Dean White is revelling in his role as Albion's reserve boss, despite a lack of match action.

The Seagulls have been playing catch-up at all levels, with 12 fixtures from the under-17's through to the first team squeezed into as many days.

The reserves have been particularly hard hit by the weather. Wednesday's match at Peterborough was only their eighth in the Combination League since White's appointment at the start of October.

It means a hectic finish to the season, beginning at Bristol City on Monday and at home to Fulham next Wednesday. "Missing games has been frustrating, but that's one of those things you have to get on with," said White.

"We will probably be playing two a week now to the end of the season, so I'll be fed up by then."

The reserves' fortunes have been mixed so far. They are currently in mid-table, although as White rightly points out: "Results are not paramount.

"It's about how many players we can bring through. The younger players have got to keep on improving and the older ones need a bit of fitness and sharpness.

"As a reserve manager you never know what team you are going to put out. We've had games this year where we've had three first team players playing and others like at Littlehampton last week where they were all full-time pros with just a couple of youngsters.

"The attitude is the same though. We try to get the ball down and pass it, from the first team down to the youth team."

White quit Hastings to be reunited with Micky Adams, a clubmate at Gillingham.

He played for Chelsea and Millwall but had to readjust after several years out of the pro game.

"It was a bit difficult to start with, but now I am used to it," he said. "It's something I have always wanted to do and it's going well. It's nice to work with good players.

"Since I was a pro things have changed. Diet and all those sort of things have come into it and the club is run very professionally."

Adams leads from the front in that respect. Take last week for example. The boss and No. 2 Bob Booker made the long journey to Blackpool to spy on Tuesday's Withdean victims when they beat Cardiff at Bloomfield Road.

The following day Adams was at his old club Fulham to watch a reserve game and then at Littlehampton in the evening.

"Micky is as I expected him to be," said White. "He doesn't expect anyone to work any harder than he does himself."