by Brain Traysers »
12 Mar 2019 17:59
Nameless
I think it is your definition of ‘luck’ that needs to be challenged to be honest.....
Sure - go for it, I'm always open to rethink.
I'm working with:
Oxford English Dictionary Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.
Taking a shot from long range is for me a chance - hence the expression "it's a long shot" for something that has a low probability of paying off. Barrow didn't choose to
score, he choose to take a chance. It paid off - in part because of his skill in successfully executing his intentions (assuming he was aiming for that bottom corner - we can't know for sure), but there must be a reason it doesn't happen all the time.
Let's not forget, we even refer to opportunities to score as 'chances'...
Has anyone got a different definition for me to think about, or a different interpretation of the above? After all, lots of people are telling me mine is wrong.
Stepping away from the specific Barrow goal - what about the corner routine that paid off? Was there no luck at all involved in (i) Meite being free (yes some skill to lose his man too), the ball dropping exactly there (yes some skill to hit it into the right area, and
luckily Meite had anticipated that), (iii) the defender getting tangled up (+nothing given by ref), (iv) Meite making a good connection with the ball and (iv) Wigan opting not to have a man on the post? If not, then we should have just done that for the other two corners we had too.