Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job

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No you couldn't.

Houghton was great, he played very organised low block defensive football and kept us in the premier league for 2 seasons, but with that style of play we would never have got any higher and every season would have been about beating relegation.

Potter came in and changed that entirely, he changed us to an expansive and progressive style of football, it takes a bit of time (something Chelsea not to give) for that change to really take hold and he guided us to our highest ever position since we were founded in 1901. His work with Bloom, Ashworth and Barber changed the style of player we signed and developed and completely changed the way we played.

De Zerbi has come in and picked up where Potter left off, we were fourth when Potter left having just put 5 past Leicester, De Zerbi is brilliant and I'm over the moon he is our manager, but Potter was very very good as well and De Zerbi said that it was Potter that laid the groundwork for him to come in and tweak when he took over and thanked him again at the end of the season.

As much as I liked Houghton, the football we play today and the team we have is a million miles from his vision, but still intricately linked to Potters.
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As you're a Brighton fan, I can't really argue.

I wouldn't be surprised if Potter struggled a bit at another club that isn't as well run as Brighton...... Like he already has at Chelsea.

I do hope I'm wrong though, as he seems one of the good guys in football.
 

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Hughes35 said:
I do hope I'm wrong though, as he seems one of the good guys in football.
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Without a doubt, even though he left us in the lurch and took large portion of our coaching staff with him, I have a lot of time for Potter. But I would be gutted if he took the Palace job.
 

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Potter is still one of those top of my manager lists. The work he did at Brighton is what we need at the club now too. Someone that can hone into the modern style of football and lay some foundations and stabilise us.
 

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He's way above the Championship. It'd be a bit of a coup for Palace, let alone Leeds.
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I just think that Leeds have more potential than Palace do even though their current positions don’t tell that story. It’s not that long ago that Leeds were in the CL
 

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Without a doubt, even though he left us in the lurch and took large portion of our coaching staff with him, I have a lot of time for Potter. But I would be gutted if he took the Palace job.
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I'm guessing that's why your fans booed him on his return to the amex a few months ago. But because of that, I doubt he's going to have any loyalty towards Brighton when weighing up the Palace job.
 

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Wouldn't be inspiring and I doubt he could get the players onside to be honest, but I could see a scenario where it works too? It should be all about what they can do with their coaching ultimately. Could he provide enough of a boost short term to compete for top 4 this season? The new people will be in a weird position with it being January almost and there be plenty of chances to rescue our season (they may feel the manager needs to be changed first), but they likely can't get an ideal person in. So it's about the balance of who can you get who is on the list but can come now, or do you just get this person with a successor plan being worked on in another 18 months when we are in a better position? I'm not sure if we are at that point where it's untenable with Ten Hag yet, but we'll see how the next few weeks go.
 

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Imagine Potter being appointed as United Manager! That would officially be the end of the club.
 

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bosnian_red said:
Wouldn't be inspiring and I doubt he could get the players onside to be honest, but I could see a scenario where it works too? It should be all about what they can do with their coaching ultimately. Could he provide enough of a boost short term to compete for top 4 this season? The new people will be in a weird position with it being January almost and there be plenty of chances to rescue our season (they may feel the manager needs to be changed first), but they likely can't get an ideal person in. So it's about the balance of who can you get who is on the list but can come now, or do you just get this person with a successor plan being worked on in another 18 months when we are in a better position? I'm not sure if we are at that point where it's untenable with Ten Hag yet, but we'll see how the next few weeks go.
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It's untenable with Ten Hag. His idiotic pressing schemes in big games collapse all too easily and we get cricket scores. We can't really build up against even bottom half teams. Injured players coming back isn't going to do anything for that.

Potter I believe is better at organizing. His big problem was the attack but that could be a Chelsea problem too. Not many better interims than Potter right now for me. Stylistically very similar to ten hag.

As you say the only issue is managing big egos like Case, Varane, Rashford etc
 

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I do wonder what Potter is actually capable of. When he was at Brighton, he was very high on my list of managers who deserved a crack at one of the top jobs. His time at Chelsea was nothing short of a disaster, but then Lampard and Poch couldn't get much out of those players either, so who knows really?
 

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So we hire a manager who is comfortably worse than the one we have now? Makes sense
 

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Yes, if it is only an interim position till the end of the season; otherwise a huge NO.
 

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Cloud7 said:
I do wonder what Potter is actually capable of. When he was at Brighton, he was very high on my list of managers who deserved a crack at one of the top jobs. His time at Chelsea was nothing short of a disaster, but then Lampard and Poch couldn't get much out of those players either, so who knows really?
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What makes you think he’ll get something out of our players. We’re no better than Chelsea. We’re a joke of a club aswell with overpaid players. If they ain’t gonna listen to ETH and plays his way then I highly doubt they’ll listen to Potter. He’ll be like another Ole to soft.
 

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I’d well and truly just give up. If the clubs grand idea is Potter than there’s just no hope
 

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Would be a great choice. Surely he learned a lot at Chelsea and what he did with Brighton was amazing. Knows the league inside out. Gives young players a chance, has a system and ideas and plays attractive footie. I'd take him after the Pool game, yes please
 

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I think that Potter has been vindicated a little considering how poorly Poch has done and how Brighton are struggling a little bit this season but I'd be wary if I were him about jumping into another job where the club is a mess.

He's not a bad manager but sometimes it's best to be patient as a few bad career moves can unfortunately ruin the rep you've worked so hard to build up.
 

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Exactly what I'd expect from Ratcliffe. I imagine he'd be in, asking with a load of bang average British players to go alongside Maguire, Rashford, McTominay and pals.
 

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Exactly what I'd expect from Ratcliffe. I imagine he'd be in, asking with a load of bang average British players to go alongside Maguire, Rashford, McTominay and pals.
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Exactly. I have a feeling the likes of Rashford, Maguire, Mount will become practically untouchable under Ratcliffe. Proper English lads and all that.

God forbid!
 

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Exactly. I have a feeling the likes of Rashford, Maguire, Mount will become practically untouchable under Ratcliffe. Proper English lads and all that.

God forbid!
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I think this is rubbish. Based off one headline. He is ruthless for success and will bring in experienced people to run the club. We will overhaul scouting and improve use of data. Its not amateur hour anymore.
 

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Sometimes it's hard to tell how much of a team's success is due to the manager and how much due to the overall club structure and setup. Was Potter great for Brighton? Or did the solid framework and personnel in place mask deficiencies that were exposed when he came to a more ambitious club owned by a bunch of rank amateurs with more money than football knowledge? Our owners and their yes men are not going to provide a lot of cover for him
 

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At this low point where we are, I'd take him but only until the end of the season.
Otherwise hire a serious manager, if we can spend that much money on bad players I'm sure we can a attract a good manager at least for the salary if not for the job conditions.
 

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Von Mistelroum said:
Exactly what I'd expect from Ratcliffe. I imagine he'd be in, asking with a load of bang average British players to go alongside Maguire, Rashford, McTominay and pals.
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You really think Ratcliffe will have a say/veto on the transfers? He has a team and a setup for that, that analyses which players are a fit and I very much doubt a criteria or a skill is "british".

As a business man, you'd think he understands the value of listening to experts instead of interfering too much. I don't think you get to his spot if you don't listen to experts much.
 
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