Graham Potter reflects on his start at West Ham and ambitions at club

[@haseebraja4752]

Potter comes across really well as a coach, I really hope he succeeds at my football club!

[@matthewdoyle3877]

Like you did with Moyes?? Oh he only won you a trophy

[@adamgutteridge9664]

@@matthewdoyle3877what? Move on!

[@MrCrispy941]

@@matthewdoyle3877 Matthew, you could just say "I dont watch West Ham". That tells us the same amount as your comment does. Moyes was dragging us down into a mire, and we are still suffering from it.

[@markthorpe331]

We’re going to need to give him time to implement his ideas and style, especially with the constraints Sullivan will impose during his tenure. His track record at Brighton, working with Macauley, was extremely impressive in unearthing players that were almost unheard of and getting the best out of them before being moved on for significant profit. Rice is the only player in recent times I can remember that this was the case. I just hope he is given the trust and freedom to do his job. COYI

[@28copland]

❤

[@Here4Hummus]

Was the recruitment all on Potter or the systems in place at the club?

[@Canio567]

Sullivan is our problem and until he has been removed West Ham won’t change.

[@adamgutteridge9664]

Great to have an owner who is a fan and who backs the team with his money! Got us into a stadium that almost doubled attendance. We won a cup and finished near the top of the league. Thank you, David Sullivan!

[@MrCrispy941]

@@adamgutteridge9664 Absolute nonsense

[@adamgutteridge9664]

@ Factually accurate

[@garywagner2227]

Should have made an assessment of the owner before the team. We will always be hamstrung as a club under Sullivan and Brady.

[@Roi_TFN]

Amen.

[@westham118]

Yeah we should go back to our old owners eh? Remember how “hamstrung” we were when they left us? Sullivan & Gold have taken us from going into administration at the 11th hour > Relegation Championship to European silverware in 10 years. If you think thats a holdback then you clearly have no idea how a football club is run

[@HR-3]

One of the biggest clubs in the land with one of the biggest fan bases globally and in England. 62k attendences every week. How TF are they not in the top 5 with the money spent on excellent footballers.

[@ralphenjoyingthesun4233]

Sullivan is the problem..We all know its dodgy deals with Salthouse and Backhanders..

[@qorpsed8293]

He isn’t always the problem though, it’s nice to have an owner who actually supports the club and he has helped us pursue successful things as of receny

[@mikecornhill2317]

Potter is articulate and honest having supported the Hammers for nearly sixty years he is a breath of fresh air from recent coaches. Shame the board doesn't come close to his ideals

[@DigitalNomad.1]

Potter is decent but Sullivan is a joke

[@dannysmith2040]

How can a coach build anything at Westham? The owner buys the players and he only buys them from he’s “friends” salthouse ect Until Sullivan goes westham will always struggle,the guy uses the club as a toy and hasn’t got a clue about football.

[@stephenboyd4934]

Exactly the poison dwarf is absolutely cr@p in transfers, WH need to use more youth players already at the club. Just look at Rice from the youths does a great job & gets sold for over £100 million. Buying players for £40 - £50 million is a risk.

[@Nick-ov8sm]

Need a new owner if going to move forward or same old same old 🤷‍♂️

[@grassamupson]

Just yes , at last a manager that can communicate and command universal respect. It may sound obvious but we once had a much respected manager who believed simplicity is genius . With everybody backing him he may redefine the West Ham way.

[@trevorfromengland]

Top man. I like his honesty

[@mercedessl8718]

Well compared to the previous two incumbents he is an articulate speaker with some rationale behind his answers. Loppy was struggling with his second language and moyes struggled to be coherent, hence he came across as a dour antiquated Glaswegian.

[@BenningsWhu]

He will do amazing things for us!! Next 5 years look so bright ⚒

[@MarkGoodall-x9j]

I don’t think we can judge potter.until are injuries players are back.but he comes across really well.

[@28copland]

Board and fans need to be patient, defense needs overhaul and new gk, also a striker, give this man time

[@mooseing22]

He certainly has my full backing. If we lose next few games it doesn't matter to me. I'm hoping it's going to be a long-time appointment. He's an intelligent man. I have every confidence he will succeed. The LS has still some dull clouds of previous 2 managers. More Lopetegue than Moyes. Once Bowen is back I think that will lift other players. COYI

[@crayz1978]

It's our defense that needed massive work, not sure what happened but this season we've forgotten how to defend. Discipline is our main issue.

[@basementsnaxx]

Conceded more last season tbf, the issue has been around for a while. Squad needs a huge amount of work.

[@possessedslig]

What happened is we lost Ogbonna, Zouma and Dawson who were all competent.

[@harrisx420]

Couldn’t be any happier with GP understands the fans very well he’s got my full support, really excited to see what he could build in the upcoming seasons, really all we need now is new owners with lots more £££ to take majority control from the current owners for things to really feel like things are going towards a brighter/ambitions future.

[@DagenhamOutlet]

It's a shame he has to deal with the dwarf

[@adamgutteridge9664]

So far, so good. He’s getting more out of this disparate group of players. He can communicate and be understood and not resort to an intermediary. Very flexible in deploying the players for different roles. Very fluid in game management

[@kirkgoings6142]

Wasn't thrilled with Potter's appointment, but am excited from what I hear. We are beat up right now, hopefully we can get some players back from injury today. Love seeing the academy players being given some minutes. On a production note...quiet on set! What a professional organization! 👎 There is less background noise on amatuer vlogs. Multiple times in the interview you can hear people screwing around in the background. You don't have quiet spaces for these interviews?

