Two months plus and counting...

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Charlie
Who cares if we were lucky?

All Premiers have "luck".

[ScottH]

Lucks a fortune

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by liz
but surely peaking in the second half of the season, rather than in April, is partly the result of sound planning as well.

Yep - peaking is not just luck. Same as Adelaide, I think careful management helps produce this.

Worth remembering too that in the Lions' first premiership season they were only so-so for the first half of the year, before coming with a rush in the second half. Indeed, it was only really in the middle of their their three premiership years that they were dominant for the whole season, and even then they didn't finish top at the end of the H&A.

True, and they possibly came from a lower base and then shot to a higher level.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Charlie
Who cares if we were lucky?

It's just an observation.

[katie-scarlett]

Originally posted by woo
gosh guys, I still pinch myself daily....and remember speaking to my eagles buddies after that horrible final in perth

that first QF loss makes the premiership win even better.
those 4 points- poetic justice

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Sanecow
All Premiers have "luck".

Of course they do.
Some have more than others.
Anyone who thinks there was no element of luck is just deluding themselves.