Graham Potter

[stubbo]

https://www.whufc.com/news/graham-potte ... head-coach

​​​​​​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.

 

[stubbo-admin]

Is there anything interesting about behind the scenes at Chelsea when he was there? It must have been chaos.

He does go into the scale of change behind the scenes, turnover of long established staff beyond just players, instability and challenges etc.  

Cheers! May give it a listen, will definitely do if he gets appointed. Please tell me he sounds the part for a future manager. I know they can all talk a good game, but was it potentially encouraging?

Being honest he sounds a bit wet to me.  Can see him getting chewed up by our club a bit...expect the players will like him, and he sounds a bit like a guy you'd want in for a long time if he can get established.  But worried there's too much 'nice guy' in there to deal with our Club which is frnakly a hornets nest of arseholes most of the time.

[southbankbornnbred]

That roll-neck is making my eyes bleed!

[Takashi Miike]

[Keep dreaming]

Welcome Potter. I'm pleased that we at least have a manager who knows to speak english without an interpreter.

I'm actually looking forward to this, and with him and west ham well.

[Massive Attack]

Doesn't wear Club badges or colours either.

I don't mind that as much (although it's a bit weird for a manager). Just not the black roll-neck that makes him look like every shit wannabe author who hung around in Prague in the 1990s, not finishing their books.

 

 

He fucking loves a turtle neck. All very man from Milk Tray..

[Keep dreaming]

Doesn't wear Club badges or colours either.

Wtf, get him.out 

[southbankbornnbred]

Doesn't wear Club badges or colours either.

I don't mind that as much (although it's a bit weird for a manager). Just not the black roll-neck that makes him look like every shit wannabe author who hung around in Prague in the 1990s, not finishing their books.

[Massive Attack]

Doesn't wear Club badges or colours either.

[southbankbornnbred]

Is there anything interesting about behind the scenes at Chelsea when he was there? It must have been chaos.

He does go into the scale of change behind the scenes, turnover of long established staff beyond just players, instability and challenges etc.  

Cheers! May give it a listen, will definitely do if he gets appointed. Please tell me he sounds the part for a future manager. I know they can all talk a good game, but was it potentially encouraging?

Eurgh! He'd better not do that black roll-neck thing at West Ham! It just shouts 'plastic philosopher'. Every pound shop Pep in the world - including Ten Hag - wears one of those, thinking it makes them look intelligent.

I'll let you off with it, just because you were still recovering from the trauma of Chelsea. But don't do that, Graham.

[roltrader]

He is not the right appointment.

[Massive Attack]

I love all this 'Lope acted with dignity' bollocks. Where was his dignity when he was spinning his Real Madrid contract whilst manager of Spain. And when he was talking to Sullivan whilst Moyes was still charge. 

Fuck him. Useless cսnt. Top level football is full of wolves. You can't feel sympathy for an attacked wolf when the same wolf has done the same to other wolves. All as bad as one another. 

 

 

Not true. Real Madrid decided to pay up the paltry compensation on his National Teams contract extension clause...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg ... id-manager

Lopetegui did fuck all wrong and Rubiales decided to throw his toys out of his pram and to fuck him off on the eve of the World Cup anyway. He should have negotiated a more water tight contract that didn't allow for that to happen.

[,]

Russ 15.17, you are making a false equivalence if you consider conversations between Sullivan and Jalopy the same as what is going on now between Potter and Sullivan.

Right now we have an incumbent manager, just a few months into a contract who is pending dismissal, whereas when Sullivan was speaking to Jalopy, and several others it turns out, Moyes was in a running down contract that was not being renewed. 

 

[El Scorchio]

If you want to listen to Potter chat for an hour about his career post-Chelsea, there's a listen on this podcast here:

Is there anything interesting about behind the scenes at Chelsea when he was there? It must have been chaos.

He does go into the scale of change behind the scenes, turnover of long established staff beyond just players, instability and challenges etc.  

