Jump to content

If we lose on Thursday

one_demon
one_demon
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Posted

On Footy Classified they showed a statistic that no team has ever lost four games in a row during the season and won the premiership.  So if we lose on Thursday it's all over!

  • Quote
    • Haha 2
     
    2 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    On Footy Classified they showed a statistic that no team has ever lost four games in a row during the season and won the premiership.  So if we lose on Thursday it's all over!

    Didn't the graphic put up show that Richmond lost 4 in a row in 2017 before going on to win the flag? If so, it's not all doom and gloom should we lose Thursday...although it won't be a great feeling.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Richmond lost in rounds 6-9 2017

    Edited by Dee Zephyr

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Thanks 1
     
    • Author
    17 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Richmond did lose rounds 6-9 2017

    Must of only ever happened once.  Still a scary statistic.  If lose we'll have to be second team in history to do it

    Edited by one_demon

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    10 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    On Footy Classified they showed a statistic that no team has ever lost four games in a row during the season and won the premiership.  So if we lose on Thursday it's all over!

    What about Richmond in 2017?

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    7 minutes ago, one_demon said:

    Must of only ever happened once.  Still a scary statistic

    Perhaps, but it’s one more than the OP suggests.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 1

    True or not, it's nothing more than some mildly piece of trivia which in the end is utterly meaningless.

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Love 1
    • Author
    14 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Perhaps, but it’s one more than the OP suggests.

    Which still means the odds are very much against us if we lose 

    Edited by one_demon

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    There is no future, is no past, there's nothing but today, for yesterdays tommorrow is tommorrow's yesterday!🤨

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 4

    IF we lose four in a row AND win the flag;

     

    we will be the only team to lose 4 in a row AND and have two players get in a punch on at Entrecôte in the same season. I never thought I’d see the day.

  • Quote
    • Haha 5

    I we lose this week we will have to wait until the week after for a win !! No good getting ulcers over it. We have had a pretty good run with injuries over the last two years. Gawny will have had a good rest by the time he comes back. I doubt whether we will see T Mac this year so we need to prepare from now ( Note , I am not a doctor but everybody else in the stratosphere is an expert on soething e.g. Corne, Lloyd, Sumich & Collingwood's baby sitter(to be appointed))

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    21 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    There is no future, is no past, there's nothing but today, for yesterdays tommorrow is tommorrow's yesterday!🤨

    You're on the booze early today picket!

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 3

    If we lose, I reckon it will be the way we lose that will be a factor in assessing our flag hopes.

    If we once again collapse in the second half and Brisbane run all over us, then serious questions aside from loading will need to be asked of this group. Do the players have it in them to climb Everest 2 years in a row? The defensive indicators are suggesting not, if you believe we're 17th for pressure.

    If we have a red hot crack for 4 quarters and lose a thriller on the bell, then I think we'll have taken a step in the right direction.

     

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    Stats like this are meaningless in my opinion.  Like if a team loses it's first 3 or 4 games they can't make the 8 as only one team in x amount of years has done it. 

    Its loading, its the vibe, its Mabo

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    I will just order another Chang and ride around Bangkok in a crazy life threatening Tuk Tuk

    same as i did the day before 

    But i will tip us, I haven’t lost faith in this season yet, regardless of what i have been told 

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I will just order another Chang and ride around Bangkok in a crazy life threatening Tuk Tuk

    same as i did the day before 

    But i will tip us, I haven’t lost faith in this season yet, regardless of what i have been told 

    There are surely better beers than Chang SWYL. 

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    46 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

    True or not, it's nothing more than some mildly piece of trivia which in the end is utterly meaningless.

    Agreed. From a statistical standpoint, there are simply not enough seasons of football to have been played for these types of insights to indicate much of a trend. 
     

    Think back to last year and that no team to have finished top of the ladder and won the GF for the prior 10-12 years or something like that. You would need at least 100-200 data points to make any sense of it all.

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    11 minutes ago, old dee said:

    There are surely better beers than Chang SWYL. 

    Heineken is my first choice, but a cold Chang is ok. LEO is reasonable, Singha is disgraceful 

    But the biggest problem is getting them not just Cold, But ICY COLD…

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    1 hour ago, one_demon said:

    On Footy Classified they showed a statistic that no team has ever lost four games in a row during the season and won the premiership.  So if we lose on Thursday it's all over!

    Somewhere there must be a stat showing that if a footy show gets "beat ups " wrong every second week then no one should bother watching  it

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Haha 4

    Meaningless stat in isolation as they presented it, but it does show how hard it is to reverse form.

    If we continue to lose, we'll be similar to Dees of 2004-2006 where we were top four for most of those seasons but had a period in the second half of the year where we capitulated and lost 4+ games in a row. We bowed out earlier than we should've those years, especially 2004 where we were top of the ladder heading into Round 18 but lost every game thereafter to finish fifth and lose an elimination final to eighth placed Bombers.

