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Glad he’s doing well. Looks so much healthier. He will do well at his new job. Like most just need proper structure In my opinion he left Brighton a little too soon . But who was gonna turn that money down
He really is a great Coach, and honestly would have loved to see him at our sister-club Strasbourg. I am positive that he would do such an amazing job there.
He simply had to take the Chelsea job. More money plus the fact that the opportunity may never happen again. It’s easy in hindsight now to say that he shouldn’t have left Brighton, but almost everyone in the same position would have joined Chelsea
@SilentSzZ Yupp, that is most likely true. For him it was also a good experience to see the difference between a mid-table team and a big team. Expectations and all. I hope to see him soon on the scene. An unlikely scenario, but would be great ... Strasbourg 😅
I think it’s less about the money. Lampard said himself that he also took the job way too early. But when a club like Chelsea come knocking, it is very difficult to say no to - it’s effectively proof that’s you’re getting to the pinnacle of your career.
Always respected Graham Potter. And like he said, he knows the reality of the situation he was/is in. Yet the people that criticize him (even for doing this video) are still too immature to gain any sort of world perspective because they are set in stone in their ways or aren't learners.
As a Chelsea fan, I believe Graham Potter was really unlucky during his time at the club. He came in with a completely new squad and no pre-season, which made his job very hard. I think he could do well with another team in the future. However, his soft approach and the way he handled post-match interviews after bad results were frustrating. It didn't help his case; he needed to be more direct and explain what the real problems were. "The boys did everything" - but if that's the case, why were the performances so poor? It just didn’t add up.
Potter weren’t good enough fair play to him for challenging himself and wanting a higher pay cheque. But in general he was never good enough for that level of club
The players can give everything and be bad players. Nothing we’ve seen subsequently has shown any of those players who were the mainstays to be any better than how they had played in that period.
the whole buy loads of players new each season thing unheathy no one knows if there gonna be away soon so why care and buy in giving to the club.. less unity..also as manager all new ones joining hard to know ut strongest starting 11..feel man utd bit of that right now too were they buy but by chrismas that new signing has floped and not playing anymore
I think Graham Potter did well to control the controllables at Chelsea, the rest was just an extremely turbulent mess that was completely out of his realm. The environment he walked into was undeniably chaotic-frequent managerial changes, a bloated squad, and a lack of cohesion at the leadership level. It’s difficult for any coach to succeed when the foundation around them is unstable. If he is going to take the Leicester job as reported, I wish him good luck. He's a talented coach.
@@briandeal8927 this kind of comment shows you lack a certain sophistication to understand football management, sorry. You present too black and white a picture. He had control overs some aspects but not others. He talks about this in the interview. 'Out of his depth' means what? Everyone is 'out of their depth' dealing with a new situation or problem, the real question is are you adaptable and are you afforded the time to adapt. At Chelsea he wasn't. It's not rocket science. Stability is the key to performance, not chaos. Stability means you can handle the various ups and downs and not get into this 'reactive' cycle where if things are not going well, there is a panic.
@@512SquaredI understand sports management just fine. The players did not respect him, his training methods, or his management style. It’s not complex and just that simple. If you don’t believe it, fine. But just look at the players performance on the pitch and look at what they’ve said about him since.
Graham is an easy guy to root for. I absolutely think there’s a high chance he will be a super successful coach in future jobs. Chelsea were in one of the wildest situations EVER during that period and I’m not sure ANYBODY could have succeeded in that role.
Potter is a very nice bloke and that comes across. What also comes across is that he doesn’t have that self confidence bordering on arrogance needed to be a top manager. You can tell he is a bit all over the place in his mind he’s not assertive like the top managers are. The people interviewing him at Chelsea should have picked up on this.
He was better when he was in a job riding the wave of the Brighton success and being Chelsea manager, not oozing confidence but just normal but I think the sacking has traumatised him and this is a low point for him still. He says he's come to terms with it but he's still very emotionally turbulent. He seems to be a nurturing type, I can see him developing young players at cash strapped clubs but you're right he doesn't have the personality to handle top players with egos at top clubs.
The owners at the time didn't understand what a top manager is, that's why they sacked a genuinely top manager and replaced him with Potter. They thought the manager was more of a PE teacher/administrator.
His humility and well spokenness reminds me of Ole Gunnar a bit. All around great blokes, maybe they lack the edge to be top managers? Idk. I love Graham, he worked wonders at Brighton, should've never went to the bridge
The problem wasn’t the manager, and especially not his personality. The problem was that he was not afforded the time necessary to nurture a cohesive and constructive environment. If there’s a term to sum up the problem it’s ‘football snobbery’, and Potts was the victim of this, not the offender.
I empathise with Graham and wish him the very best. He obviously is very capable and has high EQ. Unfortunately, he goes against the conventional image that a successful manager (even outside of football) needs to be a dominant, disagreeable person. For that reason, I really hope he succeeds and proves people wrong.
What a fascinating interview, interviewers playing their part as intelligently as Graham Potter answered, Good luck at West Ham, Graham, I'm sure it will go well for you- and them!
Potter isn’t cut out for a club that has ambitions to be elite. He’s a great mid level manager that would fit best at a club like Tottenham that are ok with not winning trophies.
As a Chelsea fan I wish Graham Potter all the best with whatever he's got next. He came to the club when it was chaotic and in some ways as a fan, I couldhow the Chelsea fanbase had also become toxic around that period.
20:46 my only issue w potter was that he didn't rule with an iron fist. Maresca came in and sent those he didn't rate to the gulag, whereas Potter kept everyone around. The easy example was Ziyech. He went from PSG offices into the starting lineup, which was not helpful to the development of Noni and Misha
@@boulevard14 It's looking more like the owners were very experienced, They have restructured the club from top to bottom and are looking scary with the amount of young talent they have. Anyone thinking these owners didn't know what they were doing are naive imo.
@haitch04 disagree entirely - hoovering up as much potential as possible because you have the funds to do so isn't being shrewd or having a masterplan - but if you sign that many players you'll invariably get a few hits. The fact is Chelsea could be much further down the line had they kept or bought in some experience to the spine of the team.
Graham Potter was not the problem at Chelsea. He may not have been the solution because the solution was not in his hands. Now we see in Maresca a coach that has been able to come in with the full knowledge of the madness of an overstocked squad and out of necessity isolate those players he doesn’t want. He’s taken over a team that had already begun to gel with a world class playmaker. Maresca would have had the same problems had he taken over when Potter did.