[@AndrewAndroff]

I would like to see low cost bid for a guy like Ricardo Pepi from PSV. Hard worker, mentally tough, heathly track record, has international caps, and he''s playing CL football and scoring. He's currently splitting time behind de Jong but still scoring on the limited opportunities he gets. Tall and great on headers.

[@audialiastt2601]

Can't believe it, Sky's giving the club a platform, even though it's in the garden's make shift shed at mid night.

[@512Squared]

Interesting to hear Potter say 1) any tactical shift has to make sense to the player and 2) very few perfect players (and there will always be mistakes), so you have to balance and work with both strengths and weaknesses when deciding tactics and line ups. It's something the armchair fans maybe don't understand when they attack players or talking about how the club have failed to progress and why they think that is, implying it's all so easy and that there is an endless supply of perfect players and so it must be a stupidity/flaw of the manager/owner when a problem develops (i.e. loss of defensive form in last two years relative to the form of the previous two years). It's also a kind of entitlement, as if the opposing teams didn't even exist and we just have to turn up to get a win. It's a battle, between some of the best players in the world.

[@cappa351]

Exactly. Everyone says are defence is awful and it kinda is however. If we dont attack well we wont defend well. Meaning we need to inprove our attack

[@JZS171-W]

I'm really encouraged by what GP has achieved so far, I hope he can find a way to manipulate Sully & get the right transfers for the club from a football point of view not a budget point of view '>

[@Liam_1538]

It's his first time managing a club. After 21 months, he just needs plenty of time to sort out the mess that lopetegui did when he made a huge mistake

[@Openwaterpaul]

Potters got to be given the long term patience from the fans. It's going to work🙏🏻 and I like him . That being said if it's belly up come half way next season from a summers sort out I'm going scumthorpe rovers . 'X'

[@schenken660]

I don't think Potter believes in the 'star' system. He seems convinced that moderate ability combined with clever tactics and team unity is what leads to success. If any player then feels he is worth more money and attention, it's better if they leave.

[@JB-kk5vg]

Spot on. Clearly it's better to have stronger players, but it's often overlooked that it's first and foremost a team game.

[@claudiushempstead9893]

I love this club whoever owns it whoever manages it I try to not let the what May be perceived as negatives get me down. The difference in communication between Potter and Julen Lopetegui is massive. That has to have affected his ability to manage the club.

[@Mark-kt2cn]

Love it

[@markcross125]

This is new PL era West Ham NOT WEST HAM UNTED FOOTBALL CLUB,you can't get away from facts,the game has changed,as an old skool fan,61yrs old,I say for the worse but once a Hammer always a Hammer...IRONS

[@barrykrishna9981]

Yep as people have already said, the Hammers need a progressive forward thinking owner to take them further, Sullivan is not that person.

[@Polosebastian14]

Daniel kret buy him out

[@GDJONOX]

Why is this interviewer obsessed with talking about players playing out of position?🤣 4 questions in a row… what a strange narrative

[@AlexanderWhalen-d4d]

because Looetegui played kudus on the left for nearly 6 months

[@GDJONOX]

@AlexanderWhalen-d4d where would you have played him?

[@IronDiscipleHVNY]

Sullivan hates Potter- more of a reason to root for this man. Think he's got what it takes to get us on the ascend.

[@artel6225]

The sound is muffled & terrible 😢

[@brads3d]

COME ON YOU IRONS

[@Nick-ov8sm]

A true manager 💯👌

[@Hammers-Mikey]

😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@markheath-j1o]

Potter need new players now has if dont we are in serious trouble hes our manager he should sort it chelsea arsenal big games coming up im afraid no points has we are not bothered getting someone

[@CaptDeadpool32]

David Moyes ruined this job for any one else because he won the Conference League, a European Trophy. Any future manager moans about not having spends- well Moyes won the Conference league. Unlucky

[@rickrjf2749]

COYI ⚒️ 🫧 Potters claret and blue army

[@bazza1966]

Why is the interviewer wearing her husband's clothes?

[@iansmith8358]

i would still give her one🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@nigelbradley9190]

He is an affable cove. Regreshing.

[@TomThorman]

7th

[@snotwurfit]

Second

[@zulunutter]

first

[@mTLpHfumfaomd]

As an outsider West Ham have one of the most entitled toxic and know-it-all fan base I've seen

[@alex-E7WHU]

"as an outsider" 😂 exactly... You summed yourself up nicely. 😂

[@mTLpHfumfaomd]

@alex-E7WHU thank you for proving the point 🙏🏽

[@JB-kk5vg]

But you've never even met me. Or my kids. Or the West ham fans among my mates and work colleagues. Don't judge upwards of 100,000 people by a few gobby twats on the internet or the radio phone-in (which all clubs have, by the way).

[@Hammers-Mikey]

His ambition to persist with Cresswell in 3 consec games! Two subs appearances and and starting spot. Thats his true colours! The geezer is a 💩 manager! And hes too soft and nice for the club. A Sullivan 'yes man'!

[@Anthony-gl5jf]

Or the fact we’ve got 1 available centre back

[@Matt.WHU.Rayney]

Sully needs to sell up the CXXX

[@mikelawrence4601]

⚒️⚒️⚒️ COYI

[@vincentsanford1515]

Why ant we got players in a striker and fc some defender and 1 midfielder am shrore there better out there than what we got coyi get some players in