Potter Sacked!

[THUNDERCLINT]

Had enough of this arogrant no mark now.  

11 games, 27% win ratio and 0.66 goals per game.

Either the break clause is true or this flake quits otherwise were proper fucked.

[Sir Alf]

Carrick would be mad to come to West Ham right now for his career’s sake. He’d probably see it as a huge risk knowing how Sullivan operates. It could finish his managerial career even though he be better surely. 

[Tomshardware]

Put anyone in charge, anyone and it will be an improvement over Potter.  

[Eerie Decent]

A lot of Borough fans were desperate to get rid of Carrick in the end, baffled by his team selections.

I've noticed they've won 3 out of 3 with the new manager.

[Massive Attack]

Carrick

[goose]

Cooper, Dyche, Southgate and Ange will no doubt be the favourites.

Marco Rose & Edin Terzic are both out of work, but let’s be honest it won’t be them.

[zico]

I couldn't even see Pep saving us the team is that bad. But Potter is so bad even Dyche or even BFS surely couldn't do worse.

[Maverick180180]

I flushed a better manager than Potter down the toilet earlier when I took a shit 

There’s no reason to keep him and I don’t even think there’s viable alternatives. 

We are going down. 

Surely Sean Dyche or Steve Cooper (the only out of work managers that Sullivan would consider) can't do any worse than this utter fraud. Surely they would instill more fight in this shit team than this boring Brummie bell end.

Just sack him tomorrow FFS.

 

 

Normally I’d be dead against either of them, but after seeing the insane starting lineups selected by both Lopetegui and Potter, not to mention their awful tactics I don’t believe for one second they could be any worse, and could actually be a big improvement 

[Pub Bigot]

I flushed a better manager than Potter down the toilet earlier when I took a shit 

There’s no reason to keep him and I don’t even think there’s viable alternatives. 

We are going down. 

Surely Sean Dyche or Steve Cooper (the only out of work managers that Sullivan would consider) can't do any worse than this utter fraud. Surely they would instill more fight in this shit team than this boring Brummie bell end.

Just sack him tomorrow FFS.

The ugly Welshman won’t, Dyche would turn us into Burnley 2.0 . Yes we’d survive, be stuck with him and his football for 4 or 5 years until Sullivan brings in another foreign coach out of work and sacks him after 6 months for yet another pragmatic coach. 

[Come On You Irons]

I flushed a better manager than Potter down the toilet earlier when I took a shit 

There’s no reason to keep him and I don’t even think there’s viable alternatives. 

We are going down. 

Surely Sean Dyche or Steve Cooper (the only out of work managers that Sullivan would consider) can't do any worse than this utter fraud. Surely they would instill more fight in this shit team than this boring Brummie bell end.

Just sack him tomorrow FFS.

[Pub Bigot]

I flushed a better manager than Potter down the toilet earlier when I took a shit 

There’s no reason to keep him and I don’t even think there’s viable alternatives. 

We are going down. 

[Maverick180180]

I flushed a better manager than Potter down the toilet earlier when I took a shit 

[Sir Alf]

Tactical disaster class after we took the lead

[Come On You Irons]

This fraud has got to go. Totally out of his depth.

[eusebiovic]

Now, I probably haven't ever mentioned this before because I like to calmly survey the available data for a period of time before making a decision on a manager, as I don't like to fly off the handle. But having done this I've decided; I fucking hate Graham Potter.

I detest this prick with every fucking molecule of my being and I'm even going out and stuffing my face with the fattiest foods I can find in order to become really fat just because that's the only way I could possibly hate him more. 

His dopey fucking face. His silly fucking accent. The horrible PE supply teacher cսnt vibe he gives off. The fact he seems to think that he's some sort of fucking rare bird that we should all be nurturing because he's a fucking football genius. The fact he's absolutely terrible at his profession. What a weapons grade shitshow this man is. 

We have a cup game tomorrow and by all accounts this prick is planning on 'experimenting' with the lineup. Third game of the season, no new signings and this bloke thinks it's appropriate to fucking experiment. No mate, you had pre-season to fucking experiment what are you fucking doing? This cսnt should know everything about every player in that squad. Fuck off experiment. This is just an excuse for the inevitable loss (2-0 if you're asking) we will incur. If he's thinking of changing the system - as he fucking should - he needs to be playing the cunts that will be lining up against Forest. We need some fucking cohesion. If he's thinking about playing the same dogshit system he should still be playing the cunts for Forest because in case he aint noticed, we're fucking diabolical. These pricks need to play every game until they're less fucking shit. If I see more than three changes tomorrow I'm going to throw all my efforts into inventing a time machine so I can go back in time and punch old Mrs Potter in the stomach to prevent this wet fart of a man ever being born. Now is not the time to be pissing around playing wankers like Cornet and Wilson, now is the time to be fucking winning games. You remember winning don't you Graham? 

