This is quite clearly a person preparing themselves for the worse. I think we all do it at some point, if not football then in other walks of life. It is one of many ways of coping with a situation. If you stop and think and ask anyone from the outside I have asked have said they cannot see West Ham not slipping up at least once, and we will at least get 5/6 points min.
But I still think to myself we are going to screw this up, while at the same time thinking sod off are we. Same s last season!