Inside Scoop: Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler discusses Graham Potter West Ham move ahead of FA Cup clash

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Derren Howard and Henry Bryant discuss Fabian Hurzeler's latest press conference. Albion face Norwich City in the Third Round of the FA Cup on Saturday.

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00:00I'm Henry Bryant and I'm joined with Darren Howard and we've just been to the Breita pre-match

00:04press conference as Albion are set to take on Norwich City in the third round of the FA Cup.

00:10So Darren, what was Fabian Herzler saying about all the injury news?

00:13Is there any concern for Albion fans coming into this one?

00:16Big, big concern, yes. Jal Pedro, he twisted his ankle in training this week by the sounds of it

00:24and he's definitely going to miss the Norwich game but the extent of the injury isn't quite

00:30clear yet so he could be out for a lengthy period. They're waiting on an MRI scan.

00:35We understand that he's had his scan and we're just waiting for the results of that so we'll hope

00:41or they'll be hoping that the damage won't be too serious but it's not looking good at this stage

00:46so he's definitely going to miss the Norwich game. Danny Welbeck will be hoping to come back in time

00:53for the game. He's going to be assessed this week in training but the game's going to come too soon

00:58for the likes of Jack Kinchelwood who's out, James Milner who's out, Matt Swiffer as well,

01:03Ferdy Kadioglu and Louis Dunk of course as well so the injury list is quite extensive

01:09and it's not going to ease that much in time for Norwich.

01:13Sounds like a tricky period for Breita and just how important is it to get a win after

01:18four results where they've had four draws and haven't been strung in to get any wins on the

01:22board recently? They have, yeah, it's eight without a win now and they've got ten draws

01:28in a Premier League this season which is the most of any Premier League team. Norwich have nine

01:33draws this season as well so a draw could be a safe bet for this one but yeah I still think

01:41they do have enough options. They've got a big squad, remember they spend so much money in the

01:46summer so he does have a few options and I think that they should have enough firepower if they're

01:52really on it. It won't be easy but if they're really putting in a good performance I still

01:57think they've got enough within the squad to get a win and progress through to the next stage.

02:04Absolutely and breaking news this week, Graeme Potter going to West Ham after

02:09quite a bit of time out after his previous failed stint at Chelsea. What was Fabian

02:13Herzler saying about that situation? Yeah I think it's good, obviously a former Brighton

02:19manager Graeme Potter and Herzler said that when he came in as the new manager he looked

02:25back at what the previous managers have done or have done in the past, he studied the history

02:31and I think he was quite impressed with what Potter did here with the squad he

02:35had. I don't think the squad was anywhere near as strong as what Herzler inherited so Potter

02:40was working with perhaps a less talented squad than what Herzler has and I think Graeme

02:48Potter for three seasons he was largely successful here. I think he did a very good

02:54job, he transformed Brighton from a team that was struggling with the relegation battles into a top

03:00half team and I think he should get a lot of credit for that. He did a good job at Brighton,

03:04didn't work out for him at Chelsea although he did quite well financially from it, a five-year

03:09contract and he only lasted less than a year so I think it was a good move for him in that respect

03:14but he'll be itching to get back and I think this West Ham job is the funny club West Ham.

03:22Obviously David Moyes left, they weren't quite happy with the football they were playing under

03:26David Moyes although they had success in Europe and some decent finishes in the Premier League.

03:31Lopetegui didn't quite work out for them so I think Potter's now going to have a chance

03:37to go in there, make his mark and put his stamp on West Ham and I think most Brighton

03:42fans will be pleased to see him back in the Premier League.

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