"The world was closing in" | Graham Potter talks through his time at Chelsea | MNF

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Graham Potter reflects on his time at Chelsea with Jamie Carragher on Monday Night Football
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[@MC-CFC]

I still love on his first champs game he turned up with a fresh haircut, beard trim and Pep style black turtleneck. Few months later dude looked homeless like he hadn’t slept from stress. Poor guy.

[@OfficialGobbledyGooker]

The german giraffe and Money Mase aged him 20 years........

[@Wahid-2anti]

@@OfficialGobbledyGookerI see u everywhere bro big up 😂💯✔️

[@YouAreTrash.]

Champs 😭 you play much FIFA by any chance? Or am I cooked I need a break

[@Kingofthekop1]

@@YouAreTrash.Get the champers out its a celebration

[@Trapattoni21]

Bro showed up for the first time in a long time to remind United that he's available 😂

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

United needs Emri of Aston villa

[@chelseafc8563]

Ten Hag IN!!!

[@Trapattoni21]

@@chelseafc8563 aren't we all Ten Hag in rn?? Unless Southgate's the one who's next in line, then Ten Hag can stay there as long as he wants 😂

[@Trapattoni21]

@@myztroogeegibson3568 what in the blue hell that would make you think that Emery would be willing to downgrade himself from Villa to Yanited?? 😂

[@kiriakoz]

@@myztroogeegibson3568 why would he ruin his career by going to that dumpster fire? I'm not sure of any good that's happened in that club for years - other than the FA Cup win, I guess... but even that is minor compared with the money spent and where United used to be.

[@LiamS126]

Right manager, wrong time. Still a big fan of Graham but whoever took the job at the time was destined to fail

[@HabitualLine-Stepper]

@LiamS126 So wrong manager then?

[@ajplayz-wd8mf]

I just think he didn't have the mentality to coach a club with the culture and expectations of chelsea.

[@LiamS126]

@@HabitualLine-Stepper he was the number 1 target for the job, but like he said the amount of players he had the squad was never going to work

[@LiamS126]

@@ajplayz-wd8mf owners put him in an impossible position, buying players like auba for tuchel then sacking him 2 weeks later. He had no input on the players in the squad and was expected to coach 40+ a week

[@MuhammadImHardBruceLee]

@LiamS126 I don't believe in lowering the bar for specific people. Firing Tuchel was necessary, but hiring Graham Potter killed the entire season. Even in this interview he's still a mumbling, bumbling wet blanket.

[@rizzles1985]

People never remember the good, only the bad. He's a good coach. He will get a good club and show his ability again.

[@OfficialGobbledyGooker]

He isn't a good coach, he has more losses than wins.......

[@Fmfcg]

​@@OfficialGobbledyGookerlike Enzo Fernandez in 2023

[@hurvineldon1825]

He’s had other opportunities but he still to be on vacation mode considering his pay out😂😂

[@velosoclearance8196]

😂

[@Neo_Rain146]

He’s a good coach when there is no expectation. All Brighton were expected to do every season under him was not get relegated. Still not easy but that was his comfort zone. Like he said, when he took a step up to the next level where you are expected to win trophies and compete for the league he absolutely crumbled. I think he’ll do well at clubs like Everton and Wolves but he’s not a big 6 manager

[@MrPriMeMiNiSt3r]

He was too soft as a manager sadly. That's what it comes down to. He needed to be more ruthless and find solutions instead of excuses.

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

He didn't need those players. This is the right team squad for Potter now...

[@barry4649]

@@myztroogeegibson3568that’s absolutely bullshit.

[@ayomidemoses3024]

​@@myztroogeegibson3568 So, you mean we should sign Graham Potter again 😂😂😂... Make i no curse you oo😂... This guy was still being paid even after we sacked him bro was still collecting his salary 😂😭... Potter nah big fraud 😂

[@PercivalDunlop]

I can see how much effort you put in!

