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Our tale of woe - 2007 to 2015

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This makes interesting read but can show a comparison of the other teams from say bottom 12 this would indicate where we are at this stage compared to other lists including the two new sides eg GWS and Gold Coast

 
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This makes interesting read but can show a comparison of the other teams from say bottom 12 this would indicate where we are at this stage compared to other lists including the two new sides eg GWS and Gold Coast

Compiling our crap scores is/was bad enough, getting motivated to do it for another team going nearly as bad, I don't think I have it in me.

We should be aiming to improve to get in, or just outside the eight.If I were to do a comparision I think it would be a team above us, who are have been finishing just outside the eight for the last few years. I am not sure that will tell us anything we dont already know. And that is, we have been way off the mark.

Perhaps I can do a quick scan of Richmond , Carlton or perhaps St.Kilda as a starting point over the last few years and see their results. GWS might be worth a look at. During the Mark Neeld years,no team would have been as bad as us.As Chris pointed out in his post, I starting tracking it from the Bailey years to Neelds 1st year, for my own benefit and monitor our performances,it got that bad for some reason I lost interest. Now Roo's 2nd year I decided pick up where I left off. This is not what you want to see from your own team. I would much prefer posting us kicking / winning record margins.

If you study the data there are some patterns that have remained consistent. One is our 1st halves have been woeful. Then other stuff like what teams we fail badly in a game, the venues, etc

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