That's. A summary no on Friday but if you move that that one and the and the following game so their bit of a question mark in terms of the time span but he looks like he can be out for a couple of games for the singles with a groin injury so that's been a bit of a blow so I think that was probably the one everyone was focused on quite interesting is. We actually had an album limited since front end there needs departure we have discussed it but he comes off the bench in schools after 3 minutes for a mania So I mean it just typical isn't it really was it left us with any of our possible injuries to trust or possible absence and you know and then is now go or something changes the manager's thinking and yeah I think he but he is a very flexible manager and I think he's got that ability to change it where we might see. And Aaron Kollie teaming up in a slightly different role that they try to Bristol Rovers obviously Neil Mowbray I think is the likely to sort of be the spearhead as it were particularly stretching Bernier the weekend hopefully but he's got the option of pushing March into a further forward role Pascoe Gross's they played really well against Watford So I think he's got some but when we talk about it before the podcast is if you get a couple of injuries and or suspension as well does that leave them a little bit exposed in there we desperately hoping that you know that a lot of these players don't come back for the likes of Duffy's in action tonight. I mean problems come through he could 90 minutes yesterday for the for Netherlands after their game against Germany last week so he looks like he's going to be OK But you know they don't want any more because you know there is if you think concerns if that were to happen now we had some fun. Saturday looking at asking fans to sum up 4 games for points on the grand part so we had some sensational stuff and thank you all for them so 3 words to sum up that period let's look at some positives and your improved improving improvement Dale moving forward together like that one she USA Keep it up deserve more points America absolutely spot on many would argue that one not so. Positive J.B. Show much more enjoyable evolving ambitious happy that's Alastair Adams given time like that one and Nick time will tell so this is very positive and some logical ones that absolutely are not can't disagree with many of them really it's the performance against the result and that word happy I think is in there as well I certainly felt that the last home game that was I didn't see the fans after Manchester City's trip the trip to Muncie city but I did feel there was still an air of optimism despite the fact that they lost and they were down to 10 men of course often they don't need record so I think there is a case of optimism positivity but obviously it's about results as well in the manager did say that in his post match you know I don't think anyone expects them to get anything from plaudits from that performance but you know I think when you look at the batch of pictures that are coming up of the are some crucial ones Burley home Newcastle away an Aga be Chelsea away in the Premier League as well as we're not far on all cylinders yet under Frank Lampard there's opportunities and they need to sort of keep up you know the pace with picking up points and that's just that little bit in the lower trepidation maybe in the back of the fans' mind you feel that sort of we hope in good style of play but actually we need to stay up as well you know spawn a lot reflecting that boulder is another relegation battle and you must take chances Simon don't take chances not good enough says Ralph same oh really says Neil and doing a series of you that were. Bang on about the not taking a chance is issue and one thing that I thought both when we talk about Leander he's got into those positions be has been able to take them hopefully other people can but they do need to start scoring goals or anywhere on the pitch to about the defenders everyone needs to start controlling because they get in the chances they get in position nearly 50 percent against Manchester City who would have thought that they've got to take a chance that's the one thing that probably is outstanding on the outstanding list of Mr Potter's page at the moment that's what fans things I say I know you. Having a look outside of the clubhouse one of the sections or out around to for guidance Yeah sure I've been speaking to a friend of the podcast makes a panicked football journalist and Albion fan as well to gauge the media reaction but also get his own thoughts on the season so far well very encouraging. In everything possibly apart from results I mean he started with a bang with a 3 mil. And then it's got progressively worse by the performances haven't the performances of pretty much stayed stayed right up there so seeming that you know we will get the reward that the teams entitle to I think you know the season the certainly looks as if it's going to be interesting I think we got a sort of taste for what sort of football he was going to play you know in the pre-season friendly particularly. Against Birmingham and Palencia and you thought well you know OK it's great to be Valencia but it's a pre-season friendly and we'll be able to keep that sort of approach up you know in the face of the Premier League but then we certainly got the answer to that one 3rd so I think everyone's very pleased the other thing I think a lot of the look of is having Aaron Connelly in the in the in the matchday score and moving on and he's actually teach some of the young players I mean we've heard that about him from his season at Swansea he'd been kind of cautious when I spoke to him inside Well you know Premier League a slightly different but is he stayed true true to those beliefs and I think that's another encouraging sign and in terms of the interest because of those beliefs in the way he wants to play the game it feels like there's just a little bit more interest in the Albion and that's not to decry anything that Chris unit chief while at the club but you talk about the different style but that does seem to be more of an interest particularly in the younger coach whether it may be on a slightly different level with you know Frank lamppost even general but also with the likes of grandpas are coming through and being introduced into the system as well yes. And with him being English as well you know that. When I was doing a little bit of research into a mud speak to a colleague at a well known Red Top Piper who'd interviewed him when he was swans the manager and he actually