ONLY Collingwood gives GREAT Grand Finals, win or lose

[Piesnchess]

Well, yet another boring one sided GF, has come and gone, over essentially at half time. The match we neutrals were told assured, would be a " cracker, close, riveting a corker, " was a drag post half time, as was the 2022 one, and so many this Century. It got me thinking, ONLY the Magpies give the best, most exciting Grand Finals, win or lose, or draw. I can only recall us getting smashed twice, decades apart. All our losses, by 4 points, 1 point, 10 points, 5 points, 8 points, 5 points again, and of course, last season, 4 point win, "Greatest Grand Final of all time ", said Matty Lloyd, proves that beyond doubt, we are the neutral fans GF value for money, entertainment specialists. WE are just not the main AFL Cash Cow, we ALL know that, re merchandise etc, our presence in their Grand Finals, makes their day, and win, or lose, ensures an exciting down to the wire, finish, that enhances the whole days purpose. Just saying.

[David]

1990 and the 2010 replay were probably pretty dull games for anyone who wasn't a Collingwood supporter, as was 2003 on the other side of the coin.

We've been in four close grand finals in my lifetime: 2002, the 2010 draw, 2018 and 2023. It's probably true that no other team in recent times apart from Sydney (2005, 2006, 2012 and arguably 2016) has been in that many – does seem like more grand finals than not these days are blowouts.

These are the closest* grand finals of the past forty years, for the record:

1. Collingwood vs St Kilda 2010 GF1 (0 points)
2. West Coast vs Sydney 2006 (1 point)
3. Sydney vs West Coast 2005 (4 points)
Collingwood vs Brisbane 2023 (4 points)
5. West Coast vs Collingwood 2018 (5 points)
6. Hawthorn vs Geelong 1989 (6 points)
7. Brisbane vs Collingwood 2002 (9 points)
8. Sydney vs Hawthorn 2012 (10 points)
9. Geelong vs St Kilda 2009 (12 points)
10. Hawthorn vs Fremantle 2013 (15 points)
11. Western Bulldogs vs Sydney 2016 (22 points)

*final margin under four goals

[piffdog]

I was running with these stats before this year's GF.

Here is the margin, in reverse order, of recent grand finals NOT involving Collingwood...

81, 74, 31, 89, 48, 22, 46, 63

The biggest game of the year has not been overly close in recent years (except when we play...)

[K]

It's 'cos when we're a 10-goal better team than any other... we end up scraping to a GF draw or narrow win. (Classic example: 2010.)

When Brissy are a 10-goal better team than Sydney... they win the GF by 10 goals.