Graham Potter - Poll

[SpiritOfTheBloos]

I think Potter is ‘okay’ but the thing that worries me is that the players can’t pass a ball as it is. Squad full of players who are incapable of following the basics.

Only way I can see this working is a bit like the Martinez ‘Moyes defence’ bounce, and that we hopefully turn a few of those 0-0s into some wins. Then go from there in the Summer.

Could go either way with Potter.

 

[Drico]

I have decided to keep an open mind as to his credentials. I admire the fact he branched out and made a big success of his time at Hogwarts in Sweden. I also think he deserves credit for making Brighton an attractive side. However, I worry that much of his success there was due to the behind-the-scenes set-up at that progressive club rather than any magic potion our putative wizard may possess.

His time at Chelsea was a disaster - and he cannot be compared to people like Tuchel who won a Champions League there despite the dysfunction. Yet, I accept that many good managers struggle and, indeed, fail at such a club in such turmoil.

All that said, I don't think he would handle the pressure of rebuilding Everton. He really showed a very weak side of himself in how he handled the gleeful taunts of his former Brighton fans when he took his Chelsea back to the Credit Card Stadium for a ritual disemboweling. The entitlement of the man to take umbrage at his treatment exposed a very brittle humour that makes me doubt his character. Obviously, I'm no psychologist, but it wasn't the look of a man who was confident enough to genuinely brush off such treatment.

Nevertheless, we do need a magician right now and a replacement for He Who Must Not Be Named.

PS I'd actually prefer the Dark Lord - but I doubt José would entertain working again for the Friedkins even in the unlikely event they would entertain taking him back from Azkaban Istanbul.

 

[Furey1878]

He wouldn't survive. He's a quilt.

Yeah this is my fear with him, it's possible the quote wasn't in the full context but I recall reading one of him citing fan pressure as an issue at Brighton. I remember reading that and thinking that Evertonians would make him spontaneously combust mid-game.

 

[toffee-L]

I have no problem with not firing Dyche till we have a replacement lined up and ready to go, but is anyone else a little uncomfortable that names are already publicly out there.

Just feels a little wrong to me .

I personally think we should be on the blower to absolutely everybody and anybody that’s available right now. There’s no decorum at all in football anymore and every club puts the feelers out when they’re thinking about a change. I don’t think we owe any respect to a manager who has won 3 games in 19, the only reason he’s here is because we’ve had a boardroom vacuum for pretty much the last two years and TFG have only just got their feet under the table.

 

[windymiller]

But if your view is we're only 16th because of Sean Dyche and we can't possibly get any worse, if this is as bad as we can be - then we don't need to be looking at a crisis manager. They can hire whoever they like as surely the only way is up?

You've said this a few times, including saying it's the consensus on here, but almost nobody is saying that. I suspect the few that are are using hyperbole to illustrate their point (or just for the lols, I don't know). Everything I read on here suggests that everyone knows we have a limited squad but many people, myself included, think that Dyche is also part of the problem. Can it get worse? Of course, if being an Evertonian hasn't taught you that things can always get worse, then you haven't been paying attention. It's important we make the right choice for who is next and any change carries risk but not changing carries risk too. Nobody can look at the performances against Forest and Bournemouth and say that they're happy with them, that they are the maximum this squad is capable of. We're playing worse now with the same set of players than we were earlier this season. Is the squad a top half squad. Of course not. Can it perform better than it is currently? I believe so. So how do you change it? The squad absolutely needs improvement, and that should start right now, in this window. But you can't change a squad wholesale overnight. What you can do almost overnight is change the entire coaching staff.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

I think Potter is ‘okay’ but the thing that worries me is that the players can’t pass a ball as it is.

Because they never practice it? Because they’re told not to do it?

 

[Simon Buttle]

How many of our lads can realistically play Potterball?

We would need proper full backs/wing backs on either side, he is a smart guy though I think he could adapt it a bit.

 

[JLW]

Well, we're 16th now, not 19th.

And we haven't lost 11 of our last 14 going into February with Arsenal X2 and Liverpool coming up.

I felt we were down then. I don't now. I think it'll be close and go to the wire, but I shared my view before the season started that it'll be that way.

But ultimately results are all that matters and we can't have a manager with months on his deal who knows he's leaving, manage a squad who knows he's leaving as well as half of them who aren't invested in Everton next season.

The point is not Dyche Vs Lampard though, it's around whether we need to be hiring a crisis manager if this team is already massively underperforming solely because of the manager. If the opinion is a new manager will definitely improve us, then the opinion should also be we don't need a crisis manager, as you say.

Honestly mate I don’t think we need a crisis manager. These players have way more than what they’re showing, that’s not to say they are great by any stretch but they are much better.

Therefore a manager who actually coaches them and gives them self belief and a style that suits their ability will fire us away from relegation pretty quickly.

It really is just some basic stuff.

This fella has been telling us since he’s been here that they’re not good enough to be away from where we are!!

I’m convinced a new manager will prove what a fraud this fella is

 

[windymiller]

Of course. Even Walter Smith got a few years of support despite not being my *ahem* cup of tea; and Fat Head Koeman got 12 months before he crashed us into the relegation zone after spending £250M.

Yeah, this is a lie

 

[Victus]

We would need proper full backs/wing backs on either side, he is a smart guy though I think he could adapt it a bit.

Honestly think if I was him I'd go to West Ham, less of a rebuild and no relegation worry

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Any actual solid links to him?

 

[Furey1878]

Potter spent £100m to take Brighton from 40 points under Chris Hughton to 41 in his first season and 41 again in his second, finishing 16th.

His last season at Brighton, he earned 3 more than Dyche did last season.

Never really understood the hype.

In conclusion, if Brighton fans were causing him to snap, the Park End would have him in tears before the season was out.

I agree with the 2nd part of this, but on thi first part, I don't have the numbers to hand I seem to remember them being 4th in the league on Expected Points despite being like 14th in reality or something. Obviously, a lot of people don't put stock in those metrics, I do personally. So when you consider he had people like Maupay upfront, you can suggest he had them playing really well but they just weren't clinical enough.

I'm not sure on him myself, mate. But his work at Brighton was good.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Any actual solid links to him?

He's taking over at West Ham

 

[Drico]

Because they never practice it? Because they’re told not to do it?

Because Doucoure.

 

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