Top of the Ladder?

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29 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

I'm suffering from post coital dysphoria and gender dysphoria for good measure !!!

But hopefully not vertigo!

[Sydney_Demon 1,175]

15 hours ago, Jaded said:

So long as we are on the “right side” of MCG finals it doesn’t matter. If finishing 4th means we end up playing Port in Adelaide, then I rather finish 1st. 

Agreed. Or West Coast in Perth like 2018. Basically, notwithstanding what the Doggies did in 2016, we need to finish Top 4, and above any non-Melbourne clubs so we always play at the MCG (this would be the year the AFL gave Geelong a home finals game).

[Nascent 9,212]

The last time the dees were on top I was a virgin teenager in high school.

Now I'm in my 30's.

[ManDee 7,134]

1 minute ago, Nascent said:

The last time the dees were on top I was a virgin teenager in high school.

Now I'm in my 30's.

Still a virgin and at high school though!

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,750]

Jean Shrimpton hadn't yet turned up to Flemington in a mini-skirt and with bare legs.

[DubDee 25,839]

George W Bush and John Howard were in power

the 4th Harry Potter movie came out

hurricane Katrina hit the US

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,118]

Nathan Jones's debut was more than a year away.

[Nasher 33,613]

Demonland was on the Aimoo platform.

[Emerald 1,744]

I was as high as Melbourne on the ladder.

[Demonland 72,156]

 

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43 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

We've still got Gold Coast's measure.

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

The Essendon drug cheats should be at 0 too, all 6 of those weeks would have been when they were pumped full of performance enhancing drugs.

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

Got this from a Collingwood supporting friend

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54 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

Got this from a Collingwood supporting friend

Um. How is this different from any other time?

[Diamond_Jim 12,568]

Dare I ask when was the last time we were on top for 2 consecutive weeks.

1988 (first half of season) springs to mind but not sure.

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3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dare I ask when was the last time we were on top for 2 consecutive weeks.

 

Now we are truly getting into uncharted waters.

[Dame Gaga 2,453]

On 5/2/2021 at 8:58 PM, Jaded said:

These stats are a sad reminder of both how [censored] we have been and how old I am. So cheers. 

 

On 5/3/2021 at 8:26 AM, Jaded said:

Mate think about all us mid 30s supporters who have not seen us do anything but suck for basically our entire life.

I am genuinely in foreign territory here. 

I have been a member since the 70's so not much joy for me either. I was reminded of my children. Their childhood as football supporters was not fun for them. It was good to see the kids enjoying themselves.?

P.S. Yes I feel old too. 

[Cassiew 1,903]

On 5/2/2021 at 6:29 PM, Swooper1987 said:

Finishing top is overrated.  Last side to win the flag finishing first after the H&A was Hawthorn in 2013.  The next two were from 2nd and 3rd, the Bulldogs in 2016 were 7th after H&A; the only year the Tigers were first was 2018 when they dropped the prelim. The great Brisbane side never finished on top either.  I'll happily take 2nd, 3rd or 4th after round 23.

Put it like this... 
If we finish on top and go out the same way as in 1988 or 2000, we could argue this has been our best season since 1964. The only way we could argue that 2000 was better than 1988 was the we finished higher.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,207]

18 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dare I ask when was the last time we were on top for 2 consecutive weeks.

1988 (first half of season) springs to mind but not sure.

Pretty sure rounds 2 & 3 2005.

https://afltables.com/afl/seas/2005.html#2