Mavro needs a start. So does Potts. Maybe Areola. Everyone else fuck off you're fucking playing you pricks. You owe us a performance. Get on with it. 

Fucking experiment. What a prick. May as well sack him now, the arsehole. 
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Ahhh! 

How I've missed a Vexed rant when he goes fully postal...and makes me snort

Welcome back 

[Swiss.]

Be good if we had centre backs that would chip in with a goal every now and then. It was Zouma, then Dawson before but we seem to have no one ‘that wants it’ now.

Indeed in Moyes's 2nd stint a lot of our success that first season is the number of goals we scored from set plays. I think 2nd only to Liverpool. This papered a lot over the cracks and these plays dried up in subsequent seasons. 

[Massive Attack]

I doubt it’s a willingness to pay for a new  manager

When was the last time they did...

[Nick QQQ2]

I doubt it’s a willingness to pay for a new  manager, more that those in a job wouldn’t come to us given the owners.
similarly anyone half decent out of employment.   
no one wanted Moyes both times he had to take the job twice
no one wanted Lopi
Potter was overlooked for the big jobs so again he had to take the job with us.

[Sanacs on tour]

Looks like another mid season manager merry-go-round where we refuse to spend any money on a manger, and will only pick up who ever is currently without a job (probably a good reason for that!)

The money the owners spend year on year on players has been decent, yet simply unwilling to spend any money on getting the best manger is something I just wont ever understand their logic on

Looks like along and enjoyable season ahead for us all!

[Lato]

Calendar year without a Home Win…at Brighton???

un Fuckinug Believable 

…Potter’s Recent past…

how could any Top club hire him…

well Chelsea did

[Texas Iron]

Calendar year without a Home Win…at Brighton???

un Fuckinug Believable 

…Potter’s Recent past…

how could any Top club hire him…

[Lato]

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That back 3 cost over £100M, probably alongside Breen, Strodder and Hilton  the worst l have seen at West Ham!

[GreenStreetPlayer]

Be good if we had centre backs that would chip in with a goal every now and then. It was Zouma, then Dawson before but we seem to have no one ‘that wants it’ now.

[Massive Attack]

Hard men and mavericks is a very good way to describe what we're about.

[stubbo-admin]

Just saw this on Facebook:

This was on a Brighton fan page:

FROM THE FORUM: Graham Potter had no clue how good he had it at Brighton

There’s a lot of reasons to dislike Graham Potter.

For me though, it was always the vibe. He carried himself like he was bigger than the club, like we should’ve been bowing down in gratitude that the wizard of Ostersund had graced us with his presence. We were supposed to thank our lucky stars that Professor Beige had descended from Sweden to show us the magic of a nil-nil draw. Us lot in the stands? Just a bunch of mouth-breathers he had to tolerate while he reinvented football with his endless triangles.

We went an entire calendar year without a home win - a year! Babies were conceived, born, and learned to walk in that time - and still, we backed him. We endured the Graham Potter Horseshoe of Death™, that endless passing drill where the lads played piggy-in-the-middle with themselves, until, inevitably, the opposition nicked the ball and scored with their first shot on target.

Did we improve under Potter? Yes, of course we did. But it wasn't overnight. We all remember the highlights, but there were also games where watching pensioners trying to parallel park in Bennett's field was more entertaining than the game.

And yet, he had no clue how good he had it. A fanbase patient enough to put up with his sudoku formations. A chairman who gave him unlimited continues and a structure built to make him look smarter than he was.

And what did he do? The moment he caught a whiff of Big Six cologne, he bolted. Took the staff, the ideas, the hope - and left us with nothing but an empty dugout and the faint smell of artisanal sourdough. He swapped being a hero here for being a trivia question at Stamford Bridge.

He could have grown with us. Built something. Been immortal. But no, he always thought he was the cleverest bloke in the room, even when the room was screaming “For god’s sake, shoot!”

It’s the same energy as that one mate we’ve all got: had a stunning, loyal girlfriend, but thought he could do better. Dumps her. Immediately ends up shagging a rotating cast of trolls, each somehow worse than the last. That’s Potter’s career. He could’ve been Brighton’s Sir Alex Ferguson. Instead, he’s Chelsea’s David Brent - only less likable.

And take that gilet off mate, you look ridiculous.

That, considering Brighton is meant to have been his success, is brutal.

