Graham Potter Exclusive: The Truth About My Chelsea Story & What's Next

Huel umh not so keen

I actually believe Chelsea became a poison challis. There were undercurrents of replication of previous successes, without considering that the playing staff had changed along with the those in director roles.

you cant be a maneger of a big club without any arrogance just like enzo he is arrogant ruthless you have to have in yourself to be a top coach of a top team you cant be nice

The Problem with potter is that he has weak mentality

Potter is a very nice bloke and that comes across. What also comes across is that he doesn’t have that self confidence bordering on arrogance needed to be a top manager. You can tell he is a bit all over the place in his mind he’s not assertive like the top managers are. The people interviewing him at Chelsea should have picked up on this.

His football style was so boring i used to fall a sleep during matches, so can you imagine if i tried to watch his interview? No thanks i dont wat to end up in a coma. Clueless Harry Potter!

Hope he comes to Leicester 🦊

He’s not good enough and was never good enough for the Chelsea job, loser during the fixtures and did nothing to save faith, blasting the fans with calls for patience with no good reason for said patience 👋🏻

Graham Potter to West Ham

He talks a lot of air and doesn’t really say anything worthwhile at the same time, he would be ok working abroad or lower down the leagues.

Sorry Graham really I am, I didn’t think you were competent enough to be Chelsea coach but after listening to this it’s clear you’re more than competent.. wrong place wrong time

Graham Potter is a bad manager for a demanding job. All the guilding cannot make a cow a horse. Let's be honest he wasn't good enough. Talk talk talk cannot coach a team. Outta here

I love your line of questioning. Very Smart

He is so used to lecturing that he is forgotten how to roll up his sleeves. I hate this guy's attitude of excuses. He doesn't get it. Chelsea is not a Brighton. It is like going to Madrid and telling the fans to believe in a process they cannot see. Enzo Maresca came in and we bought Felix, Jorgensen, KDH, Guiu, Kellyman Torson, Santos, Nkunku has barely played and there are a host of new faces but he has put structure to the team using common senae. Not everyone of those players they brought in at the time had to play. He had to make a team out of the players. He was just dreadful and was trying to normalize mediocrity in an excellent club like ours. I was so excited when they sacked you. What you need to understand is that they way you speak and your body language and mentality are key. You could be or are even a nice guy but football is a hard business and you must make choices that yield results. Nobody cares how long it took you to get anywhere. That is yours to know and protect all the years of work and sacrifices. But don't come to a club that was winning Champions League a year or two and try to install a mid table mindset there. I am highly disappointed that you don't hold yourself accountable more. Not many managers would let that opportunities slip but Graham let it slip and he is still giving excuses. 😅

Nice guy, who has integrity. Roy Wilbraham

The biggest problem in the Potter "era" was Potter himself. Yes, the situation at Chelsea was difficult and it still is, but he also did a lot of things wrong. Enzo is a hundred times better coach than him.
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I empathize with Potter but he’s also at fault. He simply had no identity in play - even though player were changing and he did not have the guts to make the hard calls. Players simply did not respect him so there’s that.

I don't even remember who this man is. He is among the bad memory I have deleted

One of the best episodes, high performance does not mean "win always", it also means that you do not have to be a bitter loser. Potter's love and gratitude towards his parents, family, and people who were part of his journey show him that he was severely misunderstood. I wish the football tribe were kind enough and rather not blind to see that and value that but well.., it is a tribe for a reason.

Might get pelters for this but Graham leaving Brighton was the best thing for that club, others have taken them to a another level that most thought wasn't possible.
Although I do fail to understand Chelsea wanting him when 6 months prior he went on a 3 wins from 23 in the prem and lost about 7 in a row.

I am glad he left Brighton, we have improved since he left and we don't have a manager that says we need a history lesson, after no wins at home for months and few fans boo out of frustration.

Chelsea fan for 25 years here. I still rate Potter and was one of the few who wanted him to stay. He had a crazy injury list. Just look what its doing to City. Arsenal had Odegaard away and struggled.

Potter had over 15 injuries at one time. More then half was key players.

He was set up to fail.

Anyone that has had a loss (Big loss) this discussion with Graham Potter. this is a must. It could be the best hour & 20 minutes that you have spent. If you don't play football don't worry too much about what is said (football wise), however it will all fall into place. For having listened you will find that a lot of what has bugged you explainable.
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A nice fellow and a good manager, not sure he's cut out for the very top jobs but a good man .. tho it didn't work for him at Chelsea he wasn't particularly disliked by the fan base as a man , pretty sure he'll quick a reasonable welcome when he comes back.

90 minutes of excuses.

I dont know how accurate this, but I read he is still being paid £245,000 a week from Chelsea. The agreement he reached with the club was that they would pay him until he found another job. I like him. He seems like an affable bloke.

Too much of a wimp to be a manager

Never good enough for a massive club like Chelsea , Might he decent at a West Ham or someone like that

What i learned is the boyz didn't give it everything 😂

People talking about this being 90 minutes of excuses don't get the point. The environment you have around is almost as important as your talent/ability at certain jobs, like being a football manager. He could have been better and get better results, for sure, but whoever says "look at Maresca" doesn't understand that in order to get to that point there has been a process. Pochettino didn't get it right at Chelsea until the end, and if you look at the job he did at Tottenham it's hard to argue he isn't good enough for the job. It's just the same at Man Utd, if you think over the last decade every manager and every player are bad... Potter might not have the full package to coach a top 6 team, but let's see his performance at his next job.

Potter will be a great manager he already is a good gaffer. Chelsea was abit of a mess when he joined the club.

Back to Hogwartz Potter

100% agree the level of success is how much control you are given to determine your success. Unfortunately there's always a fall guy whether you where in total control or partial control as a manager it's always your fault.

i wonder how much he made in that time??

Graham is Mr. Pity-Me- Look-All-I-Have-To-Deal- With.
Hello Graham we all got a plateful of whatever the world had to offer. You had a job to do at Chelsea and you could not pull it off. Accept it and learn from it. Brighton is one of the best run clubs in the world but it is not winning the league. Chelsea was a circus maybe but you were in the mix.

Graham Potter wasn't really a good manager. The punk wanted to improve Ngolo Kante. Does this punk know more football than Kante?

excuses

As a Chelsea fan, I really do wish potter well. He’s a good coach who did really well at Brighton, at Chelsea he was set up to fail imo.
I think he can rebuild his career like Moyes did at West Ham. Maybe he’ll even end up there if their current gaffer is let go during this season?

He just speaks like a life coach this mug, wouldn’t want him within 100 miles of my club.

Well done Graham!!! Thank you for your honesty!

The truth is potter you were not good enough for Chelsea look what enzo doing now how different is it for him stop moaning you got a big pay off 😂😂

no way was it harder than the forest job , thats ridiculous. i remember pots looking out of his depth one of his v first interviews there

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors Graham, Chelsea moves..🙏🏾

Come to Everton

A lot of navel gazing and analysing feelings and reactions and dealing with them. But 10 minutes in so far a lack of analysis about what was wronh, what were the real causes of his failure.

I hope Graham makes the right club choice and I think he can be a very successful coach. The challenges at Chelsea with an oversize squad and an iniexperienced ownership would have probably been beyond any coach.

Feel for him. He was set for failure. AC milan game was 👍