In the past he's favoured a 3-4-3 formation...hard to see how we can do that currently with only 3 senior CBs, one of whom is injured. He's also played wingers (Solly March as an example) in the wing back roles.
Typically when a 3-4-3 gets announced on a match day the manager is immediately described as being too negative, too cautious etc. I guess it depends on the composition of the 4.
He's given young players chances...hopefully that continues at West Ham.
Welcome Graham.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 13:33
by dealcanvey
Club spending 25 million on a player I expect them to be a decent addition to the squad right away. Since when have we been able to spend that amount of money on a player and give them a couple of years to come good?
When Sunderland sell Jobe Bellingham (same age) for the amount of money we bought this kid for as a comparison you can start to grasp how poor a signing this lad is going to be.
Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 11:50
Guilherme looked like a competition winner when he got on against Villa.
I think we can write that signing off as a Steiten flop.
Risky having an opinion like that on here Ferret. Triggers a few people.
you've got to be a proper clueless prat to be writing off an eighteen year old that's only had a few minutes for the first team, and only been seen by the new manager for about two and a half days
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:57
by dealcanvey
Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 11:50
Guilherme looked like a competition winner when he got on against Villa.
I think we can write that signing off as a Steiten flop.
Risky having an opinion like that on here Ferret. Triggers a few people.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:50
by Mad Ferret
Guilherme looked like a competition winner when he got on against Villa.
I think we can write that signing off as a Steiten flop.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:46
by Lee Trundle
Does this mean we're writing off Casey also, seeing as he never got on?
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:36
by twoleftfeet
dealcanvey wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 11:30
He deemed Scarles was up to it from the off. Put him in despite having Cresswell available.
We had no wingers playing yesterday apart from Kudus upfront and he still did not get on.
Lopetegui did not play him either.
He's not going to make the grade.
Guilherme will become a very good player for us.
Potter is the perfect manager for him.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:30
by dealcanvey
He deemed Scarles was up to it from the off. Put him in despite having Cresswell available.
We had no wingers playing yesterday apart from Kudus upfront and he still did not get on.
Lopetegui did not play him either.
He's not going to make the grade.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 11:13
by Council Scum
dealcanvey wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 10:49
No, I dont want an 18 year old being thrown into the mix if he is not deemed up to the challenge. We should not be spending 25 million on these types of players.
So after a couple of days in charge, you think Potter should know if he is up to the challenge?
Idiot
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 10:49
by dealcanvey
No, I dont want an 18 year old being thrown into the mix if he is not deemed up to the challenge. We should not be spending 25 million on these types of players.
Gank wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 09:58
Give him a chance! Two training sessions, a cup match and a league match. Did you want to have seen every single player featu already?
No, but when you are starting 5 cms and playing a winger upfront. The only other winger stays on the bench and does not play a single minute. The old manager barely played him either.
I don't want players to feature who aren't deemed good enough and its looking like 25m for the young Brazilian is going to be a Savio mk II.
Great, you want an 18 year old assessed in a few days and thrown in to a game we won, as he wasn't, its clear the manager doesn't rate him...
Idiot.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 10:28
by dealcanvey
Gank wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 09:58
Give him a chance! Two training sessions, a cup match and a league match. Did you want to have seen every single player featu already?
No, but when you are starting 5 cms and playing a winger upfront. The only other winger stays on the bench and does not play a single minute. The old manager barely played him either.
I don't want players to feature who aren't deemed good enough and its looking like 25m for the young Brazilian is going to be a Savio mk II.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 10:03
by Council Scum
dealcanvey wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 09:37
Starting 5 cms was a first!
Like seeing him in our dug out.
What a mess of a squad he has inherited though. Hard to believe how much money we have spent.
4 attacking players out and the likes of Ings and the young Brazilian still cant get a start.
The Brazilian did not even get on the pitch last night. he cant fancy him at all. 25m! Madness!
"he cant fancy him at all"
Idiot
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 09:58
by Gank
Give him a chance! Two training sessions, a cup match and a league match. Did you want to have seen every single player featu already?
