Few expected him to get so close again, especially in a division where Brighton are handicapped by the lack parachute payments, that enable others to operate with larger squads, filled with players boasting top flight experience.
But he won't be going anywhere at the moment, especially relegation threatened prem teams:
Newcastle and Norwich sacked him quite rightly. Brighton are just very loyal to their managers. No more publicity please, I'm sure we will drop towards 6th to 8th soon as we don't have any parachute payments. Terrible article, Pardew was wrongly sacked by Palace.