[@hatmanf133]

For us it took Grabham a couple of seasons to get us up to scratch and then we finished ninth in the league and were flying high before he left. Fantastic guy, very smart, and hopefully he gets the time to build a team elsewhere. He just didn't have the time to bed in at Chelsea, and considering the other factors too, it was always doomed to fail.

[@SavonneAsamoah]

They're having this conversation as if Chelsea weren't 11th when left. "We made it to the last 8 of the Champions League" give it a rest

[@alfieb6711]

when an unemployed manager comes on this show it’s usually a plea for a new job, go on Graham United need ya😂😂😂

[@1987benhur]

he doesnt need a job, chelsea still paying him lol

[@scottlawson1800]

@@1987benhurHis severance ends this month (October), hence why he is back in the limelight. The agreement was to pay him £200k/wk for 18 months

[@tmoon9297]

There's only one magical Potter in England and it ain't Graham....

[@Neo_Rain146]

Ah mate! I can’t believe he’s trying to hang his hat on the fact we got into the last 8 of the CL as if we weren’t playing the most diabolical stuff ever. I remember getting bopped off the park by Fulham away ffs. Players looked as confused as he was. He looked like he was having a nervous breakdown by the end of it.

[@mamadousy9632]

Oh shoot My boi is back He has been enjoying his money

[@ericsentanu7752]

the boys gave everything

[@MrRastaclutch90]

PTSD triggered

[@Harpystevens]

Is this sky sports trying to get potter the united job

[@ValentinaRosas-i4q]

You always know how to keep it exciting!

[@toms6807]

18 months later, still the master of yapping

[@MuhammadImHardBruceLee]

This man is made more money in seven months at Chelsea then he'd made during decades as player and manager. Chelsea calling him was like the National Lottery giving you the winning lottery ticket. Chelsea is the reason he can park himself on MNF and talk about waiting for the right opportunity.

[@intermediate212]

Very true. I'm actually surprised he wants to come back to football management. I'd have sat on the 60 million from Chelsea and get a job as a football pundit on sky sports or NBC sports.

[@Neo_Rain146]

Probably biggest mistake new ownership made when they came in. Guy was completely overwhelmed with the pressure of managing a club with the expectation of Chelsea. Then clueless owners who were too reluctant to sack him because of financial implications and let it reach very toxic levels. Hopefully they’ve learned a thing or two since then

[@couturecriminal8330]

​@@intermediate212 he ain't on 60mil this is the real world he is on gardening leave you muppet with break clauses probably agreed to leave money on the table when he got sacked it was only 7 months 3 straight months without a win...

[@intermediate212]

@@couturecriminal8330 learn how to use proper punctuation, you muppet.

[@Kingofthekop1]

@@couturecriminal8330Chelsea were paying him 200k a week for 18 months after his dismissal. Absolute joke of a club 😭😭😭

[@austinchinwe7968]

If you can't handle the existing culture in CFC, how will you be able to cope with that of Man United?....

[@musaadigun4072]

Those 3 games hes talks about we didn't just lose. We got absolutely destroyed. I rember that Brighton game in particular, what Trossard did to us that day

[@Neo_Rain146]

Exactly, wasn’t just the fact we lost but the manner in which we lost. I think the same could be said for Poch last season with Arsenal away. That was a drubbing and a couple of wins towards end of season doesn’t mask that fact.

[@patchh15]

So in other words he’s learnt nothing in 18 months

[@couturecriminal8330]

The point is he rejected Lyon,Rangers and Ajax also recently linked with West Ham and Leicester before the season started so there is hope...

[@ayomidemoses3024]

​@@couturecriminal8330 He rejected them because Chelsea were still paying his salary even after he was sacked.... Potter is a fraud!!!!😂😭😭

[@couturecriminal8330]

@@ayomidemoses3024 he is scared clearly especially the Ajax one really surprised me that one in particular...