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 15 Jan 2025, 09:37
by dealcanvey
Starting 5 cms was a first!
Like seeing him in our dug out.
What a mess of a squad he has inherited though. Hard to believe how much money we have spent.
4 attacking players out and the likes of Ings and the young Brazilian still cant get a start.
The Brazilian did not even get on the pitch last night. he cant fancy him at all. 25m! Madness!
Ladysmith wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 08:40
Although it was a good first half for us, let's not forget that Villa were absolutely woeful in that first half. They were not much better in the second but still made their win look comfortable.
Potter has got his work cut out and will have to sail choppy waters.
Fingers crossed!
But first half l, were Villa so bad because we were so good? It's rare both teams play well when part of the job is to stop the other team playing.
And we did it very well.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 14 Jan 2025, 22:25
by Gank
Sir Alf" wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 20:43
I’m hoping we try Kudus as a central striker and benefit from one of those unintended consequences that sometimes happen when forced to do something.
Kudus will need decent service though and is not Antonio. Cannot just hit long diagonals or straight balls for him to run onto using his strength. Kudus has speed and is strong but not a bulldozer type like Antonio. But has to do better than Ings surely? He can run into space well and is good on the half turn with a ball into feet. Alternatively a ball to his chest and unlike Antonio he might get a free kick when CBs blatantly slam into the back of him? Not confident that he can finish but again cannot be any worse than Antonio was.
Anyway, hoping it will be a huge success if tried. Of course with Summerville out it might not even happen as who will play wide left? Would Guilherme be ready to start wide right? He has not pulled up too many trees in brief cameo appearances but did hit a post in one game.
Whats for sure is that Moyes really left the squad in a shocking state. Adding 8 outfield players and one 3rd choice goalkeeper was not enough to plug the gap in quality as its always likely that a few transfers dont fit.
Why do you hate Ings so much? He has never, ever let us down. Is it his wages that make you hate him?
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 14 Jan 2025, 14:46
by Manuel
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 20:43
by Sir Alf
I’m hoping we try Kudus as a central striker and benefit from one of those unintended consequences that sometimes happen when forced to do something.
Kudus will need decent service though and is not Antonio. Cannot just hit long diagonals or straight balls for him to run onto using his strength. Kudus has speed and is strong but not a bulldozer type like Antonio. But has to do better than Ings surely? He can run into space well and is good on the half turn with a ball into feet. Alternatively a ball to his chest and unlike Antonio he might get a free kick when CBs blatantly slam into the back of him? Not confident that he can finish but again cannot be any worse than Antonio was.
Anyway, hoping it will be a huge success if tried. Of course with Summerville out it might not even happen as who will play wide left? Would Guilherme be ready to start wide right? He has not pulled up too many trees in brief cameo appearances but did hit a post in one game.
Whats for sure is that Moyes really left the squad in a shocking state. Adding 8 outfield players and one 3rd choice goalkeeper was not enough to plug the gap in quality as its always likely that a few transfers dont fit.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 19:30
by Gaffer58
Definitely need an extra striker but also needs to be one for the next 2/3 seasons also.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 19:18
by lowlife
Yes - we definitely need a striker, I’m hoping (again) that Potter will have the power to veto any that are past their prime.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 18:55
by Massive Attack
lowlife wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 18:53
I’d like to think he knows it’s imperative that we get a striker in, but was just playing it down / didn’t want to look or sound desperate.
Possibly. It's just the way he spoke about the alternatives in the Squad that suggested to me he thinks we have enough anyway to cope. Even though Ings himself is a ticking time bomb with his bad injury history as well, just like he did pulling up in the Leicester game 1st half. We need at least 1 new Striker in amd hopefully we can get one in, we need it in my opinion.
Re: Graham Potter (announced)
Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 18:53
by lowlife
I’d like to think he knows it’s imperative that we get a striker in, but was just playing it down / didn’t want to look or sound desperate.
