Time to put these to bed....

[_RT_]

You can't expect to drop these things because we've won 4 games in a row. Go through the past 30 years and count how often we've had similar streaks and then managed to screw up the games that we should have won. There are plenty of occasions that it's happen and until we actually continue to win the games that we should for a longer period of time than half a season everyone is justified in feeling a little doubt when these games roll around.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

I really hope we can sustain our form and win the next couple.
It's one thing to subscribe to the theory that we don't win the big games but entering into a game against a top side at 12-4 or 11-5 when a final 8 spot looks safe is a much different proposition to going in at about 7-9 or 8-8 as is often the case.

It's the same with most sides thereabouts and the pressure of playing those teams in that scenario hangs over your head like a guillotine playing right into the hands of the top sides.
Players are tentative and play a nervous brand of footy knowing that its the last chance saloon.
Love to be able to take on the swans and hawks with the players minds freed up from that weight on their shoulders.
Different ball game then.

 

[Tigertron]

30+ year tiger supporters have every right to think in these terms, although I do see ahead a time when they will be but a distant memory, a long-forgotten nightmare ...

 

[NUFC Tiger]

As a fan, even if we are up by 30-40 points, I still get a bit nervous if the other team kicks back to back goals in quick succession.

I want to have faith that we've turned the corner but 30 odd years of failures means it will take some time to overcome. Bit by bit, win by win, we can break down those fears/sayings but at the moment, the team haven't really achieved anything just yet so we can't put our feet up and be satisfied until we've got some meaningful runs on the board (i.e consistently won the games we should win over a longer period than say half a season and beaten a few top teams on a regular basis and not just taking 1 or 2 scalps). We are getting there, it just will take some time