One tweet will have surely struck a chord during a rollercoaster weekend for those who follow Albion.

It came on Sunday afternoon and was only five words long.

It wasn’t complaining about Dan Burn or praising the Albion comeback against Wolves.

Or calling for Potter Out. Or indeed Potter In.

It was from Albion fan and podcaster Ryan Adsett, was accompanied by a clip of full-time in the win over Arsenal on a Sunday afternoon nearly three years ago and read simply: “I really, really miss this.”

The words hit the nail on the head. The clip showed so much of what we all miss.

Especially on rousing occasions such as the comeback three days ago which saw Albion continue their recent tradition of starting a new calendar year with an entertaining draw.

On the clip Ryan chose, Arsenal were trying to play their way out from the back as time was called.

Glenn Murray skipped like a schoolkid, fans pogo-ed for joy as they would after a goal and players ran to hug each other.

Fans hugged too - and without face-coverings!

The roar at the whistle was huge. Then Sussex By The Sea played and everyone joined in.

The Amex is not the loudest stadium in the Premier League but it has its moments, especially when the imposing West Upper is in full voice.

If you sit where we used to, near the players tunnel, the sound from up there seems to wrap itself around you when they get going.

They did that day against the Gunners, as did the rest of the stadium. Or at full-time against Manchester United two months later and several other occasions.

Such scenes might only last five minutes or so but you can treasure them for years.

The depressing message even before Boris Johnson spoke last night was that any more of these moments seem some way away.

Paul Barber warned as much in his programme notes for the Wolves fixture.

Those upbeat days when the club prepared to welcome back 2,000 fans to watch the Southampton game seem a long time ago.

How naive we were when the return of supporters was first announced and the general assumption seemed to be 4,000 would be allowed into the Amex.

Barber, the club’s deputy chairman and chief executive, has been close to all developments in the quest to bring back fans – and then the return to closed stadia.

Even he was surprised how quickly things changed when the gates were temporarily re-opened ahead of Christmas.

We have gone back from there and another rapid change of course – but in a more positive direction – seems some way off.

In his latest update, Barber told fans: “The increasing probability appears to be it will be some time before we see anything like that again.

“We face playing yet more home matches behind closed doors in the weeks ahead.

“It was for exactly this eventuality that we opted not to rotate ticket priority for the period in which fans could attend games last month.

“Unfortunately, at this point we have no idea when fans will be permitted to attend games so, with so much uncertainty, allowing everyone to take part in a random draw for individual matches our fans can actually attend continues to make absolute sense.

“We remain entirely committed to hosting fans back at the American Express Community Stadium as soon as we are permitted to do so and, in the meantime, we back other clubs to do so even while we can’t.

“Whilst 2,000 fans in the stadium does not help our finances, in the short term we believe a crowd of any size helps the players, and it is an important step towards building the confidence of Government and the wider community that we can safely stage matches with fans present again.”

Going back to the final whistle in that Arsenal game, it underlined how you remember the good times.

You smile at those images and forget Albion did not win again for exactly two months after that.

Fans make those moments. Often their reaction is treasured as much as the football, even for myself as a reporter trying to capture the feel of the occasion.

Of course, it was a privilege to be present in a working capacity as Wolves visited on Saturday.

We had an enjoyable second half to watch and it was great to have something positive to write about.

I don’t know how it all looked on TV - or sounded with the artificial crowd noise.

But, sitting there in the back row of that same West Upper, the spectacle did not feel as exciting as it should have, despite Albion’s hugely commendable efforts.

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You realised the pulse did not race as it would normally in such a match.

It felt interesting rather than thrilling.

We know what we are missing and of course we understand why. 

That five-word tweet brought it home.