said he you know he saw him as a possible England manager one day and I'm really surprised that so word around but that's the sort of the level that certain people been speaking about him and those he was down Ashworth who'd had spotted him as you know as a manager who played the sort of football that the fans and presumably Albion hierarchy would like to see. It's an interesting one because as we know members of our noble profession that space into those who do their homework and those who wing it slightly and there's a preseason writings were people saying oh look you know well I've brought in sacked a great manager like Chris Hughton in the replaced with a guy you only finished mid table it's Wednesday whereas you know that other people knew his work at Austin's and realize that he has finished Swans he was miraculous bearing in mind the number of players they've been forced to shed off the relegation so I think some people thought what a bright doing others were thinking Well Brian of certainly you know going for one of the most promising up and coming managers around you know who's he who's going to possibly do something different on the Chris Hughton situation and we all love Chris here and we all will love Chris utan But no it's with a certain amount of cynicism the most people in the last season was saying Albrighton you know they placed stultifying and the football and then the soonest Christine was sacked is how can you sack a great manager like Chris Hughton and replace him with a nobody you know but this is some afraid. You know clubs outside the M 25 and and outside mention of a pro often. The level of ignorance about them so we say and this is true it can be true that the fans know more about what's going on in a club than. Certain people who write for some of the Nationals you know who don't watch them particularly often and I know that top 6 interest is always there I think it's interesting grandpa's back story I think does add a little bit of extra interest as well but I mean you quite often you know especially last season used to assess what the media was saying what he made I mean if anything there was a bit of delight and interest in how they go on against what for but also huge admiration from prep Guardiola for their performance among just to see despite the score on it and that seemed to dominate a lot of the media coverage produce an essential part of the media coverage just in the evening it was and actually he sort of set that up in his pre-match press conference because you know wall of the press possibly hadn't noticed. But the Potter revolution Guardiola certainly had you know and he'd said you know don't expect Brian to come in and sit back you know in with a look of 10 you know they'll they'll attack us and so there were one or 2 things in the previews that sort of suggested that Guardiola had to have seen what was going on down here but yes. I kind of go back to my you know nobody knows what's going on outside Manchester and London Guardiola had said it then people sat up and took notice there was one or 2 some more cynical people saying well you know they lost 4 nil whatever they said Mitt it's very easy for you know some like Guardiola price someone when they've just been them and wouldn't brighten fans be here rather it would rather he was moaning after a Goldstraw well. Possibly No I think possibly Albion fans are taking the long view and they liked to have a sort of confirmation from one of the top managers in the game that run the playing the right way and you know that there was so many other good things to be taken from that game I mean the social media clip of than Burns control and Sergio Aguero high 5 a game afterwards you know that sort of thing is a sort of thing that fans like to say you know about their club but yeah I know it is interesting to to know the. How little usually is mentioned about the Albion in those in those press round ups when they're playing one of the toms toxics is usually all about the big club but this time there was plenty of good stuff written about the Albion that was quotable obviously eaten by the fans and how they now appreciate 7 different style I'm a progressive style but Aussie they enjoy getting good results and when you look on pay even though it's a been lean You can also Chelsea to come a lot of people we asked people to describe the season so far in 3 words and will prove so if they deserve more points or you need more points so it's it is about performance but it's also about results the managers reiterated that as well and it be interesting to see how the coverage continues going forward depending on how the results go yeah they definitely will I think if you look at the games dispassionately 4 points in the 1st 2 games that's that's fair enough the Southampton game was you know it was changed by the end only sending off so early. And. Uncharacteristic error by Shane Duffy before that transfer scareder how much that contributed to him being rested managed a city or possibly that was just a question of you know the style of the team that we were playing against and that's definitely a part of whole Mark you know that he will he will change teams to fit the opposition rather than yes sending his best 11 out but I think when you know you then think Well Man City away you know did anyone really expect us to get anything from that so I think the disappointment in those in those 4 games was a salad one simply because even down to 10 men are think there were points in that game for the Albion and it was. Some some poor defending by 2 or 3 players that led to their 1st goal and then of course after that you know the 2nd goal and I think we can't because we were chasing in the last 5 minutes and you know it still could have got something so if I were to ask you the nick to describe the season so far your thoughts in 3 words for the season I know it's only 4 games but or in a way how you feeling this stage going into the next sort of batch of matches and what would you go for from that point of view potentially very exciting. I like it nurse good I think that reflects some a fair view there's a lot divided actually some people say you know not taking Joneses not things like that but then the some people say you know this looks exciting this could be good just given time those sort of things so it's sort of not polarizing people but I think people soar see the potential but obviously you know there's always that element of of trepidation as well well they always say don't look at the table until you know there's 10 games when played and if when one of 125 percent of your