21-03-2023, 15:22
“The Harder I Practice, the Luckier I Get”
This quote is wrongly attributed to Gary Player, however, his usage of the saying made it popular. Arnold Palmer also used it.
It works in football too. You could say we were lucky to get to the play-off final with one of the lowest budgets in the division, however that was the 2nd time we did it in recent seasons and we know what happened the first time. We didn't do it by not training (often 2x per day), not going through drills, sitting in the snooker hall all day and in the bar playing cards and throwing darts all night. I'm not saying teams that get relegated do that either but there's a combination of reasons why a club drops from one end of the division to the other in one season, not one reason in isolation. You don't suddenly become unlucky, though you do notice all those decisions that go against you far more.
Sheffield Utd also got promoted with one of the lowest budgets in The Chumpionship. It's not luck over all 46 games plus 3 for the play-off's. Some might be considered luckier results than others, also some results have to go your way that you can't control. I'm sure those around the 3rd-10th places (except Millwall) were delighted with the luck that came their way on Saturday when we won, but it wasn't anything they had any control over.
This quote is wrongly attributed to Gary Player, however, his usage of the saying made it popular. Arnold Palmer also used it.
It works in football too. You could say we were lucky to get to the play-off final with one of the lowest budgets in the division, however that was the 2nd time we did it in recent seasons and we know what happened the first time. We didn't do it by not training (often 2x per day), not going through drills, sitting in the snooker hall all day and in the bar playing cards and throwing darts all night. I'm not saying teams that get relegated do that either but there's a combination of reasons why a club drops from one end of the division to the other in one season, not one reason in isolation. You don't suddenly become unlucky, though you do notice all those decisions that go against you far more.
Sheffield Utd also got promoted with one of the lowest budgets in The Chumpionship. It's not luck over all 46 games plus 3 for the play-off's. Some might be considered luckier results than others, also some results have to go your way that you can't control. I'm sure those around the 3rd-10th places (except Millwall) were delighted with the luck that came their way on Saturday when we won, but it wasn't anything they had any control over.
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“In the best pubs, you can spend entire afternoons deep in refreshment without a care in the world.”