Jurgen Locadia has made a flying start to his Albion career.

The Dutchman took only 15 minutes to score on his debut against Coventry in the FA Cup, eight minutes to strike on his Premier League debut as a late substitute against Swansea.

He has already demonstrated his scoring instincts with the clinical, first-time finish against Coventry and being in the right place at the right time to pounce on Dale Stephens' attempted shot against Swansea.

This, together with his combination of pace, power and mobility, is why Albion paid a club record £14 million to buy him from PSV Eindhoven last month.

The recruitment department has come up trumps since the Seagulls were promoted to the Premier League.

The Argus: Mathew Ryan, Pascal Gross, Jose Izquierdo, Ezequiel Schelotto (above), Davy Propper, Tim Krul and Markus Suttner have all improved the squad.

Early indications are that Locadia will prove to be a shrewd investment as well, but it may be a little while before Chris Hughton hands him a first Premier League start.

Quite right too. A price tag should never be a passport to selection.

In the build-up to the Swansea game I posted on Twitter Hughton's probable line-up, which proved to be accurate with the exception of Anthony Knockaert starting on the right rather than Solly March.

A good number of respondents wanted Hughton to start with Locadia and change to 4-4-2, which I found surprising.

Albion had performed well in the previous three Premier League games at Southampton, Stoke and at home to West Ham, when they scored three goals.

Locadia and January recapture Leo Ulloa were not involved or began on the bench.

Locadia can play through the middle or in Holland was accustomed to operating left or right in a 4-3-3.

It is all very well advocating he should start, but who should Hughton leave out?

Against Swansea, Locadia came on for Glenn Murray. His double took his tally to seven goals in his last nine appearances. He is both scoring and leading the line effectively.

What about Pascal Gross? Hughton has altered his system slightly from 4-4-2 in the Championship to 4-4-1-1 in the Premier League, with the intelligent German dominating the number ten role.

Gross (below) did not have his best game against Swansea and yet still played a part in the second and third goals, which took the contest away from the Welshmen.

The Argus: He has contributed five goals and seven assists in Albion's total of 26. Stats from Opta show he has created 63 scoring chances for his team-mates.

That is a record bettered by only three providers, Kevin de Bruyne, Mesut Ozil and Christian Eriksen.

Why would Hughton, right now in Albion's richest vein of form, change a set-up which has generally worked well throughout the season to accomodate Locadia?

If he played in a 4-3-3 that might mean leaving out previous record signing Jose Izquierdo. That is also unthinkable in the Colombian's current, influential mood.

Summer signing Izquierdo, who cost almost as much as Locadia, had to wait until the October trip to Sunday's visitors Arsenal for his first Premier League start.

Locadia and Ulloa - more of a direct alternative to Murray - are likely to be among the substitutes once again against the Gunners.

That is fine. Hughton now has more attacking scope and competition. The increased risk of losing his place has inspired Murray.

There are still ten games left and an FA Cup quarter-final away to Manchester United.

The time will come for Locadia and Ulloa, whether it is driven by a downturn in results, individual loss of form, injuries or suspensions.

At the moment 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' justifiably holds sway for Hughton.