We see a lot of negative posts in here by people who claim their only motivation is 'caution'...
Honestly now...ask yourself...do you really think the players are going to be uplifted n perform better because fans are on here posting that they're shitting themselves with pretend fear...?
Moyes has about as much chance of winning the CL with THIS United squad as the Elephant Man being a body double for George Cluny.
Do you really think players read our posts?
Very naive...
Thank you for the lesson in game play pschycology very interesting.
I think you also need a spelling lesson.
However, the fans posting their 'fear' isn't the same thing as the players being mentally atuned to the in-game situations.
I fail to see how you make the connection between fans posting their 'fear' on here and us being two points further up the table or Mignolet making less mistakes.
You answered that yourself in your last post as you implied that players read our posts. Fear (that you mentioned in your initial post above) is the connection too.
I think wed be more than 2 points up.
You're making thee assumption that "a little fear" is always a good thing...it also brings tension and indecision...which is not good in game play situations.
Not indecision, but Id say yes it is if youre a defender, and no for the attackers. Our attackers are probably fearless at the moment which is why they doing so good. Problem is, so are the defenders, which is why our defensive record could be better.
Have a look-see of some of the threads which deal with calculations of 'form'...there are some clever people on them who can work out the realistic probabilities of the various situations.
One of which is whether United will overhaul us...you don't need to be a boffin to answer that one...they won't and no amount of pretend fear will change that.
It's been shown that over the last 1/3rd of the season the PPG form of sides doesn't change very much [usual range is up to +0.1 PPG].
United are currently 45pts from 27 games = 1.67 PPG. If they improve by the 10% they'd have 1.83 PPG over their last 11 games, they'd get 20pts and finish with a total of 65pts.
Liverpool are currently 56pts from 27 games = 2.07 PPG. If we reduce by the 10% we'd have 1.87 PPG over our last 11 games, we'd get 20pts and finish on 76pts.
Ha, that isnt complex of mathematics. I applaud the fans that do them as they have to do some research for it and formulate articulate tables to make the comparisons easier to read for everyone, plus it is interesting to read, but it really is simple calculations, once the data is in hand.
More to the point, I never once said the mancs would beat us to 4th, its very very improbable. What I did say is in my post below. Which is also very very improbable, but right now more of a small possibility. I dont need to have stats for that.
we need 3rd or above!
Can you imagine, if we finished 4th...but United only went and won the fuckin CL (not saying there gonna, but as long as they're still in it a getting the easy draws then there's a chance the fuckers could).
I couldn't bear it. I'd rather us finish 5th than that happening.
Now...tell me how fans projecting their pessimistic attitude without any form of analysis is benefitting anyone...?
Those who are more positive of mind aren't the ones ignoring the 'realities'...they're the ones paying attention to the probabilities.
When considering the way things may turn out it's only half of the assessment if you're projecting the pessimistic view...not a call to realism.
I think youre saying all the above because you mistakenly think that I said the mancs would finish 4th. As Ive shown, I didnt. But anyway, I think both sides of views are equally important to have a balanced discussionbut I dont think players read them or if they ever did, gave a shit either.
Do you think that only optimistic posts are the only ones worthwhile?