Demons' long wait for decent AFL start

MELBOURNE'S MOST-RECENT 4-2 START TO AN AFL SEASON CAME IN 2005 AND SINCE THEN:

* More than 120 players have played for the Demons

* Paul Roos has been one of seven men to coach the Demons in a full-time or caretaker capacity

* Best-and-fairest winners Cameron Bruce and Adam Yze have retired then tasted premiership success as assistant coaches at Hawthorn

* Chris Scott has played nine games for Brisbane and coached Geelong in 84 games

* The value of the AFL's TV rights deal has skyrocketed from $100 million a year to $418m (for 2017-22)

* GWS and Gold Coast have transformed from radical ideas to expansion sides

* Six different generations of iPad and 13 models of iPhone have been developed and launched