Nutshell. He did the same sort of thing before the Bournemouth game.
He knows that winding up the other side is more likely to work in our favour as we tend to play better against teams who are fired up and come at us.
That said, I think it would have been an open game without this cage rattling but, as you say, nudging the Brighton team to that tipping point where they take the bait will, IMHO, work in our favour.