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Chook

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I want to win the premiership obviously. Anything else this year at this point will be a disappointment.

Having said that, I'd love to see us go 20-0 no matter what happens after that.

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What a horrible thing to think, after all I've had to go through...

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26 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Not sure about the veracity of this data. Where's Essendon in 2000, for example? Should be somewhere in the first column.

 I think it’s a column for teams that didn’t win the flag that year.

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40 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Not sure about the veracity of this data. Where's Essendon in 2000, for example? Should be somewhere in the first column.

Nope, this is a list of undefeated teams who did not win the flag that year.

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6 hours ago, Demonland said:

This list doesn’t include 1956 when we won the first 13 games of the season and won the flag. 

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9 minutes ago, Star of the 80s said:

This list doesn’t include 1956 when we won the first 13 games of the season and won the flag. 

...because the list only shows streaks by teams that did not go on to win the flag that year.

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4 minutes ago, gs77 said:

...because the list only shows streaks by teams that did not go on to win the flag that year.

Thanks for clarifying...

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30 minutes ago, gs77 said:

...because the list only shows streaks by teams that did not go on to win the flag that year.

They can take this years Melbourne entry off it then...

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7 hours ago, Demonland said:

So my take from this is; around 30% of teams who achieve this go on to win the flag!

If you told me at the start of the season we have a 30% chance of winning the Cup at this stage, I would be a bit skeptical.

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BAMF

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I'm enjoying each and every win.

I dont think we are the best team, but i dont think its fully clicked for us yet either.

What I am really enjoying is that this seems to be it. We look like a team who will have a successful run for a number of years.

Sure beats talking to all of you on here about who we are going to take in the draft and how good we will be in 5 years time.

Enjoy it! 

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2 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

I was going to start a topic called "The Streak" but i thought better of it.

Just enjoy the ride everybody.

 

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