Brighton boss Graham Potter ready for ‘hostile atmosphere’ at Selhurst Park

Brighton boss Graham Potter receives daily reminders of the significance of games against Crystal Palace and is braced for a hostile atmosphere at Selhurst Park.Potter is preparing for his first experience of a derby match against the Seagulls fiercest rivals.Albion did the double over Palace under former manager Chris Hughton last season and will move above them on goal difference with another victory in south-east London on Monday evening.I have been reminded of how important it is pretty much every day, said Potter.Its always good these games, theyre important for our supporters and its important because of the proximity of the two teams and the clubs.My memory of Selhurst Park is always lively, so Monday night with the Sky cameras there, it will be a good atmosphere, hostile atmosphere, its something we are going to have to deal with, and weve got to look forward to it.I was at a function last night and everybodys just speaking about the game and make sure you win. That type of rhetoric.Of course that feeds into the players but at the same time you learn that you have to understand the game, understand what you need to do, understand its football, you can do a lot right and still lose, you can do a lot wrong and still win.Brighton sit 12th in the table after recovering from three successive losses to take four points from tough games against Arsenal and Wolves.Opponents Palace are three points and two places better off and will be led by manager Roy Hodgson for the 100th match.Former Ostersund coach Potter, who like Hodgson began his managerial career in Sweden, holds his opposite number in extremely high regard.As soon as I went over to Sweden, I understood his influence in Swedish football and the respect everybody has of him is incredibly, and rightly so, said Potter.The more I understood about his career, the more I respected him because hes been all over Europe.Hes made a fantastic career in terms of where hes been and the clubs hes been at and the experiences hes had.I think hes an example for every young coach in terms of how hes built and sustained a career in the game.Brighton will assess striker Aaron Connollys groin issue ahead of the game, but Solly March remains out with a similar problem, while midfielder Dale Stephens serves a one-match ban.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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