GodricBlade
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They’re both valid - but which should we pay attention to?
More reasonable people lean on probability. It’s based on the real likelihood of something happening.
More unreasonable people will argue & lean more on possibility. It what desperate people rely on.
So whilst we can accept that almost anything’s possible, almost everything’s not probable.
E.g. It’s possible that Gary Numan will have a Christmas Number 1 in the next 3 years. Now, as much as I admire his body of music and thank him for providing the soundtrack to my youth, even I have to accept the Christmas Number 1 is not very probable.
So, when we look at the Championship season so far, we can use that lesson. We’re top of the league at the end of October & probably playing the best football of just about all the sides in it - so we are there on merit & as such, it's probable that will continue.
Of course it’s “possible” we could forget everything that’s got us this far. It’s “possible” the pig-dogs will somehow close the enormous gulf of a gap that’s opening up between us & them. It’s “possible” that Brooks will leave in the January window etc etc. But bearing in mind all the factors that would have to align to make those things happen - they’re much less “probable”.
We will have a stand out season wherever it leads and it’s most “probable" we’ll finish well above the Ipswich Replicas. (A small nod to Gary Numan’s past there).
And this, my friends, is where us and the pig-dog fans differ. All their talk is about what’s “possible” - not what’s “probable” - and that’s what makes them annoyingly entertaining right now. Living on past facts & the in-bred belief that it’s “possible” for the fishmonger, the £20 note destroyer & their squad to not only stop being so shit, but for everyone else to start being shit into the bargain. Yes, it’s “possible” but it’s just not “probable” and the more they talk about it, the funnier it gets.
Whatever happens, this is probably the most enjoyment I’ve got out of being a Utd fan for a hell of a long time - probably ever. I loved the Basset & Warnock eras but I feel differently about what Mr Wilder, his staff and his players are bringing to the Blades.
Could it be I’m appreciating it a bit more after several years in the doldrums? Probably.
Is my middle-agedness meaning I’m taking a different view of what’s going on? Probably.
Will I be singing my head off on Saturday? Probably.
Do I feel like this club is into the 2nd season of an amazing journey? Too fucking right I do.
COYRAWW's !!
More reasonable people lean on probability. It’s based on the real likelihood of something happening.
More unreasonable people will argue & lean more on possibility. It what desperate people rely on.
So whilst we can accept that almost anything’s possible, almost everything’s not probable.
E.g. It’s possible that Gary Numan will have a Christmas Number 1 in the next 3 years. Now, as much as I admire his body of music and thank him for providing the soundtrack to my youth, even I have to accept the Christmas Number 1 is not very probable.
So, when we look at the Championship season so far, we can use that lesson. We’re top of the league at the end of October & probably playing the best football of just about all the sides in it - so we are there on merit & as such, it's probable that will continue.
Of course it’s “possible” we could forget everything that’s got us this far. It’s “possible” the pig-dogs will somehow close the enormous gulf of a gap that’s opening up between us & them. It’s “possible” that Brooks will leave in the January window etc etc. But bearing in mind all the factors that would have to align to make those things happen - they’re much less “probable”.
We will have a stand out season wherever it leads and it’s most “probable" we’ll finish well above the Ipswich Replicas. (A small nod to Gary Numan’s past there).
And this, my friends, is where us and the pig-dog fans differ. All their talk is about what’s “possible” - not what’s “probable” - and that’s what makes them annoyingly entertaining right now. Living on past facts & the in-bred belief that it’s “possible” for the fishmonger, the £20 note destroyer & their squad to not only stop being so shit, but for everyone else to start being shit into the bargain. Yes, it’s “possible” but it’s just not “probable” and the more they talk about it, the funnier it gets.
Whatever happens, this is probably the most enjoyment I’ve got out of being a Utd fan for a hell of a long time - probably ever. I loved the Basset & Warnock eras but I feel differently about what Mr Wilder, his staff and his players are bringing to the Blades.
Could it be I’m appreciating it a bit more after several years in the doldrums? Probably.
Is my middle-agedness meaning I’m taking a different view of what’s going on? Probably.
Will I be singing my head off on Saturday? Probably.
Do I feel like this club is into the 2nd season of an amazing journey? Too fucking right I do.
COYRAWW's !!
