Records we can be proud of

[whatwhat say what 23,426]

i presume @Cassiew meant 2010-19 inclusive?

(and still rolling on not being bottom since 2009)

[Demon Disciple 12,452]

Don’t know about records, but I’m pretty damn proud of this team we’ve got rolling at the minute. 

[Cassiew 1,903]

5 hours ago, Kozzie4PM said:

We were bottom in 08.

I meant the 2011’s but if I write that everyone would think I meant 2011, the year 😁

[Cassiew 1,903]

4 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

i presume @Cassiew meant 2010-19 inclusive?

(and still rolling on not being bottom since 2009)

That is correct 

[Cassiew 1,903]

5 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

2008 and 9?

After that we were saved by suns and giants

2010/2019

Edited April 8, 2022 by Cassiew

[Cards13 9,117]

If we win today I assume it will be a record for the closest days between premierships for an AFL club?

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,962]

9 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

If we win today I assume it will be a record for the closest days between premierships for an AFL club?

I would certainly be an achievement with respects to men's & women's double, but in a more general sense, surely there are teams have also won a reserves and/U19 premership  together with a seniors premership at some stage when those teams were still being feilded? 

[Dee Zephyr 19,269]

Fritsch’s 6 is the most goals in a GF this century, can we include this?

[Demonstone 23,338]

It's the most goals in a GF this millennium, which sounds even more impressive!

[Demon Disciple 12,452]

The most dominant 1.5 quarters in GF history.

[radar 1,865]

1 minute ago, Demon Disciple said:

The most dominant 1.5 quarters in GF history.

Yeah

We’re 4-0 with long faces cos we’re not kicking 16 goals in 40 minutes each week 😅

[radar 1,865]

On 4/6/2022 at 9:57 PM, 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?

 

Scum got entire Daniher dynasty for Neville Fields

[Demon Disciple 12,452]

1 hour ago, radar said:

Yeah

We’re 4-0 with long faces cos we’re not kicking 16 goals in 40 minutes each week 😅

I know. Lift your game Dees.

[Macca 17,113]

1 hour ago, radar said:

Scum got entire Daniher dynasty for Neville Fields

That's right up there in the 'best-of' trade results, radar

But us trading up to get Oliver and the 'Strategic planning' to acquire Jackson were masterstrokes ... those off-season surgeries sure paid off leading into the 2019 season

Trading up to get Bowey is another ... who is to say that he doesn't become a premier on-baller later on?  Did he not spend his junior days as a midfielder?

[whatwhat say what 23,426]

1 hour ago, radar said:

Scum got entire Daniher dynasty for Neville Fields

north melbourne paid sydney swans $10,000 for the rights to wayne carey

Edited April 9, 2022 by whatwhat say what

[radar 1,865]

For years we seemed to be trading away “next year’s first round pic” for instant gratification. 
Those guys know their stuff. 

[Dr. Gonzo 24,443]

22 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

north melbourne paid sydney swans $10,000 for the rights to wayne carey

And Longmire?

Don't know the exact deal but Essendon destroyed Freo in trades when they first entered the comp. Git Lloyd and Lucas for Ridley (who?) or something like that.

We also got Farmer for Phil Gilbert from memory and Adelaide also got Andrew McLeod. No wonder Freo stunk for so long.

[Cassiew 1,903]

Luckily we made the finals in 2018 or it would have been the first decade since the 70’s where we failed to play in September 

Edited April 10, 2022 by Cassiew

[whatwhat say what 23,426]

58 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

And Longmire?

Don't know the exact deal but Essendon destroyed Freo in trades when they first entered the comp. Git Lloyd and Lucas for Ridley (who?) or something like that.

We also got Farmer for Phil Gilbert from memory and Adelaide also got Andrew McLeod. No wonder Freo stunk for so long.

$60k for longmire

[wrecka45 92]

43 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

And Longmire?

Don't know the exact deal but Essendon destroyed Freo in trades when they first entered the comp. Git Lloyd and Lucas for Ridley (who?) or something like that.

We also got Farmer for Phil Gilbert from memory and Adelaide also got Andrew McLeod. No wonder Freo stunk for so long.

Destroyed isn't quite the right word. Draft tampering is.

The trade was not ridley for Lloyd and Lucas 

Freo never had access to Lloyd as he was in the concession (for losing an uncontracted player) draft only open to 16 year olds.

Freo wanted Ridley (uncontracted), Tony Delaney and Dale Kickett from essendon. Essendon advised freo that the trades for Delaney (pick 4!!!!🤮) and Kickett wouldn't go through unless freo agreed to not sign any players from the teams that finished the season below essendon and so giving essendon pick 1 in the 16 year old concession draft.

Freo being freo agreed to this.

Horrible trade anyway, but not quite how it is generally remembered

And pure draft tampering by essendon

Melbourne stunk up the concession draft by not picking Steven King who was available (we got one of the cockatoo-collins brother)

[58er 6,811]

On 4/6/2022 at 10:07 PM, radar said:

Carlton haven’t beaten us in a final since 1962

These sorts of records are not rare enough ie too common because we don't play some teams often enough for record to be an achievement.

For instance we have never lost a Grand Final to Adelaide Brisbane Carlton Freo Geelong GWS Gold Coast North Port Saints Swans Eagles. Fact is we have never played them in a Granny!

We have lost in a GF to Pies 1958 Bombers 2000 1946 Dogs 1954 Hawks 1988 and drew with Bombers  in 1948 ( and won the replay) 

And your post that we have not lost to Carlton in Finals  since 1962 is not really significant IMO as we have only played them in Finals THREE times ( 1988 1994 and 2000 ) since then, I think.  These records are finished by lack of genuine competition versus many teams. 

[58er 6,811]

1 minute ago, 58er said:

These sorts of records are not rare enough ie too common because we don't play some teams often enough for record to be an achievement.

For instance we have never lost a Grand Final to Adelaide Brisbane Carlton Freo Geelong GWS Gold Coast North Port Saints Swans Eagles. Fact is we have never played them in a Granny!

We have lost in a GF to Pies 1958 Bombers 2000 1946 Dogs 1954 Hawks 1988 and drew with Bombers  in 1948 ( and won the replay) 

And your post that we have not lost to Carlton in Finals  since 1962 is not really significant IMO as we have only played them in Finals THREE times ( 1988 1994 and 2000 ) since then, I think.  These records are finished by lack of genuine competition versus many teams. 

Finished meant to be be diminished!

[ManDee 7,317]

I have a record I think, my sons and I caught the first Jetstar fight to Vietnam in two years. We are riding motorcycles from HCMC to Hanoi (about 2000km) On the front of my bike is a Melbourne Member 2022 sticker. I am prepared to bet that's a first. Go Deees. 

[Demonland 73,482]

We’re not in this list. 

 

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,015]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

We’re not in this list. 

 

Conversely, where's the list for the last loss-less teams? I like the look of "2022 - MEL"