The pragmatic thing is to play similar as before since thats what the team is built around doing. Telling the players during pre-game tactical talk that "today we're Stoke City" wouldnt be pragmatic.
Its also not a "salient point"... Brighton has played "Man City football" with bottom six...
Webster in top form is one of the two best English central defenders. He is indeed missed, not only for his playing style but because he is quite simply a class above Dunk, Duffy and Veltman. Really hope he can get rid of these reoccuring injuries.