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How about a 4 pronged trade result that went a long way towards helping the team win a premiership ... and maybe another flag or 2 as a result

With astute trading that covered a number of seasons we converted  Hogan, Watts & Tyson into Sparrow, Ben Brown, May & Fritsch

In the Hogan trade we received pick 23 (Sparrow) and pick 6 (May) We also gave up pick 65 (a negligible pick)

For Watts we received pick 31 (used on Fritsch ... still only 25 years old with 6 goals in a GF)

And for Tyson we received Preuss in exchange ... we later traded Preuss for a 2nd round draft pick.  And in that same trade period we acquired Ben Brown for a 2nd round draft pick (around about the same pick number as what we received for Preuss)

And that's apart from trading and nailing all sorts of other picks from the 2012 off season onwards

The net result is something that we can rightfully be quite proud of

Probably one of the best rebuilds on record ... especially when we consider where we started off - ground zero?

 

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    8 hours ago, Nascent said:

    On an individual bases we have a few record holders.

    Most hit outs in a season: Max Gawn - 1119 with an average of 44.76 per game. Season 2018.

    Most contested possession in a season: Clayton Oliver - 435 with an average of 17.4 per game. Season 2021

    Most handballs in a season: Clayton Oliver - 482 with an average of 21.91. Season 2017.

    Most possessions in a grand final - 39 Christian Pertracca (equal with Simon Black)

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    6 hours ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    How often a club wins the flag when they make the Grand Final:

    Melbourne 72%

    Hawthorn 68%

    Adelaide 66%

    Lions 65%

    WCE 57%

    Carlton 55%

    Essendon 53%

    Richmond 52%

    Bulldogs 50%

    Port 50%

    Geelong 47%

    North 44%

    Collingwood 36%

    Swans 29%

    Saints 14%

    Freo 0%

    GWS 0%

    Suns LOL

     

    Sorry to be a Negative Nelly on the above, but in my life time that stat is at 33% for us which puts us down towards the bottom of the list.  The two losses were bloody abominable as well and as good a win as 2021 was, we'd still be well under 100% aggregate points for and against in GFs post 1964.

    Need to keep moving forward get that %W/L record since 1964 looking as impressive as our all time GF %.  There's a new target to aim for.

    To end on something of a +'ve, we have the best AFL GF record ever at Perth stadium or whatever the non corporate name is for that ground over there.

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    8 hours ago, Dee man said:

    By the end of 2027, it'll be 23 from 24 (96%).

    That’s great. And if we keep it up until 2030, we should pass 100% 😀

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    Daisy - AFLW Captain for a 4th time😀. Hope they win on Saturday and that she stays with the Dees as a Coach if she decides to retire  

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    Our first interstate finals win.

     

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    9 hours ago, Macca said:

     

    The net result is something that we can rightfully be quite proud of

    Probably one of the best rebuilds on record ... especially when we consider where we started off - ground zero?

     

    We were much lower than that. Down in Hades (which, some might argue is the natural home of Demons)

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    12 hours ago, Chook said:

    Which club(s) in other countries have had this record?

    Educated guess would be no professional clubs would have accomplished this feat.

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    3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Only club to win two hat-tricks of flags

    1939-1940-1941

    1955-1956-1957

    Would be great to make it a 3rd 😜

    That would be Deelightful.

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    9 hours ago, Macca said:

    How about a 4 pronged trade result that went a long way towards helping the team win a premiership ... and maybe another flag or 2 as a result

    With astute trading that covered a number of seasons we converted  Hogan, Watts & Tyson into Sparrow, Ben Brown, May & Fritsch

    In the Hogan trade we received pick 23 (Sparrow) and pick 6 (May) We also gave up pick 65 (a negligible pick)

    For Watts we received pick 31 (used on Fritsch ... still only 25 years old with 6 goals in a GF)

    And for Tyson we received Preuss in exchange ... we later traded Preuss for a 2nd round draft pick.  And in that same trade period we acquired Ben Brown for a 2nd round draft pick (around about the same pick number as what we received for Preuss)

    And that's apart from trading and nailing all sorts of other picks from the 2012 off season onwards

    The net result is something that we can rightfully be quite proud of

    Probably one of the best rebuilds on record ... especially when we consider where we started off - ground zero?

     

    Some of the best trading ever seen and ever likely to be seen in this country, could go down in folklore.

