Listening to David Wagner speak during press conferences this season, it is clear the Huddersfield Town manager has his own lexicon.
“To be where we are is not normal, it’s extraordinary… we have no limits…. to stay in the Premier League is would be a miracle,” are among the oft-used phrases of the charismatic German.
Well, on Wednesday night the dream became reality when the Terriers drew 1-1 at Chelsea to guarantee their safety for another season.
It is an astonishing achievement.
Last season, Wagner’s side was tipped to get relegated from the Championship but ended up beating Reading on penalties in the play-off final.
That secured a £200millon promotion to the promised land and top-flight football in Huddersfield for the first time since 1972.
Chairman Dean Hoyle, a lifelong Town supporter, vowed last summer that Wagner’s job was safe even if the club failed to stay up this season.
He need not have worried.
The former Borussia Dortmund reserve team coach has emerged as one of the best young managers in English football this season.
While established Premier League sides West Brom, Swansea and Stoke have fallen by the wayside, Wagner has kept Huddersfield up on arguably the smallest budget in the division.
Positivity drips from Wagner and he has transmitted that to his players, harnessing a collective desire that has been apparent all season.
To stay up as a newly-promoted team is not easy. Attracting players to your club to ensure you have a squad that can compete is similarly problematic.
Upon winning at Wembley last May, Wagner signed Australia midfielder Aaron Mooy on a permanent basis from Manchester City.
But another key figure in last season’s promotion – Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward – returned to Anfield and other loanees departed.
Wagner signed Denmark international Jonas Lossl and former England stopper Rob Green as back up, while Tom Ince came from Derby in a £10million move.
Strikers Laurent Depoitre and Steve Mounie also arrived in big-money moves as the Terriers broke their club transfer record several times during the summer in readiness for the Premier League.
Danish defender Mathias Jorgensen has proved a snip at £3.5million and the likes of Christopher Schindler, Jonathan Hogg, Chris Lowe and Tommy Smith have proved they can cut it at the highest level.
Wagner's recruitment has proved shrewd but the 46-year-old is all about the collective.
His mantra is built on spirit and togetherness and putting your head in where it hurts for your team-mates.
That unity was no more evident at Stamford Bridge in midweek when the Terriers eked out the point they needed to mathematically guarantee their safety.
After Depoitre’s well-taken strike put them against a Chelsea side chasing Champions League qualification, they were pegged back through Marcos Alonso’s fortuitous goal.
Lossl produced a wonderful save to push Andreas Christensen's header onto the post as Chelsea searched for a winner, but the Terriers held firm.
Wagner was given the bumps by his elated players and the celebrations continued on the team coach back up the M1 to Huddersfield.
The Terriers’ success, along with their outstanding support, has breathed passion and romance into an at times sterile Premier League.
They claimed memorable wins over Crystal Palace and Newcastle in their opening two games, beat Manchester United at home last October and did the double over West Brom and Watford.
After staying up at Chelsea, Wagner said: "We didn't have to rely on other teams, we've done it on our own.
"Nobody expected it apart from us. We were anything but a Premier League club last summer, but we have given it a go.
"If you have the passion, desire and spirit you can compete with top, top quality."
Wagner’s name will continue to be linked with top jobs and it remains to be seen how long he will stay at Huddersfield.
After everything that Wagner has achieved in these past two seasons, the ambitious German may wish to aim higher than another fight with relegation.
