The 27-year-old has lined up on the left-hand side of Albion’s back three this season, and he believes the formation Potter’s introduced — 3-4-3 — has worked to his own benefit, ahead of Burnley’s visit to the Amex Stadium this afternoon.
He said, “I do think the system suits me, because it allows me to use different aspects of my game that I probably wouldn’t use if we were playing a back four.
“You get a spare man, whether that’s me on my side or whoever’s playing on the other side, and you probably get more time on the ball.
“The gaffer said he hadn’t decided whether he was going to play a three or a four at the start of the season; he just wanted to see how we played with a three.
“The manager came in with a philosophy and everyone has bought into it. We have a lot of video meetings around the way he wants us to play and stop the other team.
“It’s a lot more detailed and focused on how we’re going to affect the other team, instead of how we’re going to stop them. It gives you confidence playing that way.”
Burn continued to praise the attention to detail Potter and his coaching staff have introduced since arriving from Swansea City in the summer, which includes putting more focus on Albion’s strengths going forward.
“The small things are the things that he picks up on, but they make such a huge difference. It’s all very detailed.
“I know that Man City beat us 4-0, but if you look at the way we played out and affected Man City and tried to stop them, it showed his attention to detail.
“We’ll go into Burnley with a game plan — whether it works or not, that’s down to the players, but we’ll know our jobs, what we’ve got to do and how we can affect them.”