I don’t quite understand Chiefs rationale for calling the team he will be playing lucky.
It smacked of Dome but in his case he would only say it to fire things like a boxing promoter trying to get attendance figures up.
In Chiefs case there was nothing to gain at all but add motivation to the opposite team and their crowd.
A dumb move and perhaps shows his naivety as a coach.
It smacked of Dome but in his case he would only say it to fire things like a boxing promoter trying to get attendance figures up.
In Chiefs case there was nothing to gain at all but add motivation to the opposite team and their crowd.
A dumb move and perhaps shows his naivety as a coach.
But AFC have been lucky, sure they've done the winning on the field but what team in the aleague has ever had the starting schedule that AFC have had. 4 home games in their first 6 games, 1 away game in Australia, 1 in Wellington. If that's not luck then it's planned - if it's planned then every other team should be asking WTF? Corica is right, AFC will have the away games at the end of the season to deal with, but by then they will have gelled and built a team culture to get them through it. Imagine if they had gotten the reverse, 4 away games in the first 6 - Corica would be going off about how unlucky the fans are and its a tough way to start the season.
Luck has had nothing to do with how they play
They have been plenty lucky with their early season schedule and lack of injuries.