Another New Manager, Welcome Mr Potter

Lukerz

I feel calm & confident watching & listening to him. If the players absorb any of that, I’m sure he’ll have a big impact here.

Welcome.

secrethammersfan

So glad that Lopetegui has gone. His record of 7 wins in 21 games is inexcusable. Lets welcome Graham Potter, who’s record at Chelsea of 7 wins in 22 games is aspirational!

Fortuneseeker

I think we need to compare the aspirations of the two clubs & how their owners act. On second thoughts best not to! 😬

BubblesNeverDies

secrethammersfan said:

So glad that Lopetegui has gone. His record of 7 wins in 21 games is inexcusable. Lets welcome Graham Potter, who’s record at Chelsea of 7 wins in 22 games is aspirational!

Potter at Chelsea
Pld22 W7 D7 L8 Pts28

J-Lo at WHU
Pld20 W6 D5 L9 Pts24

Slacker

Chelsea was a car crash when he was there, he couldn’t have known from one day to the next which players he’d be working with.

Ravel49

DAILY TELEGRAPH ⚡️

West Ham United are expected to review the position of Tim Steidten, despite new head coach Graham Potter's insistence that he can work with the club's controversial technical director.

In his 20 months out of football, Graham Potter fielded interest from more than 10 clubs, in England and overseas, and four foreign national football associations.

secrethammersfan

BubblesNeverDies said:

secrethammersfan said:

So glad that Lopetegui has gone. His record of 7 wins in 21 games is inexcusable. Lets welcome Graham Potter, who’s record at Chelsea of 7 wins in 22 games is aspirational!

Potter at Chelsea
Pld22 W7 D7 L8 Pts28

J-Lo at WHU
Pld20 W6 D5 L9 Pts24

Excellent point. If Lopetegui got a win and a draw in his next two games, we'd be looking to give him a ten-year contract [rolling eyes emoji]

jay_in_cpt

I'm happy with the appointment.
From the word go I thought J Lo ( sorry Slacker...) was an "ill" fit for the club.
With Potter, I feel it's a better fit, time will tell.
I don't or ever do expect miracles, but I do expect players to wanna play for the manager and team, under the " not to be mentioned " I'm sorry, but for MOST of the time I never got that feeling or saw it much....
Good Luck Harry...I mean Mr Potter ....

Ravel49

I wonder if Gary O’Neil was considered at all 🤔

buffybegood

As I posted in the Villa match thread, I just want to start to want to watch WestHam play again, rather than it feeling like a chore as it had become under J-Lo.

thornburyiron

Not sure what to expect. According to stats Brighton averaged 1 goal per game during his spell and Chelsea not much different.
Doubt we will be blowing sides away.

Slacker

A few 1-0 wins on the spin and nobody will be talking about his tactics.

MrsGrey

I've waved my magic wand over a few of the comments, as you will see. I'm sure you know why but feel free to message me if clarification is needed.

Ravel49

IronHerb

What did I miss? 😱

Ravel49

Some cheeky 🍑 wizardry 🧙‍♀️

claretandbluesky

I would like to have waited until summer as I think we would have finished between 13-17 had we kept Lopetgui and I think Potter will do well to change that position. I am not sure about Potter but he is to a degree an unknown quantity still so we can hope for the best. I would have rather Potter than Lopetgui in the summer, but neither would have excited me. I did get excited when the now Man Utd manager came over for talks but obviously that came to nothing. Now it's just time to get behind the new manager and the team and hope we see some better performances, I do feel this squad are better than they have been producing. We will never know if Lopetgui could have got better out of them but now it's Potters chance to try.

EXETERHAMMER

A mate of mine who is a Brighton fan said they used to call Potter, ' Glow up Graham'.

He was not sure why, but thought it may have been because he was always grumpy.

Ravel49

West Ham in advanced talks over new head of recruitment

Latest from Sky Sports News' Dharmesh Sheth:
West Ham in advanced talks to appoint Kyle Macaulay as the club’s new head of recruitment.
The development throws the future of Technical Director Tim Steidten into further doubt.
One source claims if - and when - Macaulay is appointed, Steidten will leave his role.
It’s understood Steidten has not been leading West Ham’s recruitment in this transfer window.
Macaulay worked with Graham Potter when Potter was head coach at Chelsea.

buffybegood

Ravel49 said:

Macaulay worked with Graham Potter when Potter was head coach at Chelsea.

He also worked with Potter at Ostersunds, Swansea and Brighton.

IronHerb

He's more an analyst then a DoF though, isn't he?

buffybegood

Macauley confirmed as the new Head of Recruitment by Potter in his presser today. He said that it doesn't affect Steidten's role, but rumours are that Steidten is out the door.

Whitehorsehammer

You can't have two Heads of Recruitment.

buffybegood

Whitehorsehammer said:

You can't have two Heads of Recruitment.

True, but Steidten is technically the Technical Director I believe.

thornburyiron

According to Sky, Steidten has been denied access to transfer data as the club finalise his exit.

Whitehorsehammer

buffybegood said:

Whitehorsehammer said:

You can't have two Heads of Recruitment.

True, but Steidten is technically the Technical Director I believe.

And I thought responsible for recruitment. He seemed to enjoy jetting around and bringing players back with him.

buffybegood

Whitehorsehammer said:

buffybegood said:

Whitehorsehammer said:

You can't have two Heads of Recruitment.

True, but Steidten is technically the Technical Director I believe.

And I thought responsible for recruitment. He seemed to enjoy jetting around and bringing players back with him.

Steidten was definitely involved in recruitment, but Macauley has worked under Technical Directors at other clubs. However, it does feel as though Steidten's days are numbered.

buffybegood

Podcast with Potter, worth a listen imo. He comes across very well to me.

https://www.whufc.com/news/iron-cast-head-coach-graham-potter