It's also proof that it doesn't matter what players you give him the football going to be shit because he coaches shit football.

Agree with this.  His football will never be pacy or dynamic.  He's some kind of pound-shop Pep Guardiola...and even the real deal Pep has been found out now, as his slow build up play gets rumbled by teams that are more powerful and aggressive.

Realisitically we're a fan base that can tolerate the odd shellacking, as long as we see intent and excitement a decent amount of the other time.  We can't be harlem globetrotters, but there has always been an element of fantasy about the team...a preference for hard men and mavericks over solid team play.

It's why Di Canio and Payet will always be reverred over someone like Jarrod Bowen.  Why players like Repka get their cult status.

The players that 'count' at West Ham fundamentally at are:

1. Mavericks/Talismans (Di Canio, Payet the modern classic of this...then some lesser lights like Lanzini, Diamanti, Porfirio).
2. Hard men types (Dicks, Repka, Stu Pearce, Bilic, Coufal etc)
3. Academy Products/Youth (early Noble, Carrick, Johnson, Rio, Anton, Joey Cole, etc)

After that you get some kudos for:
4. Grafters (Stevie Lomas, Seb Schemmel, James Collins types)
5. "West Ham" (Bobby Zamora, Latter-years Noble, James Collins, Johnny Moncs)

And then you have:
6. Average talent (Marlon Harewood, Reo-Coker, Kilman, Carlton Cole, Ian Pearce etc)
7. 'Passing Through' (the likes of Fullkrug, Todibo, Aguerd, Lee Chapman, Danny Ings, Callum Wilson) 


A manager really needs to craft a team of  as many of the top 3 above categories as possible to enthuse the fan base.  Without this, acceptance will only be while the team is winning.

Looking at those categories....what do we really have currently:

1. Paqueta.
2. No one.
3. Potts, Scarles, Orford, Earthy, Marshall...some hope for Guilherme and Diouf (who gets passes as a 'young' players).
4. Soucek, Wan Bissaka
5. Bowen (by association)
6. Everyone else.
7. Everyone else.

There are simply very few relatable characters in our team as of now.  And frankly the last four managers haven't understood this (Pellegrini, Moyes, Lopetegui, Potter). 

Bilic got it (which is why he's still thought of with fondness despite some fairly abject performance).

It's not hard to see why there is such fan apathy to the team and the Club right now... and it goes beyond just results.

[THUNDERCLINT]

Just saw this on Facebook:

This was on a Brighton fan page:

FROM THE FORUM: Graham Potter had no clue how good he had it at Brighton

There’s a lot of reasons to dislike Graham Potter.

For me though, it was always the vibe. He carried himself like he was bigger than the club, like we should’ve been bowing down in gratitude that the wizard of Ostersund had graced us with his presence. We were supposed to thank our lucky stars that Professor Beige had descended from Sweden to show us the magic of a nil-nil draw. Us lot in the stands? Just a bunch of mouth-breathers he had to tolerate while he reinvented football with his endless triangles.

We went an entire calendar year without a home win - a year! Babies were conceived, born, and learned to walk in that time - and still, we backed him. We endured the Graham Potter Horseshoe of Death™, that endless passing drill where the lads played piggy-in-the-middle with themselves, until, inevitably, the opposition nicked the ball and scored with their first shot on target.

Did we improve under Potter? Yes, of course we did. But it wasn't overnight. We all remember the highlights, but there were also games where watching pensioners trying to parallel park in Bennett's field was more entertaining than the game.

And yet, he had no clue how good he had it. A fanbase patient enough to put up with his sudoku formations. A chairman who gave him unlimited continues and a structure built to make him look smarter than he was.

And what did he do? The moment he caught a whiff of Big Six cologne, he bolted. Took the staff, the ideas, the hope - and left us with nothing but an empty dugout and the faint smell of artisanal sourdough. He swapped being a hero here for being a trivia question at Stamford Bridge.

He could have grown with us. Built something. Been immortal. But no, he always thought he was the cleverest bloke in the room, even when the room was screaming “For god’s sake, shoot!”

It’s the same energy as that one mate we’ve all got: had a stunning, loyal girlfriend, but thought he could do better. Dumps her. Immediately ends up shagging a rotating cast of trolls, each somehow worse than the last. That’s Potter’s career. He could’ve been Brighton’s Sir Alex Ferguson. Instead, he’s Chelsea’s David Brent - only less likable.

And take that gilet off mate, you look ridiculous.

That, considering Brighton is meant to have been his success, is brutal.

It's also proof that it doesn't matter what players you give him the football going to be shit because he coaches shit football.