Dumb punters

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Piobaireachd
I have as much right to state my opinion as you do u sanctimonious little man

You do not have that right. Neither does he. It is just that there is no prohibition against it. Completely different things.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
A stroke of luck by jove.

I believe it was a decision made by the Eagles' match committee. Unless their methods involve the tossing of a coin then it has nothing to do with luck.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I believe it was a decision made by the Eagles' match committee. Unless their methods involve the tossing of a coin then it has nothing to do with luck.

But isn't it luck for the Swans? If you go through a red light (on the red light) camera that has mistakenly been switched off isn't that a little lucky?

[Sanecow]

Fair enough. If you define every skill error and poor decision made by the opposition as "lucky for the Swans" then you can consider the Grand Final win lucky. Strange definition though.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Fair enough. If you define every skill error and poor decision made by the opposition as "lucky for the Swans" then you can consider the Grand Final win lucky. Strange definition though.

Luck helps, that's all. To say that the Swans had a bit of luck in winning the Premiership is not to say that they were lucky to win it.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by goswannie14
You cannot win a premiership without some luck

Which takes us back to where the discussion started

[Sanecow]

I just disagree with a definition of luck that reduces the game to events that are always classed as lucky for one of the teams. Dumb punters indeed.

[ROK Lobster]

Why cow? I thought West Coast had some luck too. Week 1 of the finals, Nog's kick across the face of goal. I think of luck as things that go your your way thjat you have no control over. If you don't have any of that, or even enough of that, you wont win flag. That is not to say that with enough of it you will win a flag.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I think of luck as things that go your your way that you have no control over.

I think of luck more as things that go your way that nobody has control of. This includes: gusts of wind, seagulls, the bounce of the loose ball and (some) injuries but excludes selection of players, inaccurate kicking and other skill errors.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I think of luck more as things that go your way that nobody has control of. This includes: gusts of wind, seagulls, the bounce of the loose ball and (some) injuries but excludes selection of players, inaccurate kicking and other skill errors.

So do you think that any element off good luck has to have a corresponding element of bad luck? So if something is just poor management on one side it cannot be good luck on the other?

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
So do you think that any element off good luck has to have a corresponding element of bad luck? So if something is just poor management on one side it cannot be good luck on the other?

That's the way I see it. Poor management or skills from the opposition isn't luck, it's just sub-standard opposition.

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Sanecow
That's the way I see it. Poor management or skills from the opposition isn't luck, it's just sub-standard opposition.

So the traffic example above is not good luck, just poor standard policing?

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
So the traffic example above is not good luck, just poor standard policing?

The camera was off; it was never going to take your picture. It's no luckier than running a red and the intersection having no camera.

If the camera was defective and worked intermittently then maybe.

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Which takes us back to where the discussion started

Quoting yourself is the first sign of madness.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Tuesday
Quoting yourself is the first sign of madness.

So is posting on RWO