People talking about this being 90 minutes of excuses don't get the point. The environment you have around is almost as important as your talent/ability at certain jobs, like being a football manager. He could have been better and get better results, for sure, but whoever says "look at Maresca" doesn't understand that in order to get to that point there has been a process. Pochettino didn't get it right at Chelsea until the end, and if you look at the job he did at Tottenham it's hard to argue he isn't good enough for the job. It's just the same at Man Utd, if you think over the last decade every manager and every player are bad... Potter might not have the full package to coach a top 6 team, but let's see his performance at his next job.
@@urre14 depends what expectations were. to find consistency and a style then sure. tbh think he only won like 4 in 20 at brighton b4 he left so was a strange appointment anyway
Chipping in before it really gets going. As a Chelsea fan who grew up with us being one goal away from division three to my first game at the Bridge in 1984, my Chelsea is one where I’m happy if everyone gives 100% on the training field and on the pitch. Mr Potter was one of those guys. He brought in new ideas then had a flood of new players to deal with and it was one of those instances where I he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t. Thank you Graham, I had your back all the way, it was a shame that no one near the top can afford the grace of a squad and a philosophical rebuild season. Irony being that we’re only just starting to brighten up now. Cheers, B
Just finished and my opinion is higher than it was before. One thing in football that I really want you to see at the top flight is that the fans stop being fans and change into supporters. If Graham had had that support and understanding his first season would have been seen as a success. Great podcast!
@@BretHigginsGreat comment, Bret. Completely agree with you. Wonderful HP chat where I'm just blown away by Graham's crisp articulation and impactful communication. Happy to see him reflect and unpack his time at Chelsea with so much honesty, openness and clarity. Wishing him and his family best for the future and conveying my cheers to you from Kolkata! 🙏
@@BretHigginsyou're right on the money with regards to the difference between fans and supporters. Fans are often there fanning the flames on social media whenever anything ever so slightly negative occurs, whereas supporters are there supporting the club, whether that be through encouraging the players and defending the club or financially through attending games and buying merchandise.
@@adhiraajray thanks, mate. I think it’s important for everyone to be honest with themselves and Graham does that with aplomb. When he returns to the fold, regardless of what club he goes to, I hope he’s successful and wins a few trophies!
Graham, I hope this can reach you. As a Chelsea fan, thank you so much! No matter what they've been saying about you, you are a great coach, our timing was just unlucky. Sorry that some of our fans were just dumb and didn't think with their brains. I could see how good your games were in every match, our players at the time were just not up there to give us decent results. I wish you all the best in the world in your personal life and career.
I am a Liverpool fan. I love the authenticity and openness of the answers from Graham Potter. He was been through the "jaws of sporting death" at Chelsea.
It's big club mate, winning is the only way and Chelsea had one of the worst season in their history. Sometimes it's not about changing the coach or tactics, you have to bring new energy to the club. And Chelsea is known by changing coaches so often, 2012 and Thomas Tuchel are good examples.
Glad GP is doing well... There is alot of love for him amongst real English football fans not just CFC... Good man!... good to see what he says about the situation. Hope he is back in the PL soon!.
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This interview was really good. Really happy to se a fotball manager... or any person in football... that isn't completely "PR-ish" in their answers... His views on leadership must be the reason whay he's been soo successful. If he ever wants to come back to us in Sweden I'm sure we'd meet him with open arms!
As a Chelsea fan, I really do wish potter well. He’s a good coach who did really well at Brighton, at Chelsea he was set up to fail imo. I think he can rebuild his career like Moyes did at West Ham. Maybe he’ll even end up there if their current gaffer is let go during this season?
Good shout - hope you put a bet on it! As a West Ham fan watching this on the day he's been appointed, I'm delighted he's been given the job. I just hope he's given the time to build a culture to make us successful over a long period, rather than judged on his first few results.
Sorry Graham really I am, I didn’t think you were competent enough to be Chelsea coach but after listening to this it’s clear you’re more than competent.. wrong place wrong time
I hope Graham makes the right club choice and I think he can be a very successful coach. The challenges at Chelsea with an oversize squad and an iniexperienced ownership would have probably been beyond any coach.
I hope Graham reads these comments....my first game was in 1967,and he's a great guy,I think I speak for most Chelsea fans when I wish him all the luck in the future....personally I wish he was still with us....he walked into a very difficult situation,an almost impossible one to be fair. We would be doing even better if he'd been given more time. Good luck mate.
Glad I Watched this! Fans (Including myself) just care about winning. We don`t dig deep and reflect much on why we arent winning. Potter seems like a great and intelligent guy. Wish him ll the best.
Any Chelsea fan who says Potter did a terrible job hasn't a clue, no coach would have been able to do well with that absolute mess at the time. You give Potter the job start of this season and it would have been a different story, I'm not saying he would be doing as well as Maresca but he would definitely do a good job. He deserves another top job that's actually stable.
@milesenunwaonye4492 Tuchel won the CL under the old ownership. And was sacked shortly into the first season of the new ownership. They never gave him a chance but you can't say he did well with that mess because that mess ramped up in the January window of that season after Tuchel was already gone.
After winning the UCL, Chelsea shouldve gone all out for Rice and Kane, said it after we won. The following day, Kante, Rudi and Christensen shouldve been signed up to long term contracts. Its been a rough time and i feel for Graham.
Potter can give you all the reasons in the world, but at the end of the day when he coached Chelsea they couldn't perform. With big clubs come big pressure
Not ruthless enough, and messed around with starting line-ups way too much. He was Tinkerman v2, the first being Ranieri in 2003/04. My sense is he didn’t believe he could be ruthless enough. It was almost like he was flattered Chelsea would want him. Not the right mentality. He should manage West Ham. I think he could do something there.
I am happy for Potter - he is a good manager aand i always backed him right till the day he was sacked , but the timing was wrong honestly - He would have done well at chelsea now. This coupled with the fact that he is too nice to people was the reason he was let go, his brand of football is really really good - i hope he gets a big club soon once again
Thanks for this. As a Chelsea fan I felt from the start he was not the right guy and still dont think he can take a top job. But I like that he has this strong mentality and willing to giv it another go. I would not be that strong mentally.
One of the best episodes, high performance does not mean "win always", it also means that you do not have to be a bitter loser. Potter's love and gratitude towards his parents, family, and people who were part of his journey show him that he was severely misunderstood. I wish the football tribe were kind enough and rather not blind to see that and value that but well.., it is a tribe for a reason.