[@johnbauer2182]

Please get him arrested 🙏

[@cjmillington]

Guy's repositioning himself now for the United job. No coincidence the ETH disaster unfolds and Potter comes back the next day.

[@twofingers4111]

As a true BLUE, I've respected Potter the more after this interview. So unfortunate things didn't work out for him @ the bridge. I wish him all the best and success in his next endeavors 🙏🏽

[@chaser247plus]

Graham is delusional, just like Gareth Southgate. He lives in a fantasy world. Under the "I'm a nice guy" vibe that he projects... he's just as arrogant as Gareth. He displayed this perfectly in this interview. Such a weasel. He wants people to feel sorry for him and sympathise with his fantasy version of events. The FA would love to have this guy as England manager. 😦

[@phemstros]

Liked him but it was too soon, but before him we didn't know what going from Brighton to Chelsea would be like. Too big a gap. Not as big as spurs to chelsea, that's too big Poch had no chance.

[@austinchinwe7968]

GP was not meant for any of the big 6 clubs. He will not survive the pressures in those clubs. He is a mid table club coach/ manager.

[@Dymolabelwriter450]

exactly.

[@kakasibilty4783]

Disaster coach

[@wash2wash]

Southampton really need this guy

[@onset6ix]

he was getting death threats tbf, vile

[@jensenphua4685]

He is the worst chelsea manager ever!! glad chelsea got rid of him.

[@surfinbearbeats]

should never coach a big team. overrated. Nice guy tho

[@lloydnyako6060]

He’s still getting paid by Chelsea to this day

[@Davie2233]

Useless Carragher asking the same questions that potter was answering 18 months ago.

[@gabrielmacharia5421]

The voice was tormenting me every weekend 😢. Worst time being a chelsea supporter 😮

[@Researcher83]

That's what happens when you get Roman Abramovich's haircut & facial hair style lol 😂

[@eL--RaL]

Yeah abramovich with no bra ins

[@velosoclearance8196]

Fraud

[@brandons6323]

This whole interview just proves Chelsea was way too big for him... he just goes on about making it to the last 8 in the CL like if thats good enough... that is not an achievement! So glad i dont have to hear "the lads gave it their all and there were positives" anymore, good riddance

[@evm7784]

Playing the violin for himself. Worst manager I’ve ever seen at Chelsea in my life

[@flyaway6671]

Man Utd audition lol

[@kakasibilty4783]

@@flyaway6671 i think Man utd is more wiser now. It would be a shock for them to go potter

[@ibraba25]

De Zerbi owes him his success at Brighton

[@necolin]

Why are these lot giving Potter a platform? Sky literally just always want something bad to talk about Chelsea...

[@jamdonut4021]

More probably to put him in the window for Man Utd

[@fredjenner]

You got it bro

[@vacantplanet]

The new ManU manager

[@ihussain999]

Oh shut up Graham - just admit you were out of your depth and you regretted your decision

[@leroymane]

Bruno Saltor, Lampard, Pochettino, and now Maresca. Chelsea value in a nutshell

[@samsdgaming]

Next west ham manager the one we should have got or should sack flopletgui and get him in if they don't win against ipswich

[@theophilusidowu-asufi9495]

Barring Frank lampard and Scolaari, this guy's the worst manager in chelsea history. Lampard ofcourse being the absolute worst.

[@stevenmichaels4947]

Jellyfish Potter still getting paid from ClownLake! 😂 That's life! 😂

[@THEDR1NKS]

He is just not an elite manager , he is just English, so the media hypes him .

[@munaisa7873]

I think he deserved to have a taste of our current squad and frontline. That Mase and Giraffe killed him man

[@Jminks88]

Chelsea is still recovering from this man’s damage after 2 seasons 😭… such an awful manager 😡 worst appointment ever

[@EastDiaries]

I actually wanted him to succeed at Chelsea, he was a good person but too good to be a football Manager.

