Please don't say this phrase...

[HighfieldBlade]

I agree, we shouldn't say that phrase. It's grammatically incorrect.
It should be "have taken", not "have took".

 

[Harrisblade]

"If someone had offered you (X) at the start of the season, you'd have took it wouldn't you?"

We hear it a lot. And we heard it a lot last night, on radio, in the pub, on the forums, etc. Variations on...

"If someone had said we'd have took 4 points out of 6 against them at the start of season, and been in the top 6/top half of the table, you'd have took it wouldn't you?"

First of all - it's a totally hypothetical, nonsensical thing to come out with. Because it's a fantasy situation, it couldn't happen. It's an impossibility. There is no-one, not anyone, on earth who goes around offering people outcomes to situations that haven't happened. If I'm wrong about that, do let me know, because I'd love to meet this person, or people, and let them fill in a lottery ticket for me.

Secondly - apart from the fact it's a total fantasy situation - it's also fundamentally flawed in its logic. Because it compares two totally different situations, two different sets of circumstances and two different points in time - and treats them as if they are the same situation, which they are not. The team has evolved since the start of the season - it's not exactly the same players doing the same things. And we have a different level of understanding of the challenges of Championship football now to what we had then. A totally different level of experience.

But most of all the reason why I dislike this stupid phrase is because it's "losers speak". It is usually trotted out when people are trying to hide their disappointment, by reflecting on a different period in time and taking some kind of comfort from that.

There's no consolation for me in thinking like that. We shouldn't be looking backwards at where we've come from, only looking forwards to where we are going and what we need to do to ensure we get there.

Well you'd better get out there and try to spread the word then because a lot of sportsmen and fans have said that in the past and probably will do in the future.
Good luck trying to change the human nature of reflecting on your past and where you've come and the progress you've made

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Well you'd better get out there and try to spread the word then because a lot of sportsmen and fans have said that in the past and probably will do in the future.
Good luck trying to change the human nature of reflecting on your past and where you've come and the progress you've made

Not as good a post as I was hoping for from you. Mind you, if I'd been offered that post this morning when I woke up, I'd have taken it.

 

[fuerstenberger]

There is no-one, not anyone, on earth who goes around offering people outcomes to situations that haven't happened. If I'm wrong about that, do let me know, because I'd love to meet this person, or people, and let them fill in a lottery ticket for me
.

Doctors? They do offer, they don't promise.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Thing is, if we started the season with 1 win in ten and had just been on a run to get us into the top 6 we'd all be jubilant right now.

The context of how we got where we are is irrelevant to me, it's the fact that we are there that makes me happy.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Thing is, if we started the season with 1 win in ten and had just been on a run to get us into the top 6 we'd all be jubilant right now.

The context of how we got where we are is irrelevant to me, it's the fact that we are there that makes me happy.

If you'd told me that before the thread started, I'd have taken that.

 

[Davalon]

Bit of both from me.

It's important to retain a sense of perspective and realism, so on that front being 6th is excellent.

However we should live in the moment and aim as high as possible.

Our recent bad run of points still hasn't left us as far behind 2nd spot as you would have expected.

More realistically we're still very well placed to challenge for a play off spot which is more than commendable.