Forget about the p-word. Nottingham Forest are not going to win promotion. Or, at this precise moment, they cannot afford to believe in miracles at least. First they must focus on the mundane.
Dougie Freedman's goal, as he has hinted himself, is initially to get enough points on the board to ensure that the threat of relegation is fended off.
The sooner they can reach the 50 point mark, the better. Because then the pressure is off. Then they can start to look upwards again. But only then.
The optimist in me does remember teams like Sunderland and Blackpool and the late runs they made to force their way into the top six in seasons gone by. It is possible.
But, for now, it is unlikely. It is hard to envisage a situation where four or five teams would suffer the kind of stutter in form that it would require for Forest to sneak back into the play-off reckoning – even if they do manage to put together a flurry of form themselves.
If they can pick up four or five wins in their next six games, perhaps we can start to daydream.
But, for now, they still need three or four wins to be certain that they will not be sucked into a very different fight.
And, while it may not be what the fans want to hear, it is encouraging to hear Freedman make that same point himself.
