That can be something.

That won't work anymore.

It's definitely not going to happen anymore.

That's going to be very tight.

Characters who reassess the Lilies' chances of advancement after each weekend have probably changed their minds a lot lately.

There were the weeks between mid-March and mid-April when Darmstadt 98 lost three of three direct duels against fellow competitors.

And then there was the 2-1 win over St. Pauli last Saturday evening.

A joint effort par excellence, as the SVD devotedly defended the lead they had shot out in the first half after the break against constant pressure from Hamburg.

A tour de force that was ideally suited to unleashing new strength.

And hey presto: In view of third place with three missing second division games, there is again talk of Darmstadt having everything in their own hands - at least to secure the relegation place.

To be on the safe side, the SVD, which is only sixth in the second half of the table (with a negative goal difference), needs three more victories to end the season.

Starting with the home game against the second last in the table, Erzgebirge Aue, this Saturday evening (8.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the 2nd Bundesliga and on Sky).

In this round, the “lilies” have proven that they are always able, even unexpectedly, to come up trumps.

Even if the flow of the first half of the season only revives at times.

“The group just works well.

She has already proven many times this season that she can cope with failures, suspensions and form fluctuations," says sporting director Carsten Wehlmann.

The proven duos are also back

Just in time for the gripping second division season finale, the duos at the back and at the front, which were so tried and tested in the first half of the season, seem to be close to their old strength again.

Patric Pfeiffer and Thomas Isherwood were two towers in central defense who did excellent defensive work.

And in attack, the former problem children Phillip Tietz and Luca Pfeiffer have become top scorers again with an adequate hit rate.

Despite his captaincy, Fabian Holland often goes under the public eye.

A quiet representative of his guild, who does not like the role as foreign minister of the team so much, sometimes even makes him uncomfortable.

But internally, the longest-serving “Lilien” professional – who has been with the club since 2014 – is highly respected and his word carries weight.

"I would describe him more as a calm but very goal-oriented captain who is very team-oriented," says head coach Torsten Lieberknecht.

"He doesn't need the limelight to be captain, he tends to do a lot in the background, inside the walls of the cabin."

In St. Pauli he showed another excellent performance in his 200th second division game - not only because of his direct hit in the goal corner to make it 2-0.

Lieberknecht describes Holland's left foot as an "incredible slipper".

And this season, the 31-year-old also comes out more and more emotionally during the games, becoming more and more a pioneer, underpinning his sporting performance more and more with appropriate communication, gestures and facial expressions.

Holland himself says: “In general, as a player, you gain experience and learn something new every year.

This also applies to how you should deal with other players and thus different types, how differently you have to tackle your team-mates or how you react to situations on the pitch.”

Holland and his colleague Tobias Kempe are the last remaining SVD players who experienced first-hand the work of Johnny Heimes, who died in 2016 after a long battle with cancer at the age of only 26.

Before the game in St. Pauli, Captain Holland once again conjured up the spirit of Heimes in the dressing room, whose motivational ribbon with the inscription "DU MUST FIGHT" once made the promotion to the second division possible via relegation in Bielefeld.

At the Millerntor, all SVD pros wore the ribbons.

The "lilies", it seems, are now pulling out all the stops in the fight for promotion.

"The Johnny issue was never gone," says Wehlmann, "because he and his values ​​are anchored in the DNA of Darmstadt 98."