Really felt sorry for GP. Chelsea job was a poison challis the same as Man U when Sir Alex left. I’d be surprised if Enzo could have done a job at that time.
Anyone that has had a loss (Big loss) this discussion with Graham Potter. this is a must. It could be the best hour & 20 minutes that you have spent. If you don't play football don't worry too much about what is said (football wise), however it will all fall into place. For having listened you will find that a lot of what has bugged you explainable. I was run over 01/01/1970, hospitalised 9 month & ended up with a right leg below knee amputation
@@ismaillugumire4540 I only mentioned my condition because I was hoping that by saying "listen to this" those with losses wouldn't think "What dose he know" no for sympathy.
His time at Chelsea was simply a case of wrong place at the wrong time coming from Brighton a very stable foundation of a place where he thrived and going to Chelsea where the foundation is most unstable it’s ever been is a massive ask for even the best coaches in the world,Graham seems like a lovely guy I’ll always want him to succeed obviously a super intelligent guy and has a different style over the stereotypical manager.Hope he does well at West Ham!
I dont know how accurate this, but I read he is still being paid £245,000 a week from Chelsea. The agreement he reached with the club was that they would pay him until he found another job. I like him. He seems like an affable bloke.
Football is an emotive sport. Fans tend to speak largely from emotion and blind ambition. And today, that translates as short-termism in many cases. We lack patience as fans, but instead of fixing our issue, we make that someone else's problem - the players, the managers, the owners. We are not seeing success on the pitch, we are disappointed, and its everyone else's fault except ours for the fact we cannot properly process that emotion. Disappointment is understandable. But it's a project - patience and resilience are key. Otherwise, we just escalate the problem, the pressure, the nervousness, and it becomes more difficult to find the solutions to the problems, not easier. Fans really should take some responsibility too.
He’s a great guy and I believe he would have done really well with Chelsea. Although this interviewer is snidely trying to put the boot into Chelsea at any opportunity. Like a lot of these journalists. but Potter is too clever and I think he knows what he’s doing. Very nice to hear from him, he’s a top person.. hold your head high mate
I have a lot of respect for Potter's approach to management, he takes a long term view and I think that if Chelsea had stood by him by the end of year 2 you'd have seen the upcurve and stability coming through and by the end of year 3 you'd have seen them becoming a force again. Chopping and changing coaches has simply delayed the progress for Chelsea, Potter, Pochettino and now Maresca it's all going in the same direction but it appears that neither Potter or Pochettino were the right fit for the American ownership who don't value the development of the team but rather see the players as financial investments. Ultimately do you want to see players treated as commodities, or do you want them to feel pride to wear the shirt? I simply don't think that the ownership gets it because very very few Americans understand the culture. The exception to the rule are Ryan Reynolds and Rob McIlhenney at Wrexham, because they've taken the time to actually get to know the fans and the place and their investment is as much with their hearts as it is with their wallets. You can see the same things have played out at City, Newcastle, PSG etc When the ownership doesn't care about the fans, its not going to care about players or the management charged with their care and development, because frankly all they see are the $$.
There's no doubt Potter was at Chelsea at the wrong time. The new owners were taking a gigantic sweeping brush to the club and whoever had been Coach would have found the job nigh impossible, The owners had a business hat on and football was secondary to the task when restructuring. Graham was the fall guy as it happened, not intentionally I'm sure, but it turned out that way. The fruits of the Owners structural plans are starting to come to bear. Stability is happening with long term contracts, sensible wages and some of the best young talent in world football. Credit where credit's due.
Great interview, sounds like he walked into an environment with no structure and was expected to be an instant alex ferguson type figure that could control all aspects of the football operations overnight, with an new owner that was impulsive and scattergun in approach (probably with lots of other advisors interfering), when all he needed was better support structure around him. I sense he had very little time to consider and took the risk/challenge/salary when offered, fair play to him and no one can doubt that decision and he's clearly better off for the experience. I believe he's a great coach, just needs to pick the next role carefully - I'm sure he will.
I always felt it the mentality. Chelsea had this can do attitude as a club. And within 3-4 months of this guys reign, that was gone. And thats where my problem is.
you cant be a maneger of a big club without any arrogance just like enzo he is arrogant ruthless you have to have in yourself to be a top coach of a top team you cant be nice
The Chelsea job was too big for Potter in my opinion, watching him on the touchline when we were losing, he was clueless, he had no emotion, and he looked like he didn't care, I was happy to see him go.
I think he’s going to end up at West Ham if they continue to struggle. Southampton is a possibility but the former has for the time being at least, more potential.
I actually believe Chelsea became a poison challis. There were undercurrents of replication of previous successes, without considering that the playing staff had changed along with the those in director roles.
He’s a great humanist but football is brutal. Graham’s one of those managers that do well with ‘smaller clubs’ as those clubs are usually in the trenches so when a manager like Graham comes in and gives them an arm over the shoulder it makes them want to fight for him and grow together organically. At big clubs with big expectations the humanist side goes away and the players and fans only respect success. Look at ancelotti at Everton compared to Madrid, he’s much more ruthless at Madrid which you need to be, to be respected.
I feel like ongoing mental issues is still very stigmatised. You can talk about past mental health issue but if you say you are currently struggling with depression there will be people shying away. Also it really depends on what kind of mental issues you are struggling with. Things like psychosis is still very stigmatised in my opinion.
It was a tough, tough situation. I was ciritcal of Potter in many instances, but Tuchel had already set a pretty negative tone early in the season. The new players weren't hardly showed up, and our prized wingbacks and Kante were NEVER healthy. Fofana gone. Mount broke down. I was glad he had some good Champions League results, at least. Even the ownership were allll over the place too. Boley acting as Sporting Director etc... Potter also had faults, for sure, but it was all too much. A real sh*t storm. Look at Poch bailing after a decent (not great) finish. Maresca is doing great because he has something, but he is also is coming in at a much more stable period.
Lets be honest all these managers only lose their ego when things go wrong. They get paid for failure every time, he does come across a genuine man though.
Truth of the matter , Chelsea has been one of the most difficult job in football for time. Potter was never ready or good enough for the job , despite all the things of the club being in transition making it even more difficult. Enjoy your wages the club is still paying you and wnjoy your life.
