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Since the final eight was introduced, these teams have lost in round one but made the finals

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2006 – (5) Fremantle, Sydney, Collingwood, St Kilda, Melbourne

2005 – (3) Adelaide, St Kilda, Port Adelaide

2004 – (4) Geelong, Melbourne, Sydney, Essendon

2003 – (3) Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Essendon

2002 – (2) Port Adelaide, Collingwood

2001 – (2) Brisbane Lions, Adelaide

2000 – (4) Melbourne, Kangaroos, Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn

1999 – (3) Kangaroos, Carlton, Sydney

1998 – (4) Melbourne, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon

And you can now add 2007 to that list

Maybe everbody can relax a little but now?

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    Good stat YM. Thanks for the reminder.

    But it still doesn't make the tripe that was served up last week any easier to swallow.

    Agreed. If melb wanna become a good team like Sydney, WCE or freo, we cant afford less than perfect games. Sure teams have days they play bad but not a game style which was nothing short of cats [censored]

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    And 3 of them went on to win the premiership.

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    So actually, teams that play finals more often than not win in Round 1, with last year being the exception.

    Yep, great stat Y_M.

    But seriously, if I was a Melbourne supporter, I wouldn't be panicking yet, and not because of the above stats.

    Weren't Melbourne 0-3 after 3 rounds last year, yet went on to play in a semi final?

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    97 (6) - St.Kilda, Geelong, Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane

    96 (1) - Sydney

    95 (0) - all teams that won in Round 1 made the 8

    94 (2) - West Coast, Geelong

    Incidently, a Grand Finalist in almost every year has lost in Round 1 - 94 both GFs lost, 96 Sydney, 97 St.K, 98 Adelaide, 99 Both Carlton and north, 00 Melbourne, 01 Brisbane, 02 Collingwood, 06 Sydney.

    Good stat YM

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    But seriously, if I was a Melbourne supporter, I wouldn't be panicking yet, and not because of the above stats.

    Weren't Melbourne 0-3 after 3 rounds last year, yet went on to play in a semi final?

    True, but of those three games only one was that we should have won and none of them were at the G. Round 1 was against the blues and for some reason they always win the first round, round 2 saw us come up against the Bulldogs at their peak of the year, and the last one was against Adelaide at Carrara and we were robbed of at least a draw.

    I'm certainly not panicking, but it makes our job harder later in the year.

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    As long as we dont drop 3 straight like last year, i will be happy enough.

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    2006 – (5) Fremantle, Sydney, Collingwood, St Kilda, Melbourne

    2005 – (3) Adelaide, St Kilda, Port Adelaide

    2004 – (4) Geelong, Melbourne, Sydney, Essendon

    2003 – (3) Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Essendon

    2002 – (2) Port Adelaide, Collingwood

    2001 – (2) Brisbane Lions, Adelaide

    2000 – (4) Melbourne, Kangaroos, Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn

    1999 – (3) Kangaroos, Carlton, Sydney

    1998 – (4) Melbourne, Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon

    And you can now add 2007 to that list

    Maybe everbody can relax a little but now?

    I'm still worried. You could just as well consider and compare round 11 in isolation. It isn't the fact that they lost but rather how they lost . The same "dumb footy" both sides of the main break. What happened at half time? Anything? I saw a woman grab her two daughters at the 11 minute mark of the third and storm out. A good call as it turned out.

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