Graham Potter - Poll

[Pootsy]

Being reported hes taken up a role as the PFA course Co Director. Not sure how that will allow him to coach a club at the same time

 

[windymiller]

People aren't going to like it, but TFG should be looking at 22/23 if the situation is as desperate. Dyche took us over in game week 22 on 15 pts and kept us up. We're currently on 17 having played 19 game weeks, but going into game week 21.

So what's the point in getting a new crisis manager on a long contract just because people are bored of the face of the current crisis manager?

And another point, if these lads can play football that yields better results than we're currently getting, then why not just go for a non crisis manager and stay up with better football?

Erm, because our current crisis occured on the watch of the incumbent crisis manager. Ipso facto he's part of the problem.

You could have made an almost identical argument for keeping Lampard on two years ago. Lampard was brought in when we looked like we were going down under Benitez and kept us up, why not just keep him a year later when it looked like he was sending us down. Answer - because we would have been relegated.

Just because someone kept us up once doesn't mean they will keep us up a second time. He's failing, he's got to go.

 

[mikel_88]

Have a feeling he would come here and fail miserably but didn't want Nuno and he's flying at Forest so what do I know.

On the fence me i get why people have a bad feeling with him, is clear he cant come in and try to make us that type of free flowing passing team over night. Also 100% needs more players to come in but i do think could help to bring more out of the squad, just feel we need a new manager to come in and try make this team enjoy football again get them on the ball to try and play abit.

 

[Chegsy]

Nunos a bit more to our style, I would say

Yeah that's fair. Just thinking back to the amount of people including me turning our nose up at Nuno. Learnt my lesson. It's hard to judge who would be a success and who wouldn't.

 

[MACCA75]

Like Nuno Espirito Santo?

Very harsh to say he ‘spectacularly flopped’ in the Prem. Thought he was brilliant at Wolves and left Spurs considerably higher than where they are now after they didn’t give him a chance.

 

[chippy1722]

He would need to be in ASAP to get bargain players like he did at Brighton - he has patiently been waiting for the right club - he may choose West Ham?

If he had any sense he’ll choose West Ham.

 

[brieverton]

Being reported hes taken up a role as the PFA course Co Director. Not sure how that will allow him to coach a club at the same time

Wouldn't be an impediment. He's talking to clubs and clearly ready to return to management. He'd just resign from that role, it's nothing other than a placeholder with all respect to the PFA.

 

[COYB75]

I would have some reservations but obviously a better coach than Dyche. Those reservations are more on whether he could handle the pressure at Everton. I dont doubt he is a talented coach.

Not my first choice by any means but there are also much worse options too.

Our central defenders and goalkeeper are the strength of the team so I dont agree we need another defensive minded manager. We need someone to coach the players some basic patterns of pass and move.

My daughter's under 10s team are learning pass and move at the moment. Scary that we need the same coaching to be applied to a Premier League football team. Dyche needs to go now, it beggars belief how poor we are yet again. Not sure on Potter either. Feels like we need someone to come in with real experience and confidence like Carlo did. But sadly few are of that standard and even fewer would consider the post.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Erm, because our current crisis occured on the watch of the incumbent crisis manager. Ipso facto he's part of the problem.

You could have made an almost identical argument for keeping Lampard on two years ago. Lampard was brought in when we looked like we were going down under Benitez and kept us up, why not just keep him a year later when it looked like he was sending us down. Answer - because we would have been relegated.

Just because someone kept us up once doesn't mean they will keep us up a second time. He's failing, he's got to go.

He's not saying keep Dyche, he's saying why change one crisis manager for another?

Depends on your definition of a crisis manager - for me, Dyche was hired as a "crisis manager" given we sat 19th, with our lowest ever points total after 20 games having just lost 11 of the previous 14, with just sold Gordon/couldn't spend as we got into February.

There wasn't many wanting the job either, Bielsa jibbed us.

Benitez, and Lampard weren't hired as "crisis" managers. Dyche was. We don't need another if the view is we're underperforming and the issue is the manager. So no Allardyce, or Moyes then. They may as well hire who they think is the long term choice.

 

[chippy1722]

Yeah that's fair. Just thinking back to the amount of people including me turning our nose up at Nuno. Learnt my lesson. It's hard to judge who would be a success and who wouldn't.

Same here, but it’s all about personal preference of a manager you can get behind or believe in. I haven’t believed in or wanted any of our managers since Moyes, there is no one out there realistic who I would be overly excited about. I would have Potter over some of the names I have heard.

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

Think we are probably 9-months to a year too early for him, and him for us. Plus he hasn’t won a game for about 90 weeks.

Being “not Dyche” is not something we should consider. Round in circles again. Have to get this one right. We have pretty much ruined the last year at Goodison. Be disgusting if next year offers the same crap but with a better view.

 

[rochdaleblue]

There's rumours that the Friedkin's like both Iraola & Frank, but neither are acquirable whilst the season is ongoing.

I’d much rather we got Moyes in till the end of the season and get either Frank or Iraola, who in my opinion would be excellent managers for us.

 

[barneygumble]

If the fans are willing to be patient to back him, I'd be all for him.

But i dont know if I trust our fans to be patient to let him get his methodologies across?

 

[Steve EFC]

I think we go down if potter is brought in now.
Moyes to the end of the season. Let potter go to West Ham.

Btw Potter didnt build BHA to what they are now and it improved there after he left…

 

[ToffeeTim]

He's not saying keep Dyche, he's saying why change one crisis manager for another?

Depends on your definition of a crisis manager - for me, Dyche was hired as a "crisis manager" given we sat 19th, with our lowest ever points total after 20 games having lost 11 in 14, with just sold Gordon/couldn't spend as we got into February.

There wasn't many wanting the job either, Bielsa jibbed us.

Benitez, and Lampard weren't hired as "crisis" managers. Dyche was. We don't need another if the view is we're underperforming and the issue is the manager. So no Allardyce, or Moyes then. They may as well hire who they think is the long term choice.

The goalkeeper and centre halves are the strength of the team. We don't need a manager to make us more solid, we need someone to teach us basic pass and move which will allow us to create 2 or 3 chances a game in open play.

Nobody thinks the squad is good and top half quality or anything like that. But the team is still hugely underperforming in attack and failing to score in 7 out of 10 games is beyond dreadful.

We need someone to coach us properly to create chances. We don't need a park the bus manager. The centre halves and goalkeeper are more than good enough, its the rest of the squad that is very poor.