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Should Graham Potter be sacked?

4 months in, terrible football with no sign of improvement after the World Cup, youngsters aren't ev

  • Yes, this isn't good enough

    Votes: 32 36.0%

  • No, he should be given more time

    Votes: 57 64.0%
  • Total voters
    89
Sconnie Blue said:
Define "worked well", because our transfer history since 2017 has been shambolic and signing Lukaku in 2021 ultimately took us backwards when we should of been progressing after that Champions League final win. 

Arteta and Edu are like brothers. 

Pep and Txiki are never off the phone with one another. 

It's not that Potter is a "yes man", its whether the club view Potter as a man that can work with the technical/sporting director on the long term vision. 
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I’d be interested in that answer too. The last 2 summer windows have been very poor and TT had a big hand in those. It doesn’t even look like we will have replaced Lukaku’s 15 goals. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Define "worked well", because our transfer history since 2017 has been shambolic and signing Lukaku in 2021 ultimately took us backwards when we should of been progressing after that Champions League final win. 

Arteta and Edu are like brothers. 

Pep and Txiki are never off the phone with one another. 

It's not that Potter is a "yes man", its whether the club view Potter as a man that can work with the technical/sporting director on the long term vision. 
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100% agree, people that clamour for the old days of Marina, Cech and Roman need to remember that they're the reason the squad is in the state it's in, as you said we haven't had a good transfer window in 5 years with a lot of expensive mistakes along the way.

Potter has been brought in as part of the club's vision along with the completely new backroom team put together by the new owners, realistically we have no idea how it's going to pan out which is why wanting a change in management now would be a poor decision, we need to give them time to build a team and potter to implement a style of football 

 
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Yep, he wasn't a 'yes' man. I don't think there are any top coaches that are!
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Ancelotti in many ways is a 'yes man' and considered one of the greatest managers of the last generation. IMO it really depends on the club and structure the manager is working within. Charismatic coaches like Jose, Conte, Tuchel etc can do just as good or as bad as non-charismatic coaches depending on the moving pieces working around them.

 
I wouldn't even put Carlo in that list, he might be an easy to work with guy, but I reckon he tells them how and what he wants!

Guus is probably a yes man, but has more stones than Potter ever will!

 
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Sconnie Blue said:
Define "worked well", because our transfer history since 2017 has been shambolic and signing Lukaku in 2021 ultimately took us backwards when we should of been progressing after that Champions League final win. 

Arteta and Edu are like brothers. 

Pep and Txiki are never off the phone with one another. 

It's not that Potter is a "yes man", its whether the club view Potter as a man that can work with the technical/sporting director on the long term vision. 
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What I meant was that he had a good working relationship with them. Wasn't alluding that Granovskaia did a good job, she's set us back years and i've been of that opinion for years. 

My point was that Tuchel proved he can work with directors and sporting directors by having a good relationship with them. I think he would have had a great relationship with Vivell as well had Boehly given him the opportunity. Unfortunately Boehly had to pester him with Ronaldo and other ridiculous ideas and then sacked him when Tuchel hurt his feelings.

Anyone glad Tuchel refused Ronaldo btw? I sure am. Though ff a "yes" would have meant he kept his job I wished he said yes but Boehly had other ideas. Ideas which he is now reaping the "benefits" from, the fool.

 
Is Ranieri at 70 years old a better manager than Potter? Just asking

 
15 points from 11 games now, 1.36 points per game.

For reference in Lampard's second season he won 29 points over 19 games, 1.5 points per game. 

 
Next 3 league games are absolutely massive. 9 points and we are back with a chance of top 4. 

But if we slip up....how can anyone justify us competing outside the top 8. 

 
His problem right now is not Boehly, it's whether the players and fans ( to be lesser extent) still believe his method and ability.  Top 4 or even 6 are a wet dreams at moment, we can't even play 90 minutes of good football, let alone get on a run of 3-5 games winning streak.

 
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Anyone glad Tuchel steered us towards Aubameyang? No, I thought not.
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Well, Boehly & Eghbali personally called Auba after they sacked Tuchel and reassured him that he was a club signing. So there's that.

Secondly, Tuchel can't be blamed for the signings that aren't peforming for Potter. Cucurella and Sterling had a great start to the season under him - sh*te now. It's food for thought.

 
Drogba1 said:
Anyone glad Boehly signed a player seemingly specific for Tuchel then sacked him a few days later? Me neither
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Whatever. I thought it would be years until we went for another striker who was as obviously sh*te as Lukaku. And yet here we are with an over the hill, Arsenal cast-off, can't be arsed striker who is streaking past Lukaku for sheer sh*teyness. Is there a common denominator in there anywhere?

 
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Whatever. I thought it would be years until we went for another striker who was as obviously sh*te as Lukaku. And yet here we are with an over the hill, Arsenal cast-off, can't be arsed striker who is streaking past Lukaku for sheer sh*teyness. Is there a common denominator in there anywhere?
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OriginalS said:
Well, Boehly & Eghbali personally called Auba after they sacked Tuchel and reassured him that he was a club signing. So there's that.

Secondly, Tuchel can't be blamed for the signings that aren't peforming for Potter. Cucurella and Sterling had a great start to the season under him - sh*te now. It's food for thought.
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No. From everything that was in the media at the time, fairly certain Aubameyang was a Tuchel steer myself. And Cucurella wasn't great at the beginning either. TBF Sterling was a lot better at first. New club bounce?

Anyway Sindre. Tuchel isn't coming back. Time to move on.

 
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OriginalS said:
Well, Boehly & Eghbali personally called Auba after they sacked Tuchel and reassured him that he was a club signing. So there's that.

Secondly, Tuchel can't be blamed for the signings that aren't peforming for Potter. Cucurella and Sterling had a great start to the season under him - sh*te now. It's food for thought.
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Cucurella was good for a couple of games when he started, but then lost a lot of weight through illness and hasn't been the same since.

 
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