in 1987.

    3) Haven't beaten Carlton in a home MCG game on a Saturday since 1997.

    4) Haven't beaten Collingwood on an MCG Q'Bday game since 2017

    5) Haven't beat Essendon in a home game since 2010

    6) Haven't beaten Freo in WA since 2004

    7) Haven't beaten GWS at the MCG since 2018

    8) Haven't beaten Gold Coast on a Sunday game since 2018

    9) Haven't beaten Geelong in Geelong on a Saturday in a non COVID affected year since 2005

    10) Have never beaten Hawthorn in a Saturday or Sunday twilight game.

    11) Have never beaten North at Marvel

    12) Haven't beaten Port in consecutive attempts  in Adelaide.

    13) Haven't beaten Richmond in an away game since 2015

    14) Haven't beaten St Kilda at the MCG since 2017. Have never beaten them at the MCG in the 1:10pm slot.

    15) Haven't beaten Sydney on a Sunday at the MCG since 2001

    16) Haven't beaten West Coast on a traditional Fri/Sat/Sun game in Perth since 2017

    17) Have never beaten the Dogs on a Friday night at the MCG.

    That's crazy talk, the only one that stands out that annoys the [censored] out of me is the North at Marvel.

    Wouldn't mind beating Port twice in a row in Adelaide to really stick it right up em for the years of torment.

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    12 hours ago, BDA said:

    We haven't won a granny at the MGC for 58 years. Reckon 2022 is the year to right that wrong

    Have to win one on the G for sure. Would be front and center of the players minds.

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    Haven't been able to buy a Chico Roll at a Melbourne game since about 1979.

     

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    1 hour ago, Deepfreeze said:

    Haven't been able to buy a Chico Roll at a Melbourne game since about 1979.

     

    They've been banned by the EPA.

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    1 hour ago, Deepfreeze said:

    Haven't been able to buy a Chico Roll at a Melbourne game since about 1979.

     

    Do Chico rolls still exist? Or have they gone the way of other fine delicacies like the Polly Waffle?

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    We haven't won a final in consecutive years since 1990/91 - that would be a nice one to tick off this year.

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