Cheers! May give it a listen, will definitely do if he gets appointed. Please tell me he sounds the part for a future manager. I know they can all talk a good game, but was it potentially encouraging?

[Ladysmith]

I love all this 'Lope acted with dignity' bollocks. Where was his dignity when he was spinning his Real Madrid contract whilst manager of Spain. And when he was talking to Sullivan whilst Moyes was still charge. 

Fuck him. Useless cսnt. Top level football is full of wolves. You can't feel sympathy for an attacked wolf when the same wolf has done the same to other wolves. All as bad as one another. 

I like the connection there because he also managed Wolves

...............twat!

[Russ of the BML]

I love all this 'Lope acted with dignity' bollocks. Where was his dignity when he was spinning his Real Madrid contract whilst manager of Spain. And when he was talking to Sullivan whilst Moyes was still charge. 

Fuck him. Useless cսnt. Top level football is full of wolves. You can't feel sympathy for an attacked wolf when the same wolf has done the same to other wolves. All as bad as one another. 

[Massive Attack]

And fuck sitting through 90 mins of him spinning his way through his time at Chelsea as anything other than a total failure. It was bad enough watching him royally fuck it up at the time on the telly, although I did find it morbidly amusing seeing Chelsea crash to 11th in the table.

[Far Cough UKunt]

Will he hold the presser on platform 9¾ Kings Cross?

[stubbo]

If you want to listen to Potter chat for an hour about his career post-Chelsea, there's a listen on this podcast here:

Is there anything interesting about behind the scenes at Chelsea when he was there? It must have been chaos.

He does go into the scale of change behind the scenes, turnover of long established staff beyond just players, instability and challenges etc.  

[stubbo]

Will becomed a West Ham legend just like Grant....errrr 

But seriously didn't he have Sterling playing as left wing back for Chelsea in some games. 

No doubt we'll ass scream 

 

Speak for yourself, fella.

Always good to make an error like that. 

[El Scorchio]

If you want to listen to Potter chat for an hour about his career post-Chelsea, there's a listen on this podcast here:

Is there anything interesting about behind the scenes at Chelsea when he was there? It must have been chaos.

[Massive Attack]

Will becomed a West Ham legend just like Grant....errrr 

But seriously didn't he have Sterling playing as left wing back for Chelsea in some games. 

No doubt we'll ass scream 

 

 

Speak for yourself, fella.

[stubbo]

If you want to listen to Potter chat for an hour about his career post-Chelsea, there's a listen on this podcast here:

[stubbo]

Will becomed a West Ham legend just like Grant....errrr 

But seriously didn't he have Sterling playing as left wing back for Chelsea in some games. 

He did similar at Brighton with Solly March at wing back.

As I said in the opening post, 3-4-3 is assumed to either be 5-2-3, or 5-4-1 which is why it's assumed to be a defensive setup.

But if you then play a genuine wide player wide in the second line you're accused of being mental and trying to play wingers at wingback (traditionally fullbacks that like to get forward).

If he sticks to 3-4-3 could easily see his way of getting Kudus and Bowen on the side playing one of them at that wide midfield position in the 4.

No doubt we'll all scream blue murder if it happens. But if he sticks AWB or Coufal there he'll be a negative pricks playing too many defensive players.

[El Scorchio]

Will becomed a West Ham legend just like Grant....errrr 

But seriously didn't he have Sterling playing as left wing back for Chelsea in some games. 

 

 

This little prick probably kicked up such a fuss about not being in the team that he was forced to squeeze him in somewhere. Don't forget his hissy fit this season which ended up with him going to Arsenal to sit on their bench instead. Potter's situation he inherited at Chelsea was a terrible mess that just kept getting added to. It's taken a few managers a few years to start sorting it out and separating the wheat from the plentiful chaff that the idiot yank spunked hundreds of millions on. And still I reckon they'd be struggling mid table if they'd not landed Palmer who has been a game changer and saving grace for them.

[violator]

Maybe a punt on Lamptey, he's gotta be better than Vlad and AWB can push forward letting Kudus play up top.