"Physically, he's fine," Pulis said of Alston, who is loaned to OCB for the season and played 64 minutes in the opener. "His mentality and attitude since coming into our group is fantastic. I have no complaints whatsoever. At the same time, he's been out six or seven weeks, so we know he's going to need some more minutes and more game time to sharpen up and get to the level he was at before he got injured."