But, as they prepare to take a Carabao Cup feelgood into a tough Premier League test, James Milner will tell them there are things they need put right even from a 6-0 win at Oxford.
And he is more than willing to be their “cheat code” in the learning process.
Albion look to build on a meagre tally of one point from two games as they face a Manchester City side themselves beaten at home last week.
As Milner recalls, it is nine years since he left the Etihad.
It is actually ten now. Time flies when you are having fun.
Asked whether it was still a significant fixture for him, he said: “Yes and no.”
The real significance of it will be as a chance for Albion to turn large parts of their performances against Everton and Fulham into a first three-point haul of the season.
To a suggestion that they could have four or six points by now, Milner told The Argus: “It could be but unfortunately it’s one so that’s disappointing.
“I think there has been plenty of good in the first two games but that is the sort of thing, in the last last few years, maybe games we should have won we haven’t got over the line and been ruthless.
“At times (at Oxford) we showed that again – little moments in the game, bits of sloppiness, not having that killer instinct in front of goal and finishing it off.
“They are the things we need to learn as well.
“But the team is so young that is something that comes maybe with a bit more experience, with more games, maybe with a team being together longer.
“I am sure it will get better and better.
“Obviously the manager has been here a year now and you can see the way we play, everyone knows the jobs and how well-coached we are.
“It’s disappointing to have one point, for sure, but we have shown we can beat everyone on our day.
“It’s a long season, there is a long way to go.
“The more games we get into the season, the better we will get.”
The ploy of sending Milner on near the end to help see out a win over Fulham did not work.
That of starting him as the captain and midfield fulcrum in a young team at Oxford was a masterstroke.
He spread passes, kept thing organised and talked his side through the tie.
Only after the fifth goal went in did he make way.
He said: “Brighton's a great club to be at. I'm enjoying being part of the dressing room.
“A top young manager and the staff here and I just want to contribute as much as I can.
“It's not going to be 70 minutes every week, I'm sure, but I'd like to get on that field as often as I can and help.
“There's going to be certain games which are right for me, I'm sure, but hopefully I can still help the team and the players and the club, whether that's on the field or off the field.”
And that is the cheat code – using that experience to help youngsters learn quickly.
“Hopefully you try to set standards, you try set good examples.
“You try to keep an eye out when people might be struggling or things that they can improve on.
“Things like that. That's obviously something you want to help.
“That's what I want to do. Help the manager, help the players and improve.
“The amount of stuff I've learned, hopefully I can put that in there.
“Everyone's journey to the top is difficult. You can have ups and downs but the sooner these guys can realise and learn some of the stuff, if we can give them a cheat code and fill them with knowledge and push them to skip a few levels and get to the best level a lot quicker, that's our job done.”
The “we” to whom Milner refers includes senior professionals Lewis Dunk, Danny Welbeck and Adam Webster, who is currently facing the type of injury challenge Milner tackled last term.
“You have to enjoy what you do,” Milner said about the path back to action at an advanced stage of his career.
“I think it's probably the drive, it's still wanting to be the best player in training, still having to do the right things and not getting bored of going in the gym before training, not getting bored of getting needled before training and having an elbow stuck in your glute and things like that.
“That's the stuff that you think sometimes. ‘Why am I doing this?’ but I think as soon as you stop doing those little things and stop living as a professional and cutting corners and lose that drive to want to be the best, that makes it difficult
“So I think that's probably the No.1 thing that you need - that hunger and the desire to to keep doing it.”