Could somebody please explain to me the advantages of being off the so called "radar"? It's just that it seems to be in the same vein as the people who say "It's a pointless waste of time anyway" when we get knocked out the cups. I mentioned it a little in another thread, but it's a saying that gets on my nerves. Why on Earth would you want people to ignore us and heap praise on the other teams? (Whether or not the media do is a different matter). Look at teams who have been in the media lime light in the last few years; Southampton, Reading, Blackpool, Cardiff....the confidence that the players get from such plaudits inspires them to perform better. Granted it's usually because they are top that they get kudos in the first place, but that's the catch 22 of the situation. Playing week in week out and getting results but not getting praise for it must be a bit demoralizing for a player, so perhaps we could do with a bit more coverage. Has anybody written in to Sky/BBC with images, footage of their shows revealing how little we are covered, how biased these broadcasters are towards Leeds, Cardiff or (for some reason, Brighton, who are on more and more) or even why we aren't considered a "desirable club"? Probably not. Because it's easier to turn round and say "we like not being on TV or being mentioned at all ever. So there. Nur nur." What a crock of ****. Tactics wise, you can never be off the radar because opponents watch videos of your recent games. They sound you out via network scouting or by watching the match themselves. It's not like we have a sealed envelope with our tactics in which are delivered by armed guards in a black suitcase, along with two fake suitcases just in case our opponents have sent out an Ocean's 11 style team to steal it from us. Would it not be better to hear pundits go, "Wow, that 3-5-2 really works for them, credit to the manager for sticking with it" or "what a great piece of business Stephen Quinn/Sone Aluko was"? We want to be on the radar, all the time. We want scores of fans marching into the car park before kick off, giant Hull City banners being unfurled at every ground we win away at, people bowing down to our superiority, ****ting their pants at our unrivaled assault on promotion, a free pie/Soup and Bread for every season ticket holder during the winter months........I could go on all day. Point is, we want to be in the lime light with the other big boys, not nancy boying about in the shadows claiming we actually like being massively ignored. That'll be the kids in school who we used to hang from coat pegs by their underpants. And we aren't that kid. We haven't been for some time now, so why regress?
I agree in principal, but I don't think it's true that we get no recognition at all. We've had players in the Team of the Week most weeks this season and the commentator was positively gushing about us when the Brizzle game was on Sky.
One big positive from beig under the radar, the bookies seem to offer us much better odds in comparison to the other top teams. Rake it in boys, girls and transvestites.
In reallity it doesn't make a damned bit of difference. Teams we play know who we are and who Aluko and Quinn are we aint sneaking up on anybody unawares or under the radar if you like.Anybody that takes notice will take us seriously in all our games because we have a strong squad and are very cabable of beating anybody in this division and I don't think our players will be influenced one way or the other by having smoke blown up their arse by some idiot pundit gushing over them. "Off the radar" is probably a term used by people that don't know much about the other teams in their league
I agree with that post entirely. I know most people say things like that in hopes of meaning that their best players aren't noticed by bigger sides even though being "on" or "off" the radar doesn't make a difference to Club scouts at all. It's such a pointless statement, "off the radar". If you're in the top 6, you're noticed by anybody and everybody. You can't simply remain in the top 6 places and nobody happen to notice.
i honestly dont see why people get wound up over it, as long i keep being entertained on a saturday and the league table keeps getting updated correctly, it doesnt bother me whether people talk about us or not...if they kept forgetting to add our points on then i would get a bit annoyed.
"off the radar" is a term used by those with a voice who think they are "in the know" but the majority of others arn't . when in reality everyone with an interest know whos good ,not so good & whos got a good squad not gelling etc - off the radar is quite a statement pointed at the masses :/
Saying it's better to be 'off the radar' is not the same as commenting on how great it is to be out of the Cups at all. Not having the pressure of nationwide media attention means the players are not overburdened with expectation. Like Lamby said though, the bloke commentating on the Brizzle City game sounded like he was mid-orgasm when he was describing Aluko's goal.
As soon as they sign the contract, they know what's expected of them so the expectation is there from day 1. If you don't play well, you get dropped. They aren't playing to be in the media spotlight, they're playing to get us promoted to the top division. It just feels like a really negative thing to say "we don't want to be on TV all the time, getting kudos for our goals and playing style." What am I saying. Feels negative? It is negative. A bit like saying "oh well the cup doesn't really matter", once you are out of it. It's just a childish response to something that's been taken away from you. I think 99.99% of City fans would take the PL over a good cup run, but probably all of them would like a decent cup run for once (At least get to the Etthiad or the Emirates again instead of being knocked out by Bishop's Stortford at the first hurdle).
