Original sentence: 200638,0387th
Edited sentence: 2006 Season.200638,0387th~.After having a tremendous start to the year winning 8 games out of 10 after having finished second last on the ladder only the year before.Fortunately things picked up in the last 3 rounds with wins in all of them.However things began to go a little bit pear shaped with a mid season slump which saw the Pies nearly out of the Top 8 towards the end of the season.The Magpies had a very promising 2006 season finishing 5th on the ladder in the regular season games.The Magpies played in the finals for the first time since 2003.Unfortunately the boys were defeated by an extremely strong Western Bulldogs side in the 1st Elimination FInal at the MCG in front of a large crowd of over 84,000 screaming fans