I totally agree. OAA as far as I'm aware are yet to assign x amount to route 1, y amount to route 2 etc etc. Indeed easyjet themselves are not 100% decided on how many individuals they want on each route, this was said to me quite recently directly from OAA.
Scaremongering, particularly of this nature, is not helpful as it can ruin people's confidence, and in some circumstances may even discourage people to follow through with what could well turn out to be a successful application.
We all have an equal chance, the time at which you applied has little baring is what's been said to me by OAA.