Quirky bonding and a harder edge dey fuel Brighton surge under Fabian Hurzeler.
Jaouen Hadjam need only 309 seconds of im Premier League debut to score Brighton second goal for dia 2-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday.
With that goal, e become the tenth Brighton player to score for Premier League dis season already.
Hadjam na 23-year-old Algeria international wey dem sign from Young Boys in summer.
Im impact na just latest example of Brighton talent identification.
But the presence of yet another Seagulls player on scoresheet talk plenty about dis squad.
No other club don get so many different scorers.
Against Coventry recently, five of dem score for just one game.
Speaking to head coach Fabian Hurzeler after that emphatic victory, e explain say na consequence of dia approach as a team.
Hurzeler talk say: ‘E no be about having one good goalscorer. E be about having this flexibility of having many goalscorers, having plenty players wey get desire to score. If you get this desire to score, you fit score from different positions and different situations.’
Hurzeler continue: ‘But e always dey with mindset of, How do I attack the box? We sacrifice plenty runs to be at one point for right moment and right place, so e all about sacrificing plenty things and to keep doing these runs into the box.’
That mindset don help Brighton become Premier League top scorers so far.
Dem don get 27 big chances to score already dis season.
That be six more than any other side for Premier League and, incredibly, three times the number of Liverpool.
Just as incredibly, na Brighton appear to get greater depth.
Like head of hydra, every time one comot, two grow back for im place.
Carlos Baleba was sold to Manchester United but excitement already dey about young Chema Andres.
The Spanish midfielder wey sign from Stuttgart in summer come into side for 3-0 win over Arsenal in place of Malick Yalcouye.
Hurzeler explain am in tactical terms, say e want more height for team to deal with threat of Gunners.
Dis na benefit of breadth of talent at Brighton.
No fewer than 25 players don already feature for club dis season due to dia Conference League commitments.
Lewis Dunk, the captain, no start either of last two games.
Both games dem win.
Those games also be chance to rest Yalcouye, the 20-year-old Ivorian wey don score more for Brighton dis season than e manage on loan at Swansea last campaign.
According to NY Times, Bart Verbruggen clean-sheet ritual and other ideas dey alongside 2-0 win at Sunderland, wey dem achieve with 10 men for final 33 minutes.
Ferdi Kadioglu covering tackle for first half deny Thomas Meunier likely opener.
Just before the hour Maxim De Cuyper strike im fourth goal for nine appearances, then on 57 minutes Pascal Struijk was sent off for impeding Wilson Isidor outside box after VAR review.
Two substitutes combine late on, Georginio Rutter release Jaouen Hadjam for Algerian left-back first Brighton goal on im league debut.
The togetherness show as Hurzeler players see am out for fourth straight victory in all competitions.
Every time Brighton keep clean sheet, Verbruggen bring local firm Flour Pot to Lancing training base so team-mates fit grab coffees.
The Sunderland result give am six shut-outs in eight appearances and keep momentum for Hurzeler third-placed side.
The gesture reflect a new group gelling quickly after major rebuild with 11 signings, each of different nationality.
Hurzeler don encourage light-hearted contests, from balancing Oreo from forehead to mouth to bowls tournament with players, staff and supporters during international break, organised by head of player development and high performance Mike Anthony.
E stress connections and relationships, and e want im team to pair attractive play with effective football.
The gritty display on Wearside hint say dem dey embrace that brief.
