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24 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Emery has coached Sevilla to Europa League titles multiple times, led Villareal their as well, has also managed PSG/Arsenal.   He knows what it takes to manage at the top level. 

Compare that to Potter who has only had exposure with Brighton....and it becomes clear that he is Moyes 2.0 (just like Moyes crashed & burned at United...Potter is making Chelsea a mid table club). 

What I hate about Potter is that he has no response to the rubbish performances on the pitch.  I didn't mind us losing a few games under Lampard's management as at least we knew he had the Chelsea connection and he was a young manager giving it a go.  We lose games under Potter and it's always the same line: "we gave everything"   "we all feel pain"

Emery must have been having a laugh when he saw the teamsheet and it was Koulibaly/Cucurella as the CB's.  Neither player can be trusted to defend properly and you decide to put them together....

He was awesome at Valencia too , they were consistently the 3rd best team in la Liga under him and have been awful since he left. 

Our squad is 10x better than Aston villa but their manager is leagues ahead and it showed.

You're right , lampard at least had sentimental value and made sense given the circumstances around his appointment.

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Potter is out of his depth and has no idea how to halt the downward slide. But who in the club was actually responsible  for signing half of this lot on inflated transfer fees and totally inflated salaries ???? Cucarella ( a joke), Sterling,Auba, Mydryk ( might be a good prospect but too risky for the money we paid,Koulibally — and so on and so on. Really sad to say we are currently becoming a bad joke

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There was a lot of stink around Nagelsmann long before he was sacked (partly because he fitted Bayern mentality bit too well), but we are not really in position to be picky. Tuchel didn't have a great reputation as well.

If I was to give sb a risky shot, it would much rather be Nags, than GP. 

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13 minutes ago, gdlk said:

Lol ppl not sure about Nagelsman?? So Harry Potter is better? In CL bayern won vs Barcelona, Inter and finished 1st in group and eliminated PSG! But yeah he is trash coach acording to some ppl

The statistics are just there: statistically he is the worst Bayern coach in the last 10 years. Its just a fact. 

Dont even mention CL, bc if u only look at CL, even Potter seems like a good coach. 6 games - 5 wins - 11:2 goals lol

The thing is: sacking Potter is very risky from a financial point of view. We risk breaking some financial regulations, FFP, PL and so on. And it means we couldnt really strenghten the squad in the summer. So we should be really sure about the next manager. Just sacking Potter for the sake of sacking is not the best option given the financial problems we will get. We must be sure the next manager wont have the same problems as Potter, Nagelsmann is very expensive as well, so paying him off too after 1 year might actually destroy this club.  

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It seems I’m the only one who wants it but….Conte is right there… 😔

A manager who connected well with the supporters, is a serial winner when backed in the market, and knows the club/league well. I really don’t see the downsides. Tottenham was the last club in Europe for a manager like him who demands the highest standards.

This squad we have needs an authoritative figure who will push them and demand top performances. Not a passionless amateur like Potter who wants to be every player’s favorite uncle.

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Another reason why Arsenal winning the league doesn't do us any favors - the owners probably keep looking at Arteta as the reason why Potter should be given a chance. Hell, Potter kept saying it himself in press conferences., to make excuses for his terrible performance. 

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Just now, Blue Armour said:

Another reason why Arsenal winning the league doesn't do us any favors - the owners probably keep looking at Arteta as the reason why Potter should be given a chance. Hell, Potter kept saying it himself in press conferences., to make excuses for his terrible performance. 

But they never finished 10/11th so maybe not. Hopefully not

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7 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Another reason why Arsenal winning the league doesn't do us any favors - the owners probably keep looking at Arteta as the reason why Potter should be given a chance. Hell, Potter kept saying it himself in press conferences., to make excuses for his terrible performance. 

Such an embarrassment he defended himself by pointing to arteta. Should have been sacked on the spot for pulling that card. 

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21 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Another reason why Arsenal winning the league doesn't do us any favors - the owners probably keep looking at Arteta as the reason why Potter should be given a chance. Hell, Potter kept saying it himself in press conferences., to make excuses for his terrible performance. 

Arteta won 2 cups in his first year and was a former player, knew the culture of Arsenal. I dont know why he is used as a reference point cos Potter is mediocre and not winning anything in the near future (ten years)

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6 minutes ago, milka said:

 

Good to hear. 

 

People here are spoilt and a bit in their feels at the moment. Like DDA said above - you have to appreciate coming in and trying to take things on your way. Reality is - they are successful at what they do and making successful teams. 

We have bitched and moaned throughout the Roman era that the football wasn't pretty, we never gave the youngsters a go, and that we have no real continuity and identity... Well, we are trying now, and this is what it takes. Some rough times and growing pains. 

"Fans" here act like we are going through the worst of the worst. Reality is; we are not all that far removed from winning the club world cup, a CL title, and we have done some fantastic business for great young talents. We have some players that aren't cutting it right now like KK, Cucu and others, but we have signed promising talents. This is no different to any other team, aside from the fact I would say we are talent stacked heading into next season bar a striker. 

 

Potter was a mistake, but it seems they are ready to try a different approach. Give it time. 

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Arse were also in the mud for like 10 years when they appointed Arteta. They were in the wilderness and a laughing stock. It was easier for the club to go for a rebuild from the ground up and build the team up gradually.

We just recently won the Champions League and have a squad that’s MUCH further along than what Arteta started with. So the expectations from Chelsea supporters were much higher.

Arteta even in his first couple of mediocre seasons at least showed spells of progress and won a couple of minor trophies. Potter’s flashes have been the odd individual match. Nothing sustained.

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17 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Arse were also in the mud for like 10 years when they appointed Arteta. They were in the wilderness and a laughing stock. It was easier for the club to go for a rebuild from the ground up and build the team up gradually.

We just recently won the Champions League and have a squad that’s MUCH further along than what Arteta started with. So the expectations from Chelsea supporters were much higher.

Arteta even in his first couple of mediocre seasons at least showed spells of progress and won a couple of minor trophies. Potter’s flashes have been the odd individual match. Nothing sustained.

That's it. I didn't expect miracles this season and be challenging for anything cause a bit far from it. But didn't expect to be 11th with 28 games played and 10 of those wins but also 10 of those losses..

What's frustrating is just when you see a glimpse of something coming together we take leaps back. Seems the wins are more a fluke then anything!

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Comparing with Arteta is BS, at least he was trying to implement his style, his vision of football while Harry Potter whats he doing? Rellying on Tuchel tactics to save your job! Not an inch improvement in all aspect. I think for first time some Chelsea fans will be for Liverpool in next match.. 

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