Graham Potter Thread

[Blue Armour 4,436]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

Isn't Enrique good with youth? I mean he had Spain playing pretty decent footy but their lack of experience is what let them down.

Not sure tbh, I haven't followed his football with Spain. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

6 hours ago, DDA said:

Isn't Enrique good with youth? I mean he had Spain playing pretty decent footy but their lack of experience is what let them down.

Spain were absolutely awful in the WC was so boring to watch.

[Vesper 30,083]

would much rather have Poch than Enrique

[DDA 9,924]

4 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Spain were absolutely awful in the WC was so boring to watch.

Really! I watched 2 of their games and thought they created some good footy at times... their squad wasn't very strong tbf. Then again he did choose the squad so that was down to him I guess.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

1 hour ago, DDA said:

Really! I watched 2 of their games and thought they created some good footy at times... their squad wasn't very strong tbf. Then again he did choose the squad so that was down to him I guess.

Have to disagree, their squad definitely wasn't a weak one.

Their starting 11 was also pretty good most games, consisted of players such as Unai Simon, Rodri, Laporte, Busquets, Gavi, Pedri, Asensio, Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo.

For their starting 11 and squad, the standard of football barring against Costa Rica who were shocking was piss poor. No penetration. Played a poor Germany team and Japan, weren't convincing at all. Even against Morocco, again poor and boring to watch sideways and backwards a lot. Played nothing like his Barca team who won the treble, now they were incredible to watch.

He won’t come to the PL anyway I’d imagine.

Edited February 6, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[Norfolkblue1961 56]

This season is becoming deeply depressing 😧

[Hashishi 148]

1 hour ago, Norfolkblue1961 said:

This season is becoming deeply depressing 😧

Look on the bright sides.

1. Potter is being exposed. This helps us because the owners won't back him for 3 years if he is obviously out of his depth. Once the squad can gel under someone else we will look much better.

2. The rebuild. We look so much better. Even though I think we have a couple of donkey buys that we will be stuck with for 8 years, we actually addressed some issues similar to that year with mourinho when we bought fabregas and Costa in the same window. We got Enzo and Badashile who had an instant impact on our team.

3. Everyone else is having problems. City might get relegated. Arsenal might choke the league. Liverpool are a joke. Klopp and pep might leave. Next season looks good for us. We can only get better than this. We just need a competent manager and a few key signings over the next couple of windows. 

[Vesper 30,083]

5 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

3. Everyone else is having problems.

Manure seem to be headed on the right path, and the new owners will inject in a shit tonne of cash.

[Vegetable 830]

23 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

1. Potter is being exposed. This helps us because the owners won't back him for 3 years if he is obviously out of his depth. Once the squad can gel under someone else we will look much better.

 

Unless TB and co are super discreet, It seems that Potter is good at reciting the "vision and collective" spiel to them, so they may be gassed anyway. Boehly made some bold claims with this appointment and it's sorta kinda his reputation and credibility of "the process" at stake here, what make things way more difficult to navigate.

Edited February 6, 2023 by Vegetable

[Hashishi 148]

44 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Manure seem to be headed on the right path, and the new owners will inject in a shit tonne of cash.

So we will be back to 15 years ago when it was us and ManUre up there. Its amazing what Ten Hag has achieved in half a season though. If he had our squad he could do wonders. Theirs has a lot of donkeys like Maguire and McFred. Scary to imagine how they'll look when his rebuild is complete. We need to get a top class manager ASAP to be able to implement his style with the last few signings.

Edited February 6, 2023 by Hashishi

[Hashishi 148]

35 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Unless TB and co are super discreet, It seems that Potter is good at reciting the "vision and collective" spiel to them, so they may be gassed anyway. Boehly made some bold claims with this appointment and it's sorta kinda his reputation and credibility of "the process" at stake here, what make things way more difficult to navigate.

But Boehly and Eghbali have also shown a ruthless streak in changing something if its not working. They sacked Tuchel, Cech and Marina. They sacked the doctors. Even when its their mistake, they discarded Auba and KK will be soon. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of underperforming players are sold in summer.

I don't think they will give Potter 3 years just because he is a yes man. Potter is responsible for the results on the field. If Boehly is falling asleep at a 0-0 derby with Fulham, something is wrong. 

[Special Juan 28,089]

Potter will be getting scrutinized don't worry about that- These bad results and performance aren't just kicked under the carpet, if we don't get 3 points at WHU on Saturday I reckon we could really see things happening, project or no project.