Sky Sports - Dunk "Keeping Albion's Play Off Hopes Alive" What?

[Da Man Clay]

Isn't this exactly what happened with Bournemouth last year? Took a long time for anyone to give them any credit. More than happy for the same to happen with us.

 

[chaileyjem]

Yep. Totally under the radar. Not a squeak in the papers today.

"Seagulls close on leaders Burnley with away victory" - Daily Star
"Brighton keep the pressure up...[on Burnley] " - The Guardian
"Brighton kept the pressure on their Championship automatic promotion rivals with victory at Birmingham" - BBC Sport
"Dunk kept Brighton's automatic promotion hopes alive with crucial winner" - Daily Mail
"Brighton remain in the automatic promotion hunt' - Eurosport
"[Burnley] couldn’t find a match-winner as Boro and Brighton closed the gap at the top of the table." - Burnley Express

 

[chaileyjem]

As for Editors commissioning profiles of Hughton in the broadsheets because they presumably think we have the Prem League in our sites, then not a sniff.

Jim White in the Telegraph last week: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...-be-leap-in-dark-for-brighton-says-chris-hug/
"These are tense times at the club who, 19 years ago at this very point of the season, were homeless and facing a real threat of relegation to the *Conference. Now they are poised to hit the Premier League at the very moment the rewards for admission hit the stratosphere with the new television deal."

 

[StonehamPark]

Yep. Totally under the radar. Not a squeak in the papers today.

"Seagulls close on leaders Burnley with away victory" - Daily Star
"Brighton keep the pressure up...[on Burnley] " - The Guardian
"Brighton kept the pressure on their Championship automatic promotion rivals with victory at Birmingham" - BBC Sport
"Dunk kept Brighton's automatic promotion hopes alive with crucial winner" - Daily Mail
"Brighton remain in the automatic promotion hunt' - Eurosport
"[Burnley] couldn’t find a match-winner as Boro and Brighton closed the gap at the top of the table." - Burnley Express

Apparently no one wants to hear or read about us though.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

They seem to have updated it now.

http://www.skysports.com/brighton-and-hove-albion

They haven't changed the headline actually

 

[chaileyjem]

and I doubt those hard nosed bookmakers would rate us either given that they're fawning over Boro, Hull and the like

So a real shock that our Promotion odds (via Oddschecker)
Are cough, 10/11 or 6/5 or evens. Blimey.

As for champions then well fancied Hull are er, 25-1 and little old Albion are er, 7-1.

Amazing.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Isn't this exactly what happened with Bournemouth last year? Took a long time for anyone to give them any credit. More than happy for the same to happen with us.

Bournemouth last year, Reading in 2012 and Brighton in 1979. Each successful campaign had a very similar feel to it, one of an unfancied team with unbelievable momentum, togetherness and team spirit.

2016?

PG

 

[chaileyjem]

Boo ! Sky just won't mention we are automatic promotion contenders...except when they do. #littleoldalbion (i think they changed this to be fair)

 

[Bigtomfu]

Fundamentally this is because of the tight lipped control that TB exerts on our dealings and is exactly what the club want.

Fosters a lot of togetherness internally, outwardly reflecting that we're a closed shop unlikely to get decent comment from and therefore uninteresting to the journos and the masses. Ideal.

 

[chaileyjem]

and those other teams and managers never acknowledge we're right in it. BOO HOO

Steve Bruce last night:

City are now closer to seventh than second as they prepare for Saturday's trip to Huddersfield and Bruce accepts his faltering side face an uphill task to snatch back an automatic promotion place.
"The one thing we'll never do is give up on it," said Bruce, who oversaw the heaviest league defeat of his City reign last night.
"We can't do that, we owe it to ourselves with seven games to go.
"When you're chasing three teams it's very difficult.


http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Stev...s-hopes-look/story-29058848-detail/story.html

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

To be fair 5Live talk us up with Burnley, Boro & Hull ... and Leeds!

 

[chaileyjem]

How can last nights winner be described in this way? Sounds like we're in 6th place 1 point ahead of the chasing pack, bl00dy idiots!

Cos it was a mistake and they've now changed it !

 

[seagulls4ever]

and those other teams and managers never acknowledge we're right in it. BOO HOO

Steve Bruce last night:

City are now closer to seventh than second as they prepare for Saturday's trip to Huddersfield and Bruce accepts his faltering side face an uphill task to snatch back an automatic promotion place.
"The one thing we'll never do is give up on it," said Bruce, who oversaw the heaviest league defeat of his City reign last night.
"We can't do that, we owe it to ourselves with seven games to go.
"When you're chasing three teams it's very difficult.


http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Stev...s-hopes-look/story-29058848-detail/story.html

What's wrong with that quote? They are chasing three teams - us, Middlesbrough and Burnley - the three teams above them.

 

[GloryDays]

Still slipping along under the radar. The sun featured match previews for the 3 sides chasing automatic promotion yesterday, Burnley, boro and Hull.

Fine by me.

 

[chaileyjem]

What's wrong with that quote? They are chasing three teams - us, Middlesbrough and Burnley - the three teams above them.

nothing at all . i was trying to illustrate, in my normal unhumorous manner !, how there's scant evidence, despite this thread, that Albion really are 'under the radar" when it comes to the media, managers or pundits view of the promotion race.. Even Steve Bruce has practically concluded that its now down to Boro , Burnley and er, little old Albion.

 

[seagulls4ever]

nothing at all . i was trying to illustrate, in my normal unhumorous manner !, how there's scant evidence, despite this thread, that Albion really are 'under the radar" when it comes to the media, managers or pundits view of the promotion race.. Even Steve Bruce has practically concluded that its now down to Boro , Burnley and er, little old Albion.

Sorry, evidently the general tone of the thread meant that your reply caught me off guard!

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

nothing at all . i was trying to illustrate, in my normal unhumorous manner !, how there's scant evidence, despite this thread, that Albion really are 'under the radar" when it comes to the media, managers or pundits view of the promotion race.. Even Steve Bruce has practically concluded that its now down to Boro , Burnley and er, little old Albion.

TalkSport or 5Live, we're never in the conversation, it's all about Boro, Burnley, Hull and Derby.

 

[Marshy]

Loving how everyone still thinks we are not good enough depsite it now being 40 games into the season, suits me and us fine.

 

[StonehamPark]

I find all this 'under the radar' stuff ridiculous.

I'd argue that we've been within the top 10 teams most talked and written about (and selected for live games) since August 2011.

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Loving how everyone still thinks we are not good enough depsite it now being 40 games into the season, suits me and us fine.

That's because we haven't played anyone decent yet.