Chelsea fan for 25 years here. I still rate Potter and was one of the few who wanted him to stay. He had a crazy injury list. Just look what its doing to City. Arsenal had Odegaard away and struggled. Potter had over 15 injuries at one time. More then half was key players. He was set up to fail.
Not sure we're really in trouble - more like stagnating. I don't see him as a firefighter, but more as someone who we can task with building something progressive and sustainable over the next 3-5 years. But we have to give him the chance to do so and not panic if the first few results are not great.
Although i didn’t want him at Chelsea due to lack of success. He is a very good coach he showed it at Brighton, i just feel it was a David Moyes Man UTD situation where it was too big for him. I wish him the best for the future
Sorry but got to say potter just wasnt up to the job.he will do well in a mid table expecting club but he lacked the streak of arrogance needed to be top 4..
He is so used to lecturing that he is forgotten how to roll up his sleeves. I hate this guy's attitude of excuses. He doesn't get it. Chelsea is not a Brighton. It is like going to Madrid and telling the fans to believe in a process they cannot see. Enzo Maresca came in and we bought Felix, Jorgensen, KDH, Guiu, Kellyman Torson, Santos, Nkunku has barely played and there are a host of new faces but he has put structure to the team using common senae. Not everyone of those players they brought in at the time had to play. He had to make a team out of the players. He was just dreadful and was trying to normalize mediocrity in an excellent club like ours. I was so excited when they sacked you. What you need to understand is that they way you speak and your body language and mentality are key. You could be or are even a nice guy but football is a hard business and you must make choices that yield results. Nobody cares how long it took you to get anywhere. That is yours to know and protect all the years of work and sacrifices. But don't come to a club that was winning Champions League a year or two and try to install a mid table mindset there. I am highly disappointed that you don't hold yourself accountable more. Not many managers would let that opportunities slip but Graham let it slip and he is still giving excuses. 😅
Under Tuchel they were looking pretty awful, too, by the end. Apples and oranges comparing Marsca's situation. He gets a European punching league for his developing players. Potter was playing Champions League. And did okay in it, mind you. He for sure wasn't perfect, not by a mile. I got well frustrated with him calling Southampton a "well organized team" (no manager and in the relegation zone) when they beat us. But it was a tough time, man. And the death threats? Disgusting. We're all human. Glad Chelsea is in a good place. Hope Potter finds something suitable. Yeah, probably not a top club, but then I'd love to be proven wrong there!
He did what he could with the mess he inherited but in the chelsea job you can’t use that as an excuse, you still have to crack on and get wins at the end of the day.
A nice fellow and a good manager, not sure he's cut out for the very top jobs but a good man .. tho it didn't work for him at Chelsea he wasn't particularly disliked by the fan base as a man , pretty sure he'll quick a reasonable welcome when he comes back.
He seemed so weak inside the stadium. When the game was in danger, a player was in trouble, or when he needed to appeal to the referee, the coach had to come forward, but he lost trust by just biting his fingernails. That's why people call him a manager in the middle and lower ranks.
Might get pelters for this but Graham leaving Brighton was the best thing for that club, others have taken them to a another level that most thought wasn't possible. Although I do fail to understand Chelsea wanting him when 6 months prior he went on a 3 wins from 23 in the prem and lost about 7 in a row.
Potter took Brighton to a level nobody though possible before him. Prior to that we were battling relegation and prior to that we weren't even in the Premier League. I'm assuming you don't know much about Brighton.
I agree we've improved since but the mentality and style of play all evolved when Potter came in. Before that we were happy sitting back and playing very defensive football. Potter was a revelation for the club and any proper Brighton fan will say so regardless of the outcome.
Might have been a mentality monster but at times his tactics and game management was appalling. De Zerbi and now Fabian have changed the culture of the club to one that won't accept being mediocre. Categorically was the best thing that happened to the club Potter leaving.
Unfortunately for Graham Potter he came in at the wrong time for him, but someone had to oversee the huge changes and I think he did a reasonable job considering. I doubt chelsea would be where they are now without an interim scapegoat manager or two while the new team grew....
Potter is not an elite manager and his lack of total belief in what he was doing and could achieve was his downfall. The minute this messaging started coming across in press conferences was the beginning of the end for him.
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Glad he’s doing well. Looks so much healthier. He will do well at his new job. Like most just need proper structure
In my opinion he left Brighton a little too soon . But who was gonna turn that money down
He really is a great Coach, and honestly would have loved to see him at our sister-club Strasbourg. I am positive that he would do such an amazing job there.
He simply had to take the Chelsea job. More money plus the fact that the opportunity may never happen again. It’s easy in hindsight now to say that he shouldn’t have left Brighton, but almost everyone in the same position would have joined Chelsea
@SilentSzZ Yupp, that is most likely true. For him it was also a good experience to see the difference between a mid-table team and a big team. Expectations and all. I hope to see him soon on the scene. An unlikely scenario, but would be great ... Strasbourg 😅
Of course he looks healthy, he's had £12 million for sitting on his backside.
I think it’s less about the money. Lampard said himself that he also took the job way too early. But when a club like Chelsea come knocking, it is very difficult to say no to - it’s effectively proof that’s you’re getting to the pinnacle of your career.
Always respected Graham Potter. And like he said, he knows the reality of the situation he was/is in. Yet the people that criticize him (even for doing this video) are still too immature to gain any sort of world perspective because they are set in stone in their ways or aren't learners.
As a Chelsea fan, I believe Graham Potter was really unlucky during his time at the club. He came in with a completely new squad and no pre-season, which made his job very hard. I think he could do well with another team in the future.
However, his soft approach and the way he handled post-match interviews after bad results were frustrating. It didn't help his case; he needed to be more direct and explain what the real problems were. "The boys did everything" - but if that's the case, why were the performances so poor? It just didn’t add up.
I'm a Chelsea fan, Potter was out of his depth at the club. We have to be honest.
Potter weren’t good enough fair play to him for challenging himself and wanting a higher pay cheque. But in general he was never good enough for that level of club
Common behaviour among struggling managers. See Ten Hag and Eddie Howe, among others.
The players can give everything and be bad players.
Nothing we’ve seen subsequently has shown any of those players who were the mainstays to be any better than how they had played in that period.
the whole buy loads of players new each season thing unheathy no one knows if there gonna be away soon so why care and buy in giving to the club.. less unity..also as manager all new ones joining hard to know ut strongest starting 11..feel man utd bit of that right now too were they buy but by chrismas that new signing has floped and not playing anymore
I think Graham Potter did well to control the controllables at Chelsea, the rest was just an extremely turbulent mess that was completely out of his realm.
