He's David Moyes 2.0 for me. Good manager at a certain level but certainly not a top level manager. The fact Brighton haven't missed a step since he left says it all.
Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job
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How the feck do you go from Tuchel to Potter? What a fckn masterclass from Todd.
To be fair Potter was a high regarded manager on the up. The work he did with Brighton was great.
Stalking me around the forum with your silly bad faith arguments is not a good look bro.
High regarded for Brighton - not to replace a world class one. It'd be the equivalent of City firing Pep for de Zerbi
Come on now Tuchel is not as high regarded as Pep.
Potter was in the conversation for us as well so it's not like it was out of the blue. I wouldn't have sacked Tuchel but after doing it Potter seemed to be one of the best calls.
Tuchel is extremely high regarded- and will probably have his second CL trophy this year.
Potter was flavor of the month only in the mediocre British context - media hyping up English coaches as world class who would never ever get a look for some of Europe's top clubs. Would Potter get a look in at PSG, BVB, Inter, Benfica, Madrid? Let's get real, there's levels to this.
He wouldn't as English managers don't tend to manage overseas. But that doesn't mean he wasnt a promising manager on the rise.
Tuchel is high regarded but he's not at Pep's level. He's a tier below so it's not a fair scenario comparison.
Pep's overrated. His peak was in 2011 and he's been on a downward trajectory ever since. Managed to win feckall in Europe in over a decade despite unlimited funds and super teams assembled with no expense spared. IDGAF about him cheating his way into the PL titles either.
It was Tuchel who beat Pep's City three times in a row in 2021 and caused Pep to overload his brain and make mistakes after mistakes.
Regardless, this is Graham Potter's thread - who's an absolute nobody at the top level and should have never been given the keys in the first place despite the English media clamoring for an English manager to finally win something. It ain't happening, not with Potter anyways.
It was Tuchel who beat Pep's City three times in a row in 2021 and caused Pep to overload his brain and make mistakes after mistakes.
Regardless, this is Graham Potter's thread - who's an absolute nobody at the top level and should have never been given the keys in the first place despite the English media clamoring for an English manager to finally win something. It ain't happening, not with Potter anyways.
Absolutely. The annoying thing about this as well is that, when James and Chilwell were both out injured, every fan, including fans of other clubs, could see Chelsea lacked that width and goal threat from both full backs.
Now they’re back and James is being played as part of a back three is beyond clueless.
Tuchel played him there many times as part of specific game plans. I’d have just played Chalobah and kept James RWB but there is an argument that he’s the best RCB we have after Fofana.
Playing him there and nullifying the right hand side is lunacy. RLC is dreadful now in his actual position left alone playing right wing back. Shame as he was one player I thought would be seriously top class when he came through.
Playing a fullback as outside CB in a back three isn't exactly an alien thing, far from it.
And that's before i mention Reece exploded into being our best prospect whole playing in that very position.
Loftus-Cheek is fine, he’s a good utility player. We created enough chances to win the game. James lining up at RCB from time to time isn’t a problem at all.
I’m not your bro. And I’m not stalking you, you stick out like a sore thumb with your ridiculous takes.
The other Chelsea fans here are ok, to be fair.
The last few pages on here have been sheer revisionism (typical Caf). This time last year you could say no wrong about Potter.
He didn’t play a fullback, he played two fullbacks in a back 3.
In what planet is RLC fine?
He has done nothing for years. I’m not even sure if he’s a good squad player anymore and I’m wondering if injuries have taken a toll or if he’s just stagnated and never lived up to his potential.
So? Still nothing wrong with what Potter says in that tweet.
No. But there's still nothing wrong with the point he makes in that tweet.
I felt the remainder of the season was a free hit for Potter, a chance to steady the ship, get some results and implement his own starting 11 and his own style.
He doesn’t know his best 11, doesn’t seem to know his own style and continuously plays players out of position. It is like Potter has never seen any of the players actually play before which is seriously worrying.
I’m on the fence now. I don’t like sacking managers so soon but if he was sacked it would be justified. He has shown absolutely nothing promising.
His saving grace will be the UCL game. I don’t think he gets sacked before that.
He doesn’t know his best 11, doesn’t seem to know his own style and continuously plays players out of position. It is like Potter has never seen any of the players actually play before which is seriously worrying.
I’m on the fence now. I don’t like sacking managers so soon but if he was sacked it would be justified. He has shown absolutely nothing promising.
His saving grace will be the UCL game. I don’t think he gets sacked before that.
Sacked
Ffs been sacked!
Hmmm curious timing, perhaps spurred on by Nagelsmann's availability
Wow, that was quick!
Nagelsmann to Chelsea, Potter to Spurs.
rodgers imo. he’ll play well in a yank boardroom.
Setting aside the windfall, one of the worst managerial career choices I've seen.
feck, weekend getting worse
Ah feck.
Wow.
Two managers in one season. Thought this was a long term plan?
Two managers in one season. Thought this was a long term plan?
Should never have gone to Chelsea. Bad call Potter.
Cya later loser.
Spuds to miss out on Naglesman possibly
So much for that long-term project 
ludicrous
Can see basically Bayern and Chelsea swapping managers
My prediction of the replacement going before the end of the season as well is hanging on in there
Oh no. The 10th time this season we have to deal with new manager bounce.
Wonder what pay off he’s getting?
It cost over £20m to bring him in and his salary was huge. Then all his staff.
What a mess.
It cost over £20m to bring him in and his salary was huge. Then all his staff.
What a mess.