Their struggles last season went under the radar. Potter will be gone soon
Graham Potter | Sweden manager
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Their recruitment sounds like a mess but frankly they've wound up with a bunch of decent players. If they rehired Moyes they'd be back up to midtable in a few weeks. I think Potter just isn't very good. HIs teams look good but aren't very effective at the best of times and theres enough drama and noise around west ham to make life difficult for anyone.
He is awful. Has made a fortune out of the game by being the front man at a very well run club. His teams can’t score goals.
He’ll be sacked before November. Funny that people wanted him here…
You only need to hear him talk for a while and see him on the sidelines to know that he won't inspire anyone, so if he isn't an elite tactical genius then there's nothing there.
There's no edge to him, and has always seemed just too normal and bland to be a top manager.
I was dreading him becoming our manager last year when ETH went.
There's no edge to him, and has always seemed just too normal and bland to be a top manager.
I was dreading him becoming our manager last year when ETH went.
Yeah, Moyes did a great job there.
I think it's because Moyes is a fairly basic manager but he's very very good at it. Potter appears to be a manager that tries to overcomplicate it too much at times without already having that good base. It works to overcomplicate it if you're elite at doing so but when you're not it just looks....shite.
And that’s lights out for his prem career.
Every team he has managed has had the same problem. He cannot coach them to score goals.
Every team he has managed has had the same problem. He cannot coach them to score goals.
At Brighton and to a lesser extent Chelsea the problem was creating chances but not being able to score them. At West Ham it feels like they barely create any and the whole team is a mess.
Graham Potter is probably a shandy drinker. Wanker.
He keeps picking the wrong clubs tbh
Would be the first sacking if not for Nuno openly asking for it
I don't think there is a right club for him anymore. The Chelsea move was understandable as it was an incredible opportunity but it's broken him.
That job was always going to be too big for him, he needs a club similar level to Brighton where theres a good structure
He shouldn’t be at any of these clubs to begin with because he’s not good enough. His career highlight is managing to stay 7 years in Sweden.
Grim times for Potter. He seems like a nice guy, but he may have to seek refuge in a lower league.
Potter and West Ham always felt like an odd fit. Their fanbase seem to crave a visibly passionate and animated manager who would happily throw punches if he felt his team have been wronged. Potter is the antithesis of that.
I find him very unlikeable.
I would be surprised if he got that again.
Switched to a back four in the second half tbf.
And to think he was being touted as the next England manager. He’s having a nightmare, though probably not helped by Sullivan.
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So this is the guy plenty fans wanted after ETH?
The clock is ticking... Nuno or Potter first?
I think that's a problem with him. It worked with Brighton because they were set up as a club to be dynamic but he tries to be too smart and tinkers with things too much which is ironic as West Ham fans wanted a manager that did things differently and was a bit more interesting than Moyes but sometimes the best managers for you and the best managers in the league are the ones that keep it fairly simple.
Nuno wants the sack and will then probably take the West Ham job. Although he likes to be backed.
I remember when people on here were all for us appointing Potter. Like comes at you fast.
I remember when people on here were all for us appointing Potter. Like comes at you fast.
Absolute fraud.
That was a tongue-in-cheek comment with all the system talk on the forum at the moment. But yeah his teams are shite whatever he does with the backline. Propped up by Brighton’s structure and been properly found out since leaving.
I doubt Nuno will be allowed to take another job this season, if Forest pay him off.
I think they will end up going for someone like Scott Parker.
on merits, easily the frontrunner to be the first manager to be sacked. Nuno has made it interesting though.
Doesnt matter who the manager is at West Ham, David Sullivan is picking transfers and recruitment
If Nuno gets the sack that would be one of the most diabolical sackings in recent years.
Potter’s going to get sacked but when you look at some of the names in that West Ham team you can see why they’re struggling
Guess ,Potter just overtook Amorim in the sack race..
Nice guy, decent ideas, but I don’t think he has enough fear factor with the players.
Of course he needs a board who backs him too. West Ham sold Kudus and replaced him with…?
Of course he needs a board who backs him too. West Ham sold Kudus and replaced him with…?
That team shouldn't be fighting for relegation. Paqueta, Fülkrug and Souček are all regular internationals for their countries and Bowen is often included in England squads. Wan-Bissaka was a regular starter for Man Utd for years as well. Just two years ago they won a European trophy with a similar squad.
He’s English, so Sky Sports are defending him on account of him needing “6 signings asap” (Jamie Redknapp).
They have virtually the same win % (Amorim and Potter), would it be any different to what it is now.
And the league has improved since then.
They have recruited poorly especially in the last year. Fullkurg and Soucek are part of the problem because they are slow and have no legs. Pacqueta has not been the same since the betting scandal.
Lots of people on twitter were shouting for us to sign Todibo probably because Goldbridge was screaming for it, but he hasn’t been great at all.
I'm surprised at how bad he's been. For some reason, can see him at Rangers soon
I doubt he could get a job at Queens Park Rangers right now, I don't see him coaching again if he is fired with West Ham in this state, he has pals at the FA and will probably do some technical advisor type role and enjoy the millions he has made in anonymity.