The environment he walked into was undeniably chaotic-frequent managerial changes, a bloated squad, and a lack of cohesion at the leadership level. It’s difficult for any coach to succeed when the foundation around them is unstable.
If he is going to take the Leicester job as reported, I wish him good luck. He's a talented coach.
he should go to Leicester
He had no control. He was completely out of his depth.
@@briandeal8927 this kind of comment shows you lack a certain sophistication to understand football management, sorry.
You present too black and white a picture. He had control overs some aspects but not others. He talks about this in the interview. 'Out of his depth' means what? Everyone is 'out of their depth' dealing with a new situation or problem, the real question is are you adaptable and are you afforded the time to adapt. At Chelsea he wasn't.
It's not rocket science. Stability is the key to performance, not chaos. Stability means you can handle the various ups and downs and not get into this 'reactive' cycle where if things are not going well, there is a panic.
@@512SquaredI understand sports management just fine. The players did not respect him, his training methods, or his management style. It’s not complex and just that simple. If you don’t believe it, fine. But just look at the players performance on the pitch and look at what they’ve said about him since.
Graham is an easy guy to root for. I absolutely think there’s a high chance he will be a super successful coach in future jobs. Chelsea were in one of the wildest situations EVER during that period and I’m not sure ANYBODY could have succeeded in that role.
One of my favourite High Performance pods this, so wholesome. Best wishes to Graham, I’m sure he’ll be back stronger than ever
Potter is a very nice bloke and that comes across. What also comes across is that he doesn’t have that self confidence bordering on arrogance needed to be a top manager. You can tell he is a bit all over the place in his mind he’s not assertive like the top managers are. The people interviewing him at Chelsea should have picked up on this.
He was better when he was in a job riding the wave of the Brighton success and being Chelsea manager, not oozing confidence but just normal but I think the sacking has traumatised him and this is a low point for him still. He says he's come to terms with it but he's still very emotionally turbulent.
He seems to be a nurturing type, I can see him developing young players at cash strapped clubs but you're right he doesn't have the personality to handle top players with egos at top clubs.
The owners at the time didn't understand what a top manager is, that's why they sacked a genuinely top manager and replaced him with Potter. They thought the manager was more of a PE teacher/administrator.
he's gotta go to Leicester
His humility and well spokenness reminds me of Ole Gunnar a bit. All around great blokes, maybe they lack the edge to be top managers? Idk. I love Graham, he worked wonders at Brighton, should've never went to the bridge
The problem wasn’t the manager, and especially not his personality. The problem was that he was not afforded the time necessary to nurture a cohesive and constructive environment. If there’s a term to sum up the problem it’s ‘football snobbery’, and Potts was the victim of this, not the offender.
I hope this bloke is our next manager!
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He will be yours 🫡.
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He is now, COYI
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Well well well, this aged like wine. Hoping he works out well for you guys.
As a Chelsea fan that was desperate to see Graham succeed it is nice to hear his side of the story.
Your fans are mad, sacking Tuchel for Potter was a downgrade
Potter was a joke
I empathise with Graham and wish him the very best. He obviously is very capable and has high EQ. Unfortunately, he goes against the conventional image that a successful manager (even outside of football) needs to be a dominant, disagreeable person. For that reason, I really hope he succeeds and proves people wrong.
Agree
What a fascinating interview, interviewers playing their part as intelligently as Graham Potter answered, Good luck at West Ham, Graham, I'm sure it will go well for you- and them!
Potter's home now..@The MASSIVE Hammers London Stadium ⚒️💪🏽
Potter isn’t cut out for a club that has ambitions to be elite. He’s a great mid level manager that would fit best at a club like Tottenham that are ok with not winning trophies.
As a Chelsea fan I wish Graham Potter all the best with whatever he's got next. He came to the club when it was chaotic and in some ways as a fan, I couldhow the Chelsea fanbase had also become toxic around that period.
20:46 my only issue w potter was that he didn't rule with an iron fist.
Maresca came in and sent those he didn't rate to the gulag, whereas Potter kept everyone around. The easy example was Ziyech. He went from PSG offices into the starting lineup, which was not helpful to the development of Noni and Misha
I don't think that was Potter's fault. Clearly the owners were not experienced and didn't want the coach to have control.
@@boulevard14 It's looking more like the owners were very experienced, They have restructured the club from top to bottom and are looking scary with the amount of young talent they have. Anyone thinking these owners didn't know what they were doing are naive imo.
@haitch04 disagree entirely - hoovering up as much potential as possible because you have the funds to do so isn't being shrewd or having a masterplan - but if you sign that many players you'll invariably get a few hits. The fact is Chelsea could be much further down the line had they kept or bought in some experience to the spine of the team.
@@boulevard14 that has nothing to do with selecting players that clearly had no future at the club
@@haitch04 Several individuals who dealt with the owners have said the same thing, including Potter. That's all we can go off of, I'm afraid.
Graham Potter was not the problem at Chelsea. He may not have been the solution because the solution was not in his hands. Now we see in Maresca a coach that has been able to come in with the full knowledge of the madness of an overstocked squad and out of necessity isolate those players he doesn’t want. He’s taken over a team that had already begun to gel with a world class playmaker. Maresca would have had the same problems had he taken over when Potter did.
People talking about this being 90 minutes of excuses don't get the point. The environment you have around is almost as important as your talent/ability at certain jobs, like being a football manager. He could have been better and get better results, for sure, but whoever says "look at Maresca" doesn't understand that in order to get to that point there has been a process. Pochettino didn't get it right at Chelsea until the end, and if you look at the job he did at Tottenham it's hard to argue he isn't good enough for the job. It's just the same at Man Utd, if you think over the last decade every manager and every player are bad... Potter might not have the full package to coach a top 6 team, but let's see his performance at his next job.
100% excuses, he failed big time
@PazLeBon no he didn't, he just bore the brunt of the chaos.
@@antonyjackson8980 didnt focus on the team then did he, they were poor.
@@PazLeBon do you think any manager would have succeded in that situation?
@@urre14 depends what expectations were. to find consistency and a style then sure. tbh think he only won like 4 in 20 at brighton b4 he left so was a strange appointment anyway
Chipping in before it really gets going. As a Chelsea fan who grew up with us being one goal away from division three to my first game at the Bridge in 1984, my Chelsea is one where I’m happy if everyone gives 100% on the training field and on the pitch. Mr Potter was one of those guys. He brought in new ideas then had a flood of new players to deal with and it was one of those instances where I he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.
