Very naive.
There's also a lot of positive post saying 4th's in the bag...is it really..cos there's still 33 points to play for.
Having a little "fear" isn't always a bad thing (especially for our defence at the mo). It makes you make better decisions, tells you when something is wrong and not always be brave and have a little self control, which probably means we'd be a bit further up the table, as we'd have at least 2 more points...Kolo certainly wouldn't have tried to play that ball v West Brom and a few Mignolet mistakes for goals would have been wiped out too.
Fear can also make you play better and give you more desire to win. That's one of the reasons why we switch on and prepare for the next game immediately after the last game.
Very naive...
Thank you for the lesson in game play pschycology very interesting.
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'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.
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.
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.