No team won more quarters in the home and away season or conceded fewer scoring shots per inside 50 than Melbourne.
Category: Finals Dossiers
2023 Finals Dossier: Collingwood Magpies
Welcome to the fourth annual Shinboner Finals Dossiers. There’s no better place to start than the minor premiers.
2022 Finals Dossier: Collingwood Magpies
The story of the season has been Collingwood’s improbable run to the top four.
2022 Finals Dossier: Sydney Swans
Only four teams hand a greater percentage of minutes to players aged 22 and under than Sydney.
2022 Finals Dossier: Melbourne Demons
At 10-0 and two games clear on top, it felt like ‘how far Melbourne?’ in 2022.
2022 Finals Dossier: Geelong Cats
Riding into September on the back of a 13-game winning streak and two games clear on top, the Cats are well-deserved premiership favourites and the number one seed.
2020 Finals Dossier: Richmond Tigers
This dossier is a little different to the previous three. There’s next to no point detailing how Richmond plays, because everyone knows that.
2020 Finals Dossier: Port Adelaide
Despite finishing on top of the ladder, with the second most points scored, the fewest conceded and the biggest inside 50 differential in the league, the Power sit a distant fourth in premiership favouritism.
2020 Finals Dossier: Geelong Cats
Although the home and away ladder position – from top to fourth – and recent form – a heavy loss to Richmond and squeaking by Sydney – may not show it, Geelong is an improved team from 2019.
2020 Finals Dossier: Brisbane Lions
This week I’ll be looking at each of the top four sides and the legitimacy of their premiership contention in the 2nd Annual Finals Dossiers. First up, it’s Brisbane.