Thank you Graham, I had your back all the way, it was a shame that no one near the top can afford the grace of a squad and a philosophical rebuild season.
Irony being that we’re only just starting to brighten up now.
Cheers,
B
Just finished and my opinion is higher than it was before.
One thing in football that I really want you to see at the top flight is that the fans stop being fans and change into supporters. If Graham had had that support and understanding his first season would have been seen as a success.
Great podcast!
@@BretHigginsGreat comment, Bret. Completely agree with you. Wonderful HP chat where I'm just blown away by Graham's crisp articulation and impactful communication. Happy to see him reflect and unpack his time at Chelsea with so much honesty, openness and clarity. Wishing him and his family best for the future and conveying my cheers to you from Kolkata! 🙏
@@BretHigginsyou're right on the money with regards to the difference between fans and supporters. Fans are often there fanning the flames on social media whenever anything ever so slightly negative occurs, whereas supporters are there supporting the club, whether that be through encouraging the players and defending the club or financially through attending games and buying merchandise.
Yeah he walked into a dumpster fire. I genuinely feel bad for him. His reputation took a real hit.
@@adhiraajray thanks, mate. I think it’s important for everyone to be honest with themselves and Graham does that with aplomb. When he returns to the fold, regardless of what club he goes to, I hope he’s successful and wins a few trophies!
Well done Graham!!! Thank you for your honesty!
Graham, I hope this can reach you. As a Chelsea fan, thank you so much! No matter what they've been saying about you, you are a great coach, our timing was just unlucky. Sorry that some of our fans were just dumb and didn't think with their brains. I could see how good your games were in every match, our players at the time were just not up there to give us decent results. I wish you all the best in the world in your personal life and career.
Great conversation. I like how the hosts ask great questions and "get out of the way" to allow the guests to express themselves. High performance!
I am a Liverpool fan. I love the authenticity and openness of the answers from Graham Potter. He was been through the "jaws of sporting death" at Chelsea.
We are falling in love with Graham now, we rushed to cancel him.
He's a good person.
It's big club mate, winning is the only way and Chelsea had one of the worst season in their history. Sometimes it's not about changing the coach or tactics, you have to bring new energy to the club. And Chelsea is known by changing coaches so often, 2012 and Thomas Tuchel are good examples.
Glad GP is doing well... There is alot of love for him amongst real English football fans not just CFC...
Good man!... good to see what he says about the situation. Hope he is back in the PL soon!.
This interview was really good. Really happy to se a fotball manager... or any person in football... that isn't completely "PR-ish" in their answers... His views on leadership must be the reason whay he's been soo successful. If he ever wants to come back to us in Sweden I'm sure we'd meet him with open arms!
Welcome to West Ham - The GP will see you now!
As a Chelsea fan, I really do wish potter well. He’s a good coach who did really well at Brighton, at Chelsea he was set up to fail imo.
I think he can rebuild his career like Moyes did at West Ham. Maybe he’ll even end up there if their current gaffer is let go during this season?
Good shout - hope you put a bet on it! As a West Ham fan watching this on the day he's been appointed, I'm delighted he's been given the job. I just hope he's given the time to build a culture to make us successful over a long period, rather than judged on his first few results.
Sorry Graham really I am, I didn’t think you were competent enough to be Chelsea coach but after listening to this it’s clear you’re more than competent.. wrong place wrong time
I hope Graham makes the right club choice and I think he can be a very successful coach. The challenges at Chelsea with an oversize squad and an iniexperienced ownership would have probably been beyond any coach.
I hope Graham reads these comments....my first game was in 1967,and he's a great guy,I think I speak for most Chelsea fans when I wish him all the luck in the future....personally I wish he was still with us....he walked into a very difficult situation,an almost impossible one to be fair. We would be doing even better if he'd been given more time. Good luck mate.
Amazing podcast keep up the good work 🤲
Glad I Watched this! Fans (Including myself) just care about winning. We don`t dig deep and reflect much on why we arent winning. Potter seems like a great and intelligent guy. Wish him ll the best.
We wish you all the best in your future endeavors Graham, Chelsea moves..🙏🏾
Any Chelsea fan who says Potter did a terrible job hasn't a clue, no coach would have been able to do well with that absolute mess at the time. You give Potter the job start of this season and it would have been a different story, I'm not saying he would be doing as well as Maresca but he would definitely do a good job. He deserves another top job that's actually stable.
Tuchel did
@milesenunwaonye4492 Tuchel won the CL under the old ownership. And was sacked shortly into the first season of the new ownership. They never gave him a chance but you can't say he did well with that mess because that mess ramped up in the January window of that season after Tuchel was already gone.
After winning the UCL, Chelsea shouldve gone all out for Rice and Kane, said it after we won. The following day, Kante, Rudi and Christensen shouldve been signed up to long term contracts. Its been a rough time and i feel for Graham.
Potter can give you all the reasons in the world, but at the end of the day when he coached Chelsea they couldn't perform. With big clubs come big pressure
Graham Potter was an excellent coach who did a lot for Brighton,,,he was sacrificed by hard headed Chelsea owners
Not ruthless enough, and messed around with starting line-ups way too much. He was Tinkerman v2, the first being Ranieri in 2003/04.
My sense is he didn’t believe he could be ruthless enough. It was almost like he was flattered Chelsea would want him. Not the right mentality.
He should manage West Ham. I think he could do something there.
I think west hams a good option. 👌🏼
Messed around with the starting line ups? He had about 50 players 😂
i appreciate him for Enzo Fernandez x Havertz duo 😂
@@lukebrown8580so does Enzo but he doing a good job the truth Potter is overated and not good enough
v over rated i think
Top Man - really wish he could have been successfull for us
I am happy for Potter - he is a good manager aand i always backed him right till the day he was sacked , but the timing was wrong honestly - He would have done well at chelsea now. This coupled with the fact that he is too nice to people was the reason he was let go, his brand of football is really really good - i hope he gets a big club soon once again
I'd have him back at Brighton in a heart beat. Top quality manager
like he said , he was the collateral damage .i am glad he is doing better
Graham Potter to West Ham
Thanks for this. As a Chelsea fan I felt from the start he was not the right guy and still dont think he can take a top job. But I like that he has this strong mentality and willing to giv it another go. I would not be that strong mentally.