[@Jack-lssitt]

He’s still in denial about it. He’s simply not good enough

[@JackMarquislife]

Hes set up for life now, he got lucky to be given that job and he made 10m+ from it he could quit now and live his life

[@ChelseaKTBFFH-qm9gk]

He got stitched up by the owners, too many players, loads of injuries and players that wanted to leave. Unfortunate timing

[@CORFrags]

Unpopular opinion but i liked Potter as manager of Chelsea. As cliche as it seems if the players could actually take their chances we could of finished the season well. If you actually watched the games we dominated most teams, had a high XG and possession as well.

[@timothy7958]

as a chelsea fan, i always laugh at how we sack managers but i gotta say Graham said it better. thats football heritage, or more like chelsea culture as he just said😂😂😂😂😂

[@charlesapana9935]

Felt short of the project and is good it didn't work out because he couldn't take bold decisions

[@leecollison7527]

I was so hoping for that first part about the unbeaten start to go on to "And then you return to Brighton....." 🤣

[@ashleyburns6752]

He has never seemed strong enough to be a manager. Even at Brighton when his team were doing well and beating big teams his reaction always seemed surprise and ''wow is this really happening?''

[@jah5076]

He made some mistakes as Chelsea manager and ultimately it was right to get rid of him but by no means was he the biggest problem at the time. The owners bought too many player at one time, like he said also that key players left in the summer which was replaced rather badly and injuries really didn’t help. Honestly the other huge issue which frank Lampard alluded to interviews about he’s interim spell that a decent number players really didn’t want to be there, they knew they were leaving in the summer. Ie mount, havertz, pulisic, RLC, Kovacic, aubameyang etc As a Chelsea fan he choose the wrong club to go, the spurs job, villa (though emery is clear). If the FA only want an English manager, he’d be a great candidate. Though I can see him as the West Ham manager if lopetagui doesn’t pull his finger out.

[@mrwhoannon300]

Never got given a chance, he’s a stand up bloke and deserved so much better, him and Poch. I’m a Chelsea fan and I’m saying this, I love Maresca and I can’t wait to see him continue to do well but Potter deserves way better.

[@h0212cp]

Every single ex coach on Chelsea we appreciate

[@Mypresident1986]

Potter was a lazy manager the same as Eric Ten. You have be able to work with what you have

[@SuperKillaki]

Reiss polo necks have people thinking they know a thing or two

[@nicokwesi]

I was honored to meet Mr. Potter and his two sons in New York, such a humble man.

[@Doncee-pmj]

He is still in our payroll that makes him Chelsea

[@Akeemtryboy2915]

This could be his start to his new job at manu 😅😅

[@ross2758]

0:00 England job interview.

[@shangkgwite712]

The boys gave everything🤣🤣🤣

[@roywilson4514]

Shocking “manager”

[@joeymahendra7548]

mid table mentality is real

[@DrewK19]

ETH out

[@stewhittaker4786]

For who then

[@DrewK19]

@@stewhittaker4786 I’ll take your grandma at this point just get him out

[@kushtrimpz8543]

​@@DrewK19man utd is cooked for at least next 3 years.

[@Logicsupersedes]

Potter in

[@4minul7]

@@stewhittaker4786 tuchel 🙏🏼

[@kiransv8667]

Chelsea fans really miss him 😜

[@josephchristophermusumbamw7058]

Good riddance…Latter Potter…

[@nyanumba_codes]

He seems the right fit for maybe Westham

[@circle2867]

potter to leicester pls

[@ETPAPA-z7x]

Good to see Graham

[@JBreeeeezy]

Man Utd next manager

[@mrbeatwave7021]

Good luck to him

[@illest28s32]

25years😂 cap

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

This the best team squad for Potter now...

