What sort of step up or stepping stone are people looking for Potter to take? Like take the Villa job or something?
He appears to be an excellent coach, improved all the teams he has managed and has some experienced coaches working alongside him.
After Ten Hag, he'd be my 2nd choice. Knowing our luck we'll end up with Southgate and Potter will take the England job.
I honestly can’t think of a manager that has taken the so called ‘step up’ and the gone on to greatness. I guess you could argue that Klopp and Nagelsmann maybe qualify but that’s a bit unfair to Dortmund and Leipzig are more of a sugar daddy club so again not like going from minnow to mid table to top tier.
Does Mourinho count? He went from U.D. Leiria to Porto to Chelsea. Porto isn’t dissimilar to Ten Hag managing Ajax. Obviously Jose won the CL at Porto and a treble but he also had a special group of players there. Considering how much more too heavy football has become Ten Hag’s CL semi final isn’t dissimilar.
Moyes when he got the Utd had done the whole Preston > Everton > Utd journey albeit without a trophy but tangible ‘success’.
Roberto Martinez won an FA Cup with Wigan and has done ok with Belgium. Is he good enough? I’m not at all convinced he’s a good manager but he’s won a trophy.
It’s strange isn’t it because if/when Pochettino wins Ligue Un this season he’ll shed his no trophy stigma and a bunch of people will then think he’s viable.
I’m much more interested in what Potter or other candidates can point to it terms of style of play and coaching than outright achievements. Potter could be well be the next English coach to win the CL. We’ll never know if one of the big English clubs don’t give him a chance.