    Let's hope the short bye break gave the players a chance to reset and we can get back on track. The talent is still out there even with injuries, just need to switch on mentally and bring the intensity.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    29 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Heineken is my first choice, but a cold Chang is ok. LEO is reasonable, Singha is disgraceful 

    But the biggest problem is getting them not just Cold, But ICY COLD…

    Sounds good. Prefer Heineken.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    29 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Heineken is my first choice, but a cold Chang is ok. LEO is reasonable, Singha is disgraceful 

    But the biggest problem is getting them not just Cold, But ICY COLD…

    I'm heading over to those parts next week SWYL, so don't drink the place dry !!!!!!

  • Quote
    • Haha 2
     
    27 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I'm heading over to those parts next week SWYL, so don't drink the place dry !!!!!!

    Save you a few Unc

    we should catch a game in a Sports Bar

  • Quote

    You know a thread has no hope when picket fence has the most cogent and sensible contribution.

  • Quote
    • Haha 3

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • GAMEDAY: Richmond

      It's Game Day and the Demons return to the MCG to face the Tigers in their annual Blockbuster on ANZAC Eve for the 10th time. The Dees will be desperate to reignite their stuttering 2025 campaign and claim just their second win of the season. Can the Demons dig deep and find that ANZAC Spirit to snatch back to back wins?

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Richmond

      A few years ago, the Melbourne Football Club produced a documentary about the decade in which it rose from its dystopic purgatory of regular thrashings to the euphoria of a premiership victory. That entire period could have been compressed in a fast motion version of the 2025 season to date as the Demons went from embarrassing basket case to glorious winner in an unexpected victory over the Dockers last Saturday. They transformed in a single week from a team that put in a pedestrian effort of predictably kicking the ball long down the line into attack that made a very ordinary Bombers outfit look like worldbeaters into a slick, fast moving side with urgency and a willingness to handball and create play with shorter kicks and by changing angles to generate an element of chaos that yielded six goals in each of the opening quarters against Freo. 

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 07

      Round 7 gets underway in iconic fashion with the traditional ANZAC Day blockbuster. The high-flying Magpies will be looking to solidify their spot atop the ladder, while the Bombers are desperate for a win to stay in touch with the top eight. Later that evening, Fremantle will be out to redeem themselves after a disappointing loss to the Demons, facing a hungry Adelaide side with eyes firmly set on breaking into the top four. Saturday serves up a triple-header of footy action. The Lions will be looking to consolidate their Top 2 spot as they head to Marvel Stadium to clash with the Saints. Over in Adelaide, Port Adelaide will be strong favourites at home against a struggling North Melbourne. The day wraps up with a fiery encounter in Canberra, where the Giants and Bulldogs renew their bitter rivalry. Sunday’s schedule kicks off with the Suns aiming to bounce back from their shock defeat to Richmond, taking on the out of form Swans.Then the Blues will be out to claim a major scalp when they battle the Cats at the MCG. The round finishes with a less-than-thrilling affair between Hawthorn and West Coast at Marvel. Who are you tipping and what are the best results for the Demons?

      • 3 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Fremantle

      For this year’s Easter Saturday game at the MCG, Simon Goodwin and his Demons wound the clock back a few years to wipe out the horrible memories of last season’s twin thrashings at the hands of the Dockers. And it was about time! Melbourne’s indomitable skipper Max Gawn put in a mammoth performance in shutting out his immediate opponent Sean Darcy in the ruck and around the ground and was a colossus at the end when the game was there to be won or lost. It was won by 16.11.107 to 14.13.97. There was the battery-charged Easter Bunny in Kysaiah Pickett running anyone wearing purple ragged, whether at midfield stoppages or around the big sticks. He finish with a five goal haul.

        • Love
        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: UWS Giants

      The Casey Demons took on an undefeated UWS Giants outfit at their own home ground on a beautiful autumn day but found themselves completely out of their depth going down by 53 points against a well-drilled and fair superior combination. Despite having 15 AFL listed players at their disposal - far more than in their earlier matches this season - the Demons were never really in the game and suffered their second defeat in a row after their bright start to the season when they drew with the Kangaroos, beat the Suns and matched the Cats for most of the day on their own dung heap at Corio Bay. The Giants were a different proposition altogether. They had a very slight wind advantage in the opening quarter but were too quick off the mark for the Demons, tearing the game apart by the half way mark of the term when they kicked the first five goals with clean and direct football.

        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Richmond

      The Dees are back at the MCG on Thursday for the annual blockbuster ANZAC Eve game against the Tigers. Can the Demons win back to back games for the first time since Rounds 17 & 18 last season? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
      • 262 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All