When does a decent start turn into a bad one?
When you drop two points at home from a winning position against a promoted team with your worst 45 minutes of the season, perhaps.
Brighton & Hove Albion have been playing well without getting the results their performances have deserved. But they got exactly what they deserved against West Bromwich Albion at the Amex Stadium on Monday night, a wasteful 1-1 draw after a poor second half.
The outcome was always going to swing the perception of how Graham Potter’s team has started the season. Victory would have given Brighton seven points from six games, a reasonable return from a tough early programme including matches against Chelsea, Manchester United and Everton. Instead, it is five points, 16th place and a different narrative: Brighton have only one win from their last 12 Premier League matches at home. For all the optimism stirred by the win over Newcastle United and the good performance…