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    Also the first time we have kept a team goalless in a half since 1994

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    On 4/6/2022 at 10:05 PM, radar said:

    Clyde Laidlaw - most Premierships (4) for least number of games (124)

     

    *min 100 games to remove anomalies like Richmond  guy in 1920s 1 game/1 flag

    Clyde Laidlaw also has the all-time league highest game winning percentage for players who’ve played over 100 games (81.05). 
    If any of the current mob threaten that, then happy days for us all!

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    On 4/6/2022 at 2:47 PM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I think this thread about embarrassing records has reached its use by date. Time for something more positive. What records do we now hold that are ones we can be proud of? 

    Jake Bowey tops the list of players who never played in a loss with 10. The next best, held be a few people is 9.

    Is the 12 goals in a row the best ever in a Grand Final?

    Has any team ever kicked three goals in less than a minute of game time?

    Please add to the list. Let's enjoy our true magnificence! 

    Jake Bowey now holds the record with 11.

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    On 4/6/2022 at 8:41 PM, Little Goffy said:

    Time for a random bag of individual statsl

    Clayton Oliver; most handballs in a season with 482 in 2017. Incredibly, that count still stands despite being against players who had the extra games from finals.

    Oliver claimed the most contested possessions in a season in 2021.

    He is currently chasing most clearances/season, with his current 9/game behind only Brett Ratten's astonishing 265 total in 1999.

    It has already been noted that Gawn holds the 'most hitouts in a season', with 1119 in 2018.

    Chasing;

    Steven May is currently on 8 rebound-50s a game, which is on target for the most ever, while he is also a fraction shy of the pace for most one percenters.

    Christian Petracca is currently well ahead of the pace for inside-50s/season, with more than ten a game chasing Dangerfield's 194 total.

    Oliver and Petracca are 1 and 2 for clangers in a seasons, which is the champion's stat given Franklin, Martin and Bontempelli are all in the top echelon.

    Alex Neal-Bullen is going at 2 goal assists per game, chasing Jason Akermanis' 44 total in 2004.

    Unicorn watch:

    I'm convinced that Luke Jackson will become the first player to record every possible stat in a single game. 🦄

    Isn't that Brett Ratten season clearances stat about 100 in front of second as well? It looks like a typo when you look it up.

    I believe Jake Lever had the most intercept marks in a season last year and therefore highest average (over 10/game?)

    Unicorn watch - This excites me, where is the best place to see every recorded statistic?

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    Since 2001 only 6 out of 22 reigning premiers have started 4-0 (including us):

    Melbourne 4-0 2022*
    Hawthorn 4-0 2014
    Collingwood 6-0 2011
    Geelong 8-0 2008
    West coast 6-0 2007
    Brisbane 4-0 2002 

    If we win next week we join only 3 other premiership teams beyond 4-0

    Collingwood 6-0 2011
    Geelong 8-0 2008
    West coast 6-0 2007

    Ominously none of those teams won premierships, two made the GF one the SF (WC 2007). Nonetheless we’re in extremely rare air!
     

    For all the upset around how we’re playing in the post-game thread it’s worth remembering premierships are rarely won by teams flying in the first 6 rounds, what we did last year is an anomaly. You can’t win a premiership in the first four, but you can lose your shot at it (see Port, Essendon and co).

    Lets track this record, hopefully we join rare air next week at 5-0 and then we can try to tick off towards the modern record of 8-0 (from a cats team most consider one of the greatest of all time!). 
    Incredible work from our Dees!!!

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    The 2000 and teens were the first decade with no wooden spoons since the 1940’s

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    Last time we conceded 100 points in a game. Round16, 2019 against Carlton which we won anyway. 53 games since without conceding a 100 points.

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    On 4/6/2022 at 2:02 PM, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    How often a club wins the flag when they make the Grand Final:

    Melbourne 72%

    Hawthorn 68%

    Adelaide 66%

    Lions 65%

    WCE 57%

    Carlton 55%

    Essendon 53%

    Richmond 52%

    Bulldogs 50%

    Port 50%

    Geelong 47%

    North 44%

    Collingwood 36%

    Swans 29%

    Saints 14%

    Freo 0%

    GWS 0%

    Suns LOL

     

    I like that one!

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    59 minutes ago, Cassiew said:

    The 2000 and teens were the first decade with no wooden spoons since the 1940’s

    We were bottom in 08.

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    59 minutes ago, Cassiew said:

    The 2000 and teens were the first decade with no wooden spoons since the 1940’s

    2008 and 9?

    After that we were saved by suns and giants

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