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

[Tim Over Whelmed]

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!

 

[Biscuit]

Don't be so defensive. It's nothing personal. They just don't know what they're doing and need to generate opinions to a deadline.

 

[atomised]

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

 

[smeg]

Yeah it was pretty funny last night, before the game it was all about Boro and Burnley and when the match was over the discussion was about Boro, Burnley and Derby. In fact virtually no mention of the Albion at all

 

[Bold Seagull]

Fantastic stuff.

Hughton couldn't pay the press enough to do what they're doing. We've got to be chuffed to bits with the coverage we're getting.

 

[Biscuit]

If you think this is bad now you wait until we (Fingers crossed! One day soon!) become a Premier League side.

We could be sniffing around the top two and Sky and it's pundits would still write us off.

Nobody see's Brighton as a big club, and nobody outside of Brighton is interested in reading or hearing about us.

 

[Bakero]

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!

They seem to have updated it now.

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

 

[marshy68]

The longer this continues the better.

 

[nwgull]

'Alive' in that we could lose the next 6 and we'd probably still make the play offs!

 

[Steve in Japan]

If you think this is bad now you wait until we (Fingers crossed! One day soon!) become a Premier League side.

We could be sniffing around the top two and Sky and it's pundits would still write us off.

Nobody see's Brighton as a big club, and nobody outside of Brighton is interested in reading or hearing about us.

I want us to be plucky little Brighton in the Premier league, a bit raffish and unpredictable, but with a heart of gold.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Fantastic stuff.

Hughton couldn't pay the press enough to do what they're doing. We've got to be chuffed to bits with the coverage we're getting.

Agree with this. It is only a "marginal gain" but the absence of media fuelled hype around our players must be an advantage in terms of them maintaining their positive focus on one game at a time.

Burnley players felt the need to throw their shirts in the crowd and practically celebrate promotion on Saturday. Last night Dyche had to face interview questions about the wheels coming off at the wrong time and how they could arrest their drop in form having taken only 3pts out of the last 9....

I love this Albion team and manager. Skilful, committed, professional and seemingly decent blokes.

 

[dazzer6666]

Was listening to the radio on the way back last night......Burnley, Boro, Hull, Derby.......then talk about the bottom teams.......we seem not to exist.........

 

[tinycowboy]

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!

To be honest, I quite enjoy this kind of thing. When we were at home to Bristol City in October, one of the previews started with "City have the chance to lift themselves out of the relegation places this evening as they travel to the South Coast etc etc". A feeling of righteous indignation is not entirely unpleasant.

 

[Sweeney Todd]

All season, the media – Sky, especially – have treated Albion like upstart gatecrashers to a party that only the grown-ups are allowed to attend.

 

[darkwolf666]

I think the management have done a stunning job of keeping the players collective feet on the ground, while at the same time quietly going about their business.

There have been no over exuberant interviews, or premature quotes, like that of Michael Keane after Saturdays game where he was quoted as saying that Burnley now want to go on and win the league, as if they had already achieved promotion!

Keep plugging away, and you just never know what might happen to such a nice, tightly knit team, with no mega egos!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

If you think this is bad now you wait until we (Fingers crossed! One day soon!) become a Premier League side.

We could be sniffing around the top two and Sky and it's pundits would still write us off.

Nobody see's Brighton as a big club, and nobody outside of Brighton is interested in reading or hearing about us.

I think Lesta have re-written the rule book on that!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Also the media are doing the team talks for Chris. Long my it continue and long may this team give the media the Spanish archer

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Let them go on about the so called "Big Clubs " in this league whilst we remain the stealth team that no one seems to notice

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I want us to be plucky little Brighton in the Premier league, a bit raffish and unpredictable, but with a heart of gold.

I did like the comment the other day (think it was on Sky) that was along the lines of

'If Brighton manage to get to the Premier League it will be one of the biggest rags to riches stories of all time'

I think IF we do go up, the press coverage will be massive and bigger than that of the winners (if we come second)

 

[AmexRuislip]

I think the management have done a stunning job of keeping the players collective feet on the ground, while at the same time quietly going about their business.

There have been no over exuberant interviews, or premature quotes, like that of Michael Keane after Saturdays game where he was quoted as saying that Burnley now want to go on and win the league, as if they had already achieved promotion!

Keep plugging away, and you just never know what might happen to such a nice, tightly knit team, with no mega egos![/QUOTE


Don't you mean this:

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