The Seagulls are preparing for their first game in two-and-a-half weeks when they face Norwich on Saturday. They have lost their last six games and Potter said the break came at the right time.
Graham Potter said: “We try to be honest and we know we’re in a bit of a run that is not nice and has caused us some suffering and some pain. If you asked us whether we want to win, of course we would, but you have to face it, you have to be honest and analyse why it’s happened. There’s been no throwing people under the bus, there’s been no pointing the blame. There has been a collective ‘We can do better here’, including myself more than anybody. Then it’s about trying to find the solutions and trying to work together. You can’t do anything about when the international breaks come and you’ve just got to make the best of them. Sometimes you want to carry on playing and sometimes you have to go, ‘Phew, it’s probably come at a good time’. I think the last one came at a good time for us, if we’re honest. It’s about how you use it. You can’t do anything about the internationals but they’ve all had good experiences, I think, and the guys that were here worked really, really well. It is the best training we’ve had in terms of an international break. So there’s a feeling that we’re looking forward to the game. It doesn’t guarantee you anything but it’s got a meaning from a mentality perspective.”