games have been against Manchester City you know I think you have your results are going to going to be slightly skewed maybe you're hearing this again I said you know when one draw one defeats yeah maybe we should do this again in 10 games time a thing for you know it is it's interesting you know this season you know promises certain changes I've covered to Chelsea games this season both at Stamford Bridge and both ending in draws you know so when we're talking about the big 6 I mean are you begin to wonder whether Chelsea are going to be one of those big sex you know is a big 5 now until Chelsea get themselves a bit sorted out you know until the whole thing is shaken out it's very hard to say you know what you know what results are worth you know you could be looking back and if West Ham are in the top 6 even if you that you know dropping 2 points seem bad of the time but a home points against a team that's going to finish top 6 is going to be quite good so. Early days wise. Words as ever from next about it great stuff thank you for your involvement again for us next up in part soon going to hear from the boss the man himself slightly different some of them that grandpa to next night. I'm limited on the B.B.C. Series run have Albion head coach Graham Potter has been outlining his thoughts on leadership the seagulls boss has a masters in leadership and emotional intelligence he's been telling the B.B.C.'s many jazz me about his influences the Dalai Lama and how his degree had an impact on him the Cold War to shootings that were on my course were some surgeons and the guy was delivering the courses in the military so life and death situations and how they were dealing with stress and failure and mistakes and disappointment and in a high performance environment in a different high performance environment so than sport for specifically football for me what were the practical exercises you had to do was one about self talk about how you deal with stress or are you view somethin so you have to stand on a log that was about 3 fourths high but then they do the same size log but it be a lot higher so you've got to deal with the fact that it's really high in fear going on there and how that how much harder East actually climb on to the top of the log the whole point of it is to understand what things affect you and can you be aware of them before that essentially taken over you and then you're acting on them with without any understanding so beware of situations and then taking responsibility for how you act and how high was the log the 2nd time around at this point I should be saying to the lives 5060 feet he actually wasn't that high up but it was high enough for me to my brain to be too weak and panicky and then not be allowed to get up and stand on the log or C.V. Couldn't do it I don't think I did to be honest in our What does leadership mean to you. I think leadership is about understanding yourself because if you don't understand yourself it's very very hard to lead other people. And then it's about creating an environment that helps people be as good as they can be where there's trust people can feel part something and they feel like they're improving how much vulnerability should leaders show should they be themselves and say look guys I'm just like you or should they be the rock all the time that people can depend on even if they're not feeling rockish at some points I suppose that's the key thing around leadership is that there's a sense of when these the appropriate time to show those emotions and to be if you like vulnerable but ultimately the same as the guys that I'm leading in terms of of got my own issues or you've got my family I've got my own sort of ambitions I think it helps that people can see that you're a human being as well hopefully people can see there's nerves but it's not an R. Rated X. Exactly isn't it it's an excited it's a looking forward to the game it's you have to behave in a way that the players can recognise and feel some sort of trust Him Who are your leadership role models. His role models my parents about a huge role in my life there were the 1st people that I sort of looked up to and how they acted and how they worked and brought us up I think they were the 2 that I would point to is it difficult to persuade players when you're a leader who doesn't have a famous C.V. Not have I think what you've done in the past is fine and of course that's important but ultimately players are there there were no how you can help them and what you're saying to them makes sense doesn't matter what I've done 5 or 10 years ago it matters about the now and whether whether what we're doing in terms of the environment that we're creating these stimulate enough for them makes sense for them that they think that yeah this is helping them improve and get better. And then ultimately they have some sort of choice or say over how the environment is because I'm not a dictator it's not my rules it's it's and they have to feel that they've got that responsibility as well did you have to do an initiation when you arrived I had to sing yeah with it you have to sing I didn't have to sing it but I chose to seeing 500 miles by the Proclaimers and I obviously horrifically. In your own time growing now. No chance this in Matthew Ryan sang for me when they resent his initiations and any mention of him singing it would be any worse than me I can go and say that well it certainly didn't put numbers on our ratings I tell you that for nothing. The last few days before the transfer window shut in this country there was a lot of talk about Louis dunk maybe going to Lester and feeling Harry McGuire's shoes Was it difficult to keep him focused on the job in hand and keep his imagination in check because you know a lot of money was being talked about he was going to get a pay rise based on last season he was going to take a step up but how difficult was it to keep his head here it was really easy for us just because of him he was totally and utterly professional We didn't speak about it he didn't speak about it he didn't change his behavior at all he was totally focused on the job in hand focus on us focus on training news the captain e he led by example and he's been. He's been an absolute joy to work with to be honest and athletes reflected in these performances so far this season he's he's been fantastic for us and looking forward to working with him looking forward to him enjoy his football here I think you can't control the speculation you can't control that bit of people who post to East Fife often. You can't control that but but he was he was a mo