The rankings (from best to worst) of the 128 VFL/AFL premiership teams.

[boncer34]

Ok I am starting to fear for the Essendon Board.

That Geelong team won 3 flags on their own. They are the ones I left out.

Those Collingwood & Essendon teams won 1 flag each. And the Simon Templars, well, they didn't win any.

All these teams were playing against about 8-10 mature fully funded footy department clubs max, 3 of them at least were dealing with a stacked deck in terms of footy dept spending. Of those, Bombers 2000 team played precisely 84% of its matches at its home venues. The Richmond dynasty team played barely 50% of its matches at its home venue. Yet beat more better opponents in finals in all of its flag years than that Bombers team ever managed....

Anyway, congrats to the Bombers for winning 20 of 21 games at it home venues in 2000. The Tiger dynasty team managed 22 straight at it home venue.

And Essendon 2000 being the best Premiership team ever is about as likely as Patience Hodgson declaring she finds me very addictive. If they were, they simply would have won more finals against better teams.

Geelong won 3 flags in 2009?

That's amazing.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Geelong won 3 flags in 2009?

That's amazing.

That Geelong team won 3 flags. But yes, can report they weren't all won in 2009.

 

[boncer34]

That Geelong team won 3 flags. But yes, can report they weren't all won in 2009.

Geelong rolled out the same side in all its flags?

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Geelong rolled out the same side in all its flags?

Essentially, yes. This is why dynasty teams are known as dynasty teams. Of course you would know that from the Bomber's last dynasty team 80 odd years ago. Jeez, that went quick.

 

[boncer34]

Essentially, yes.

So not yes.

 

[jannissary]

Yep.

I rate St. Kilda '09 as one of the best teams I've seen since Essendon's 2000 premiership.

20 and 2, and beaten by the best team since Essendon 2000 in the Grand Final.

They'd be in the top handful of teams that have graced the paddock since the turn of the century. Better than Collingwood 2023 and all of Richmond's premiership teams between 2017 and 2020.

one single bounce lost 'em their second premiership. st's of 09 was an impressive team, lots of highly skilled, high quality players across the ground.

 

[Mr Meow]

So not yes.

The third one didn't even have the best player in the comp anymore. Or the captain of the first two flags. Or two other former All Australian defenders (Milburn and Egan). Or the original coach.

Hawkins had replaced Mooney.

Selwood went from a high performing debut season player to the teams best performer for the third flag.

Harold Taylor wasn't around in 2007 either.

But yeah, identical sides as MR has informed us.