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Weeks Spent at the Top & Bottom of the Ladder Since 2000

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Richmond are an interesting watch in that top of ladder poll. 3 flags from only 15 weeks total - and all those 15 weeks came in 2018, when they didn’t win the flag.

You’ve just got to be fit and have done enough work to give yourself the best run at it.

And don’t get me started on Geelong’s insane advantage of a home ground. If we played 8 home games at Casey I imagine we’d be top of the ladder a lot too.

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    Aside from the Cats Outlier we are pretty much bang in the middle. Interesting because prior to 21 we were at a grand sum of 3. How bad things really were.

    The cats anomaly is interesting. 

    Firstly it's interest stems from the enjoyment it didn't correlate to cup wins.

    Second it's obviously due to some external fact....

    Oh, now I remember ...how about soft fixtures and a decent number of games at the stadium from hell?

    On reflection, Port are the same.

    Edited by leave it to deever

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    On 29/04/2024 at 20:12, The heart beats true said:

    Richmond are an interesting watch in that top of ladder poll. 3 flags from only 15 weeks total - and all those 15 weeks came in 2018, when they didn’t win the flag.

    You’ve just got to be fit and have done enough work to give yourself the best run at it.

    And don’t get me started on Geelong’s insane advantage of a home ground. If we played 8 home games at Casey I imagine we’d be top of the ladder a lot too.

    The advantage hits home in my above post that stipulates despite their double decade  dominating of top spot they have two flags. This smacks of a team being propped up by a drastic home advantage to see them fade away without it come finals time and against teams that were actually better.

    Does the same apply to Ports home advantage with only one flag?

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