Of the 23 losses, 17 came when we were younger than the opposition. Age difference was minimal in 4 of the other 6. The St.Kilda game this year was the one that rang alarm bells, and we started to pull together in the wake of it. Brisbane also beat us on our merits in the final, after which most of us were pretty despondent.
Year | Round | Opp | Avg Age | Age Diff |
2017 | 6 | Adel | 24.68 | -0.67 |
2017 | 7 | W.B. | 24.27 | -0.30 |
2017 | 8 | Frem | 24.62 | -0.82 |
2017 | 9 | GWS | 24.66 | -0.47 |
2017 | 13 | Syd | 24.71 | -0.51 |
2017 | 16 | St.K | 24.66 | -0.66 |
2017 | 21 | Geel | 24.92 | -0.59 |
2018 | 2 | Adel | 25.31 | -0.05 |
2018 | 9 | W.C. | 25.97 | +0.04 |
2018 | 12 | P.A. | 25.26 | -0.72 |
2018 | 17 | GWS | 25.36 | +0.22 |
2018 | PF | Coll | 25.89 | +0.10 |
2019 | 2 | Coll | 25.52 | -0.93 |
2019 | 3 | GWS | 24.36 | -1.31 |
2019 | 7 | W.B. | 24.43 | +0.15 |
2019 | 11 | N.M. | 24.89 | -0.93 |
2019 | 12 | Geel | 24.41 | -1.84 |
2019 | 13 | Adel | 23.89 | -2.61 |
2020 | 3 | Haw | 26.27 | -1.68 |
2020 | 4 | St.K | 26.53 | +2.16 |
2020 | 8 | GWS | 25.10 | -0.98 |
2020 | 11 | P.A. | 25.26 | -0.46 |
2020 | QF | Bris | 26.79 | +0.79 |
Looking at defeats for other clubs 2017-20:
Club | Win % | Defeats | Younger | Younger % |
Rich | 75.3 | 23 | 17 | 74 |
W.C. | 67.0 | 30 | 5 | 17 |
Geel | 64.4 | 33 | 9 | 27 |
P.A. | 60.5 | 34 | 12 | 35 |
GWS | 59.2 | 36 | 21 | 58 |
Coll | 57.1 | 38 | 24 | 63 |
Ess | 50.0 | 42 | 20 | 48 |
Adel | 49.4 | 43 | 14 | 33 |
Syd | 48.8 | 44 | 31 | 70 |
Melb | 48.8 | 44 | 33 | 75 |
Haw | 48.8 | 43 | 7 | 16 |
W.B. | 48.2 | 44 | 38 | 86 |
Bris | 47.1 | 46 | 42 | 91 |
St.K | 41.8 | 49 | 40 | 82 |
Frem | 38.6 | 51 | 39 | 76 |
N.M. | 37.3 | 52 | 22 | 42 |
Carl | 26.5 | 61 | 41 | 67 |
G.C. | 22.3 | 64 | 62 | 97 |
A low number in the last column is generally a sign of a club nearing a rebuild. Low numbers in the first
and last columns are a very bad sign.