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Just let them get the bag, takes 2 second to skip.
They need to pay bills one way to keep production quality high as well as getting quality guests. Atleast you are able to skip through it
How else do you think UA-cam channels increase revenue? Social media as a whole is an marketing platform.
How else are they going to tell people about the best way to achieve high performance in drink form?
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One of the best episodes, high performance does not mean "win always", it also means that you do not have to be a bitter loser. Potter's love and gratitude towards his parents, family, and people who were part of his journey show him that he was severely misunderstood. I wish the football tribe were kind enough and rather not blind to see that and value that but well.., it is a tribe for a reason.
Really felt sorry for GP. Chelsea job was a poison challis the same as Man U when Sir Alex left. I’d be surprised if Enzo could have done a job at that time.
1:14:57 sneak dissing Enzo Maresca I see you Graham 😂
Never good enough for a massive club like Chelsea , Might he decent at a West Ham or someone like that
We are happy to have him ⚒️
I love your line of questioning. Very Smart
Leicester needs you Potter!
Anyone that has had a loss (Big loss) this discussion with Graham Potter. this is a must. It could be the best hour & 20 minutes that you have spent. If you don't play football don't worry too much about what is said (football wise), however it will all fall into place. For having listened you will find that a lot of what has bugged you explainable.
I was run over 01/01/1970, hospitalised 9 month & ended up with a right leg below knee amputation
sorry mate i wish you good health
load of excuses
@@ismaillugumire4540 I only mentioned my condition because I was hoping that by saying "listen to this" those with losses wouldn't think "What dose he know" no for sympathy.
@@PazLeBon You are probably right however if you had been through what Potter went through, what would your defence been?
His time at Chelsea was simply a case of wrong place at the wrong time coming from Brighton a very stable foundation of a place where he thrived and going to Chelsea where the foundation is most unstable it’s ever been is a massive ask for even the best coaches in the world,Graham seems like a lovely guy I’ll always want him to succeed obviously a super intelligent guy and has a different style over the stereotypical manager.Hope he does well at West Ham!
I dont know how accurate this, but I read he is still being paid £245,000 a week from Chelsea. The agreement he reached with the club was that they would pay him until he found another job. I like him. He seems like an affable bloke.
Football is an emotive sport. Fans tend to speak largely from emotion and blind ambition. And today, that translates as short-termism in many cases. We lack patience as fans, but instead of fixing our issue, we make that someone else's problem - the players, the managers, the owners. We are not seeing success on the pitch, we are disappointed, and its everyone else's fault except ours for the fact we cannot properly process that emotion. Disappointment is understandable. But it's a project - patience and resilience are key. Otherwise, we just escalate the problem, the pressure, the nervousness, and it becomes more difficult to find the solutions to the problems, not easier.
Fans really should take some responsibility too.
He’s a great guy and I believe he would have done really well with Chelsea. Although this interviewer is snidely trying to put the boot into Chelsea at any opportunity. Like a lot of these journalists. but Potter is too clever and I think he knows what he’s doing. Very nice to hear from him, he’s a top person.. hold your head high mate
I have a lot of respect for Potter's approach to management, he takes a long term view and I think that if Chelsea had stood by him by the end of year 2 you'd have seen the upcurve and stability coming through and by the end of year 3 you'd have seen them becoming a force again. Chopping and changing coaches has simply delayed the progress for Chelsea, Potter, Pochettino and now Maresca it's all going in the same direction but it appears that neither Potter or Pochettino were the right fit for the American ownership who don't value the development of the team but rather see the players as financial investments. Ultimately do you want to see players treated as commodities, or do you want them to feel pride to wear the shirt? I simply don't think that the ownership gets it because very very few Americans understand the culture. The exception to the rule are Ryan Reynolds and Rob McIlhenney at Wrexham, because they've taken the time to actually get to know the fans and the place and their investment is as much with their hearts as it is with their wallets. You can see the same things have played out at City, Newcastle, PSG etc When the ownership doesn't care about the fans, its not going to care about players or the management charged with their care and development, because frankly all they see are the $$.
There's no doubt Potter was at Chelsea at the wrong time. The new owners were taking a gigantic sweeping brush to the club and whoever had been Coach would have found the job nigh impossible, The owners had a business hat on and football was secondary to the task when restructuring. Graham was the fall guy as it happened, not intentionally I'm sure, but it turned out that way. The fruits of the Owners structural plans are starting to come to bear. Stability is happening with long term contracts, sensible wages and some of the best young talent in world football. Credit where credit's due.
Great interview, sounds like he walked into an environment with no structure and was expected to be an instant alex ferguson type figure that could control all aspects of the football operations overnight, with an new owner that was impulsive and scattergun in approach (probably with lots of other advisors interfering), when all he needed was better support structure around him. I sense he had very little time to consider and took the risk/challenge/salary when offered, fair play to him and no one can doubt that decision and he's clearly better off for the experience. I believe he's a great coach, just needs to pick the next role carefully - I'm sure he will.
I always felt it the mentality. Chelsea had this can do attitude as a club. And within 3-4 months of this guys reign, that was gone. And thats where my problem is.
you cant be a maneger of a big club without any arrogance just like enzo he is arrogant ruthless you have to have in yourself to be a top coach of a top team you cant be nice
Hope he comes to Leicester 🦊
lmao me too
40:00 the death threat are always trolls from India online. Thry do because they ALWAYS get w reaction
The Chelsea job was too big for Potter in my opinion, watching him on the touchline when we were losing, he was clueless, he had no emotion, and he looked like he didn't care, I was happy to see him go.
I think he’s going to end up at West Ham if they continue to struggle. Southampton is a possibility but the former has for the time being at least, more potential.
The Chelsea job really damaged Graham! It’s a real shame! I hope he can move on!
I actually believe Chelsea became a poison challis. There were undercurrents of replication of previous successes, without considering that the playing staff had changed along with the those in director roles.
He’s a great humanist but football is brutal. Graham’s one of those managers that do well with ‘smaller clubs’ as those clubs are usually in the trenches so when a manager like Graham comes in and gives them an arm over the shoulder it makes them want to fight for him and grow together organically. At big clubs with big expectations the humanist side goes away and the players and fans only respect success. Look at ancelotti at Everton compared to Madrid, he’s much more ruthless at Madrid which you need to be, to be respected.
After his performance at Chelsea and now this podcast, I don't see any Prem club employing him.
