There are assumptions been made here - there is no way of knowing how much of this improvement is Potter and how much is the groundwork laid by Hughton. Brighton purchased three players this off-season for more money that the previous transfer record - and brought in a loanee that would probably...
Brighton should have won that game comfortably - West Ham were as bad as Watford last week.
The gas thing is - if Brighton had won as comprehensively as they should have, Pellegrini could have been sacked and Hughton could have been the fav to replace him.
VAR is all about money - there is so much money involved in every decision now that the 'investors' want to protect their investment - it will run football as a fans game.