It's believed that the best team always wins the premiership...but is that true?
Is it sometimes the best side for the year, but can also simply be the best team on the day. That's the intrigue a finals series brings.
Countless times we have seen a season's most dominant team fall short - the minor premiers not carry their form into finals.
There's a reason the team that finishes on top of the ladder is awarded the 'minor' premiership. You have to be able to do it when the whips are cracking in September... or in October this year
Speaking on Channel Seven's Armchair Experts, Adam Cooney listed his five best teams to never win a premiership.
2. Carlton (1916)
Cooney believes the Blues inability to beat the bottom side in the Grand Final was an all-time choke job.
"Just before World War 1, when footy was footy."
Cooney's co-host Cam Luke spoke about the Blues' failure to secure the flag.
"Fitzroy beat them, they had won the wooden spoon. They (Fitzroy) finished 8 games behind them (Carlton)..