I feel like ongoing mental issues is still very stigmatised. You can talk about past mental health issue but if you say you are currently struggling with depression there will be people shying away. Also it really depends on what kind of mental issues you are struggling with. Things like psychosis is still very stigmatised in my opinion.
It was a tough, tough situation. I was ciritcal of Potter in many instances, but Tuchel had already set a pretty negative tone early in the season. The new players weren't hardly showed up, and our prized wingbacks and Kante were NEVER healthy. Fofana gone. Mount broke down. I was glad he had some good Champions League results, at least. Even the ownership were allll over the place too. Boley acting as Sporting Director etc... Potter also had faults, for sure, but it was all too much. A real sh*t storm. Look at Poch bailing after a decent (not great) finish. Maresca is doing great because he has something, but he is also is coming in at a much more stable period.
never ever buying Huel out of spite.
Iconic episode
Love the trainers Jake
Lets be honest all these managers only lose their ego when things go wrong. They get paid for failure every time, he does come across a genuine man though.
Nice guy, who has integrity. Roy Wilbraham
no way was it harder than the forest job , thats ridiculous. i remember pots looking out of his depth one of his v first interviews there
Truth of the matter , Chelsea has been one of the most difficult job in football for time. Potter was never ready or good enough for the job , despite all the things of the club being in transition making it even more difficult. Enjoy your wages the club is still paying you and wnjoy your life.
COYI
Chelsea fan for 25 years here. I still rate Potter and was one of the few who wanted him to stay. He had a crazy injury list. Just look what its doing to City. Arsenal had Odegaard away and struggled.
Potter had over 15 injuries at one time. More then half was key players.
He was set up to fail.
Good manager, wrong club at the wrong time. The owners let the club down since they came in. Now its 2 years in when things are really improving.
How will Graham do at West Ham? I think he’ll get them out of trouble…
Not sure we're really in trouble - more like stagnating. I don't see him as a firefighter, but more as someone who we can task with building something progressive and sustainable over the next 3-5 years. But we have to give him the chance to do so and not panic if the first few results are not great.
he's no Paul barber but I will give it a go
Although i didn’t want him at Chelsea due to lack of success. He is a very good coach he showed it at Brighton, i just feel it was a David Moyes Man UTD situation where it was too big for him. I wish him the best for the future
Sorry but got to say potter just wasnt up to the job.he will do well in a mid table expecting club but he lacked the streak of arrogance needed to be top 4..
British managers are good for bottom half clubs and potter is not exception
Enzo Maresca making light work of the same job.
He is so used to lecturing that he is forgotten how to roll up his sleeves. I hate this guy's attitude of excuses. He doesn't get it. Chelsea is not a Brighton. It is like going to Madrid and telling the fans to believe in a process they cannot see. Enzo Maresca came in and we bought Felix, Jorgensen, KDH, Guiu, Kellyman Torson, Santos, Nkunku has barely played and there are a host of new faces but he has put structure to the team using common senae. Not everyone of those players they brought in at the time had to play. He had to make a team out of the players. He was just dreadful and was trying to normalize mediocrity in an excellent club like ours. I was so excited when they sacked you. What you need to understand is that they way you speak and your body language and mentality are key. You could be or are even a nice guy but football is a hard business and you must make choices that yield results. Nobody cares how long it took you to get anywhere. That is yours to know and protect all the years of work and sacrifices. But don't come to a club that was winning Champions League a year or two and try to install a mid table mindset there. I am highly disappointed that you don't hold yourself accountable more. Not many managers would let that opportunities slip but Graham let it slip and he is still giving excuses. 😅
Under Tuchel they were looking pretty awful, too, by the end. Apples and oranges comparing Marsca's situation. He gets a European punching league for his developing players. Potter was playing Champions League. And did okay in it, mind you. He for sure wasn't perfect, not by a mile. I got well frustrated with him calling Southampton a "well organized team" (no manager and in the relegation zone) when they beat us. But it was a tough time, man. And the death threats? Disgusting. We're all human. Glad Chelsea is in a good place. Hope Potter finds something suitable. Yeah, probably not a top club, but then I'd love to be proven wrong there!
He did what he could with the mess he inherited but in the chelsea job you can’t use that as an excuse, you still have to crack on and get wins at the end of the day.
A nice fellow and a good manager, not sure he's cut out for the very top jobs but a good man .. tho it didn't work for him at Chelsea he wasn't particularly disliked by the fan base as a man , pretty sure he'll quick a reasonable welcome when he comes back.
Potter’s arrogance is matched only by his excuses. Listening to him recount his time at Chelsea is like hearing Liz Truss deny tanking the economy!
What you go through you grow through
He seemed so weak inside the stadium. When the game was in danger, a player was in trouble, or when he needed to appeal to the referee, the coach had to come forward, but he lost trust by just biting his fingernails. That's why people call him a manager in the middle and lower ranks.
Might get pelters for this but Graham leaving Brighton was the best thing for that club, others have taken them to a another level that most thought wasn't possible.
Although I do fail to understand Chelsea wanting him when 6 months prior he went on a 3 wins from 23 in the prem and lost about 7 in a row.
spot on
About as informative as it is useful - useless you are
Potter took Brighton to a level nobody though possible before him. Prior to that we were battling relegation and prior to that we weren't even in the Premier League. I'm assuming you don't know much about Brighton.
I agree we've improved since but the mentality and style of play all evolved when Potter came in. Before that we were happy sitting back and playing very defensive football. Potter was a revelation for the club and any proper Brighton fan will say so regardless of the outcome.
Might have been a mentality monster but at times his tactics and game management was appalling.
De Zerbi and now Fabian have changed the culture of the club to one that won't accept being mediocre. Categorically was the best thing that happened to the club Potter leaving.
Unfortunately for Graham Potter he came in at the wrong time for him, but someone had to oversee the huge changes and I think he did a reasonable job considering.
I doubt chelsea would be where they are now without an interim scapegoat manager or two while the new team grew....
When they asked him why did you not turn the job down at the time.... Because they offered him 10m a year salery of xourse 😂
"Mikel is still trying to win the league" ..... hahaha love ya gaffer 😂⚒️
Potter is not an elite manager and his lack of total belief in what he was doing and could achieve was his downfall. The minute this messaging started coming across in press conferences was the beginning of the end for him.
The Problem with potter is that he has weak mentality
The lads gave everything. 😂
Galadog to the reecue🙏😭
You can tell that by all his waffling about mental health