One of the most applicable and useful 'themes' / mantras / sayings that I recall from my sporting life - ....many moons ago - was that, 'You make your own luck"!
Think its pretty applicable & indicative of the Eagles history and ours. Yep, they definitely got a better 'leg up'at the start compared to us, and that has carried them a long way...and created the ability for them to create 'powerful trading / list positions.
That fact accepted, they've had relatively few 'stuff ups' along the way. Yep...they've had dodgey culture issues... but a premiership every 12 years suggest they get on top of their issues and manage things pretty well.
On the other hand, well might we despise some 'rotten luck', but I cant - for the life of me - claim that most of that was self inflicted. We have made some 'interesting'list management decisions over the years and,... well, ...have we beem good at 'making our own luck??"
No, Polly, not for one minute do I 'want to be them', but its hard not to be envious of their 'sustained success', which at the end of the day, is clearly a result of pretty good club management.
We have struggled, to put 'that part' together....and we need to do so pretty quick.