[@couturecriminal8330]

Don't😑

[@binihalex8097]

Please dont appoint Potter at United. Bad call. Better to snatch Uni Emry from Villa or something

[@MDRashid0509]

Haha

[@CTOTHER]

Like Emery would leave Villa 😂😂😂

[@saravanannagayah6492]

Should have given him more time

[@CTOTHER]

Nope

[@vszabad]

As a Chelsea fan, I do feel sorry for him. I don't think anyone else would have survived that period, it was chaotic on every level. I still don't think he was the right manager for us, but considering those circumstances he actually did all right!

[@couturecriminal8330]

You are a muppet unfortunately with all due respect he had great players just weak mentality...

[@HonestTom1892]

Potter was in over his head at the Chelsea clown show.

[@Trapattoni21]

Agreed. He did the same mistake that Villas Boas did by being in way over his head while in reality he's a mediocre manager to begin with

[@JayPee-l8r]

Rambling.. spoke alot without actually saying anything.

[@Neo_Rain146]

His half time team talks must’ve been just as uninspiring

[@HarrisonOluebube]

Graham Potter: One of the worst Chelsea managers

[@DonCorleo1911]

SkySports are obsessed with Chelsea

[@MC-CFC]

Can’t blame them. Exciting club

[@user39265]

Not in a good day

[@OfficialGobbledyGooker]

Because we're big and we give them clicks.......

[@DonCorleo1911]

@@OfficialGobbledyGooker I’m a chelsea fan as well but these were the same guys (Jamie carragher) who was constantly bad mouthing chelsea. Now all of a sudden we should be title contenders

[@OfficialGobbledyGooker]

@@DonCorleo1911 Carragher is still bitter about Zola sending him to the shops 25 years ago.......

[@VillaVelasco89]

As a Chelsea fan, he got such a tough deal following Tuchel and inheriting a chaotic ownership. I was genuinely annoyed when he got sacked, because with time it would've worked. There was enough in his early success to show he's a good coach

[@eL--RaL]

Look at him talking and acting like after all the hardship, he went on a journey to some far corner of the world and has fully trained to become some master Jedi..what a joke! Only United is your level now

[@dannyquinn9128]

What a sad life you have.

[@BourbonJRA]

Says the guy living in his mummy’s basement

[@Alex-gz8jg]

@@BourbonJRA Takes one to know one

[@JamesLimb]

Potter's a good manager. He took a job at a bettet club and it was a poision chalice

[@Idiosyncraticjrr]

👇Graham potter was trash button 😂

[@PeterLundin-w4s]

Followed you from Ostersund, Widholm you all the best Potter 💙🙏🏻

[@zesldn]

i never wanted you out, i knew the problems were deeper but i wish you well wherever you go

[@moze2324]

hes actually a good coach who uses the youth, i think him going chelsea was just a wrong move

[@colinlawless5654]

Why do pundits and presenters dress like car cleaners these days. Sky Sports standards are dropping every year. Is this the woke agenda.?.

[@dannyquinn9128]

What's it got to do with the "woke agenda"?

[@CalebRTM]

The woke agenda isn’t real you’re just schizophrenic

[@exposedheat9778]

Colin is a woke name

[@liamchanning23]

Stop being a wetty Colin, you've gotta be at least 40 and you're moaning about someone's fashion choices😂😂 absolutely pathetic

[@AA-ki6zn]

Imagine you are profoundly bad at your job. So bad you get fired in less than a year despite it being very embarrassing for your bosses. You're so bad that they just can't take it anymore. Your punishment is a fawning interview on Sky and enough money to create generational wealth.

[@Wonderscope1]

His voice is perfect for studio. Time to become pundit. The guy is clueless, he was at a right place at a right time in Brighton Dude you sucked , even Ken Bates would have fired you forget Roman and new owners

[@azeezking5897]

Another frank lampard

[@rusticparkoakview]

First view, first comment. 🥂

[@ironcrusader728]

And? What do you gain from this? Strange phenomenon this whole "first" comment. Screams of like a child wanting to be noticed or something

[@Ifox95]

Want a medal?

[@roywilson4514]

Fud

[@jamesvelez593]

Zero patience from Corporate America! You are completely expendable.