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Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler says Ipswich will provide "a big and different challenge" to any team they have faced so far.

"In the Premier League, there are no easy games," Hurzeler said. "They are a team with a great coach and he has great ideas. They have a great togetherness and they attack very intensely.

"It will be a big and different challenge for us, but we will face it and we look forward to it.

"The expectation is always the same and that is to go out and display the basic things. That is what I demand from my players in every game, no matter if we’re playing Manchester United or Ipswich.

"Maybe the expectation is that we go and win this game, but when you are ambitious you have to deal with this pressure and expectation from the outside."

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Under new boss Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton have had a fine start to the Premier League season.

We asked what is the one thing nobody is talking about but really should be?

Here are some of your comments:

David: We now have a good sized squad with strength in depth, but why are so many players suffering injuries ? Our numbers were terrible last season and we already have issues added to that this season, including most new arrivals. So, is it training, fitness related or just bad luck?

John: I think we’ve done well but had some huge slices of luck along the way. The overturned penalty awarded to Everton, the Manchester United offside goal and the Declan Rice sending off. I think it’s a little too early to expect this to be a really big season. Let’s see how we respond as the luck changes, as it inevitably will.

Alan: With the departure of Pascal Gross, Billy Gilmour was the midfielder who should have been the first name on the team sheet every week. Calm, dependable, and with a terrific full season behind him. How anyone could warrant replacing him with a number of Premier-League-untested options, and accept comparatively so little a fee for him, is beyond me.

Daniel: How good we have been, we could win the league if we keep this up but nobody is taking us seriously. If Manchester City get relegated, what's stopping us?

Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Ipswich Town (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• James Milner could be out for up to three weeks with a hamstring injury.

• Hurzeler said "it is a possibility" that winger Ferdi Kadioglu will make his debut this weekend, but Solly March is not close to returning despite now training with the team.

• On March: "If you are injured for that long then it’s a long way back. The positive thing is he is back on the training pitch. It is now about not putting pressure on him."

• Summer signing Matt O'Riley "is in very good spirits" but it is too soon to put a timescale on his return: "He is around us and is doing his rehab."

• The Brighton boss said they used the international break to "recover some players from injury and integrate them into the squad," as well as "reflect and re-analyse" the opening games.

• More on having time to 'reflect': "I planned the next phase too because now we have a lot of games, and a lot of home games, so we want to use this chance [to get as many points as possible]."

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On the latest episode of the Albion Unlimited podcast ESPN journalist Roberto Rojas discusses Inter Miami's Paraguay midfielder Diego Gomez, who has been linked with a Brighton move in January:

"I think he's like a Swiss Army knife, able to do so much. He can track back and defend, lay off assists and he can score. What kind of team doesn't want to have that kind of player?

"When he does cometo the Premier League, it will be a big jump. But through all of the challenges he's faced such as injuries, he's come back better. It's credit to what he brings to the table.

"Whatever position any manager wants to play him in, he'll strive. You're getting a player that can do so much, the spirit of the team from midfield."

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Three games in and only Manchester City and Liverpool separate Brighton from the top of the table.

It has been a fine start for new boss Fabian Hurzeler and there have been plenty of plaudits for Albion.

But what is the one thing nobody is talking about that you've spotted - good or bad?

Tell us over here, external - and we'll feature your replies on Thursday

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On the latest episode of BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast, Brighton commentator Johnny Cantor discussed Lewis Dunk's England career after he was left out of Lee Carsley's first Three Lions squad:

"I think it's a shame that he hasn't got more caps. When he was playing really consistently for the club, he probably didn't get the caps, and he returned to the squad when he wasn't at the peak of his powers.

"He's going to make more appearances for Albion now. He's never really been a regular for England and with the new manager, and the likes of [Marc] Guehi and [Ezri] Konsa doing well, it probably does mark the end [of his England career]. But you can never say never."

Former Seagulls striker Warren Aspinall added: "It's great for the Albion - we want him to rest up. He probably had a two-week summer holiday with his family and he's got to an age where he might be going to the Euros or World Cup as a bit-part player.

"I would go out on his terms. I'd announce it [international retirement] and say that he wants to concentrate on Brighton and his family. I don't think he will because you can never say never, but I'd love him to say that so we can get the best out of him for Brighton."

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