This is true. But then there is the educated guess - and the deluded punt. On a forum such as this, people are constantly predicting the future: "will he be a good managerial appointment?", "will he be a good signing?", "will we stay up?". It's always interesting to see who's got a good record on these things, if only to draw comfort in times of crisis. This relegation battle is just the latest evidence on these things.
It'll be interesting to see who, in the end, was right about this season when it is finally over - just as it was on the subject of Lampard or Benitez...or Mike Walker. I was certainly very wrong about Mike. I thought he was a great coup.
We live in hope. Here's to us surviving. But I have a lot of sympathy for those who think we are more than likely to be relegated if we lose today. Let's hope they are spectacularly wrong. UTFT!