Gus Poyet, when he was Albion's manager, often used to refer to 'noise' during moments provoking great debate.

  Three-and-threequarter-years on from the colourful Uruguayan's controversial departure, there is a lot of sound about the impact on the Seagulls' promotion prospects of Shane Duffy's injury.

  The Irishman's broken metatarsal, which will rule him out of most - if not all - the remaining matches has provoked panic in some quarters, joy in others.

  The panic was evident yesterday from supporters across social media outlets.

  After seeing their side miss out on automatic promotion once and in the play-offs three times in the last four seasons, their alarm is understandable.

  The joy is from rival fans of the pursuing pack, of Huddersfield, Leeds and, to a lesser extent, Reading.

  Chris Hughton and his players have to detach themselves from the whirlwind and concentrate on what they can control - collecting three points at Rotherham tonight.

    Hughton has plenty of help within the squad, experienced players who can stay as calm in all the commotion as the manager.

  One of them, Liam Rosenior, brought some sense to the storm of fear ahead of the first of two trips to Yorkshire before the international break, which will offer an opportuntity to catch breath and regroup - Albion go to Leeds after Derby's visit on Friday.

  Rosenior (below), sound on his comeback from seven months out injured at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, does not just play a good game, he talks a good game as well.

  A successful career in coaching and management beckons once his playing days are over, but right now the only consideration for the 32-year-old current left-back is ignoring all the noise and concentrating on helping the team to three precious points at the New York Stadium tonight.

  He's spreading the news, the blues are melting away. Albion can still be king of the hill, top of the heap (probably behind Newcastle).

  Rosenior told The Argus: "We are in a great position, it's in our hands. If you start looking at what other people are thinking, what the press and other teams are thinking, it's not important. Three points.

  "We've got 33 points to play for. We need to get as many as we can and not worry about all the noise.

  "I'm a massive NFL fan and Bill Belichick, the head coach of the New York Patriots - who are an amazing team - the last sign on the door when they walk out from the training ground every day is 'No Noise', don't listen to the noise outside.

  "That's a massive lesson we've got to take, especially from last season. The experience we had is just deal what we can deal with and that's playing well and winning football matches."

  There are no guarantees, of course. How can there be when results can be affected by so many factors. A mistake here, a missed chance there, an offside goal that stands like Forest's opener in the faith-shaking 3-0 defeat at the City Ground.

  This is certainly a moment when we will really see, as Rosenior puts it, what Albion are 'made of'.

  On all-known evidence, a positive response is probable in the face of relative adversity.

  They are unlikely to 'choke', a misleading perception used in one national newspaper headline after the Forest setback.

  Albion, in fact, did nothing of the sort from here on in last season. A 4-1 drubbing at Cardiff at the end of February was followed by a 14-match unbeaten run through to the bitter end of the promotion decider at Middlesbrough, before the injury-induced exit from the play-offs against Sheffield Wednesday.

  Rosenior said: "You look at the setbacks we've had this season and last season, starting with Shoreham (Airshow tragedy). We lost Anthony's (Knockaert's) father earlier in the season, Connor's (Goldson) heart condition. Teams go through injuries.

  "We've had big things to deal with and we've overcome that. I'm sure we will do that again.

  "When we're winning games, everyone talks about team spirit, 'Look at Brighton's spirit'. But when you really need spirit is when things start to go against you and you lose a couple of games.

  "You get an injury to a really important player, that's when team spirit is at its most important.

  "We'll see what we're made of. I can't say we're going to come through it and everything will be great, because I don't know, but I've got complete confidence that we will."

  Rosenior, now recovered from a broken ankle and ligament damage so severe that "I questioned whether I would come back", has previous with his former club.

  "It was great at Hull to be promoted, amazing," he said.

  "With that experience, I realised that it doesn't just affect the club, it affects the whole community. You see people proud to come from Brighton.

  "I remember at Hull (above), you used to see Arsenal and Manchester United shirts everywhere, but by the time I left there were little kids in Hull shirts everywhere. That's how football should be.

  "This is a great area to live, this is a great club to play for, and hopefully I can pay that back by helping the club and the community achieve something that, trust me, they all deserve."

  If Rosenior and his Albion team-mates fall short, it won't be for the want of trying. You can put your shirt on that.