"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Disclaimer - past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes
While a team's win:loss ratio demonstrates how effective it is at winning throughout the season, the team's final percentage is an indicator of how well it is beating the opposition.
The following has no bearing on anything whatsoever, but ...
Since the formation of the AFL/VFL 1897:
- only 14 of 119 Minor Premiers have failed to at least make the Grand Final
- no Minor Premier with a percentage above 143% has failed to make a Grand Final
- in fact, only one Minor Premier in that time with an end of season percentage above 136.6% has failed to at least make the Grand Final ... and that was back in 1901
How awesome to finish at the top.
Well done swannies.
You are way, way better than my faith would let me believe.
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
"Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017
Have often thought there should be a lot more kudos given to the minor premiership. There are some pretty serious comps around the world where the minor premiership is the ultimate award (the EPL for inst). Sure the AFL H & A season is compromised by an uneven draw, but winning the minor premiership still takes an almighty effort.
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