Aaron Mooy talks about taking his time to settle in at Albion.

Paul Barber referred to an “evolutionary not revolutionary” process around the time Graham Potter was himself settling in as head coach.

And Glenn Murray has referred to a constant process of adapting to a new system under the current management.

Barber’s quote was in reference to the summer transfer window itself.

But it also applies to the way players brought in have been introduced to the system.

Albion have changed style dramatically since a change of leadership early in the 2019 close season.

But, as they make the most of the international break to hone their playing style, the stats show the more gradual pace of changes being made in terms of personnel.

The contribution of players who had not made their Albion league debut prior to Potter’s arrival has grown almost on a game-by-game basis since day one at Watford.

So has the total of minutes played by the newcomers.

The only time those numbers went notably backwards was in the immediate aftermath of Leandro Trossard’s groin injury, suffered with the Belgian national team when his club had completed four Premier League fixtures.

The Argus:

In the next match at home to Burnley, the compliment of newer faces dropped by one player and 64 minutes in relation to the previous outing, when Trossard caused Manchester City problems.

By the time Tottenham visited in the most recent match, however, more than half of Potter’s starting XI were players he himself had given their league debuts in Seagulls colours.

That comprised summer signings Adam Webster, Aaron Mooy and Neal Maupay, academy graduates Aaron Connolly and Steven Alzate and defender Dan Burn, who was signed at the start of last season on Chris Hughton’s watch but did not play a league minute for the club until Potter arrived.

The figure was possibly skewed by the absence through injury of Davy Propper.

But even had the Dutchman played a full game rather than, for example, Alzate, newer faces would still have been within five minutes of a season-high.

And there were options other than Alzate or Mooy to cover for Propper.

Mooy perhaps best encapsulates the process of change.

Currently on international duty with the Socceroos, he told Australian media: “Going to a new club sometimes it takes a few weeks to get settled in.

“But now I feel comfortable, I’m just trying to help Brighton play as well as I can.

“It’s a different style of football (compared to Huddersfield).

“The manager at Brighton is wanting us to play out from the back all the time and play through the lines.

“That’s enjoyable for me because that’s the way I like to play, I think it suits me. Hopefully I can keep improving and help the team more.”

Potter felt Albion saw the real Mooy as he excelled in attacking areas during the win over Spurs.

The Aussie teamed up with Pascal Gross to create problems in what was essentially a 4-2-2-2 system.

Mooy enjoyed himself. He had 86 touches and played 58 passes against Spurs, when Albion were on top.

That compared to 44 touches and 25 passes in the 2-0 defeat at Chelsea.

Mooy only played two-thirds of the game at Stamford Bridge but his numbers in terms of involvement on the ball were only about half of what he recorded against Spurs.

The six players brought into the league side by Potter totaled 528 minutes against Spurs.

That was 86 more than the previous highest, when Steven Alzate made his debut at Newcastle.

On opening day at Watford, there was just one full debutant in Burn while Neal Maupay came off the bench.

That was the day some Albion fans wondered why none of the summer signings were in the starting XI.

We now know what was going on, of course.

By design or just because the way it panned out, Potter ended up introducing the summer buys one by one in terms of his starting XIs.

Trossard against West Ham, then Maupay against Southampton, then Adam Webster at the Etihad.

There is still room for the older guard. Albion’s league ever-presents this season include players given debuts by Gus Poyet (Lewis Dunk) and Oscar Garcia (Dale Stephens).

The number of Potter proteges in a league starting XI has probably peaked at six, at least until the transfer market re-opens.

It may well go down again if and when Propper and Solly March get back into the side.

But the revolution is gathering pace.

In an evolutionary sort of way.