Potter: Rotation now gospel

GRAHAM POTTER says it is “almost impossible” to have a first-choice side in the Premier League any more.

Brighton manager Potter, right, pulled off a surprise at Burnley last week when picking Shane Duffy. He said we had better get used to it.

“There’s a benefit to knowing your starting 11 and having that consistency, of course there is. But the way the season

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pans out with injury, suspension, and now Covid, it’s almost impossible to have an 11 that’s going to go start every game,” he said. “Every club is different. We have our model, we have our way we’re going to work. The downside is the ones who aren’t playing can become demotivated.”