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Graham Potter To Do Better Than Thomas Tuchel At Chelsea?
Graham Potter has landed his biggest job in football yet, being announced as the new head coach at Chelsea to replace German coach Tuchel. Will Graham Potter Do Better At Chelsea Than Thomas Tuchel?
After 3 impressive years at Brighton, imposing his coaching philosophy with a focus on maintaining possession and pressing high, he now gets the best chance to coach in the Champions League following the departure of Thomas Tuchel.
Chelsea have confirmed Graham Potter as their new manager. Potter has signed a five-year deal with the Stamford bridge club.
How will the Englishman fare with Chelsea after a stuttering start to the season? Let’s look at what Potter will bring to Stamford Bridge.
I think it’s a big risk from Potter, him going from a well planned supported structure which gave him raw talented scouted players that he could manage to his system. To a club where Boehly (who is learning on the job) where players have always had an impact on who and how long a manager will be successful. Hopefully Potter can do well (but not too well from an Arsenal supporters view)
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“As a Brighton fan I’m absolutely gutted he’s left by far the best thing that’s happened to our club in the premier league, wish him all the best and really think he’s going to succeed wherever he goes but this is a real blow and feels like he’s left mid-project in all honesty which is a shame”, Solomon Smith said.
It’s a good deal yet slightly odd for Chelsea and Potter. No one really expected Tuchel sacking, at least not yet. And apart from his first managerial job, Potter has always taken over at the end of the season where he has time to implement his plan and system as well as the ability to buy and sell players.
Now he’s in the deep end, where he has limited time and he’s stuck with the squad (and who knows whether Boehly will be willing to spend again in January). I’m sure he will succeed as he’s a great manager but he may not be given the time if he needs it.
How Good is Chelsea’s new coach potter?
He’s an excellent football mind and he’s worked wonders at Brighton both with his tactical style and the impact he’s had on Brighton’s incredibly smart recruitment which is something I really hope will rub off on Chelsea as their recruitment over the years has been up and down.
Of course the question is whether he can translate his success to a big team where the pressure and demands are at their highest but I believe his philosophies will translate well to our squad. Miss Tuchel a lot but look forward to Potter’s reign as manager.
Graham Potter took over a fourth tier Swedish side, earned 3 promotions in 5 years, won their domestic cup then made it all the way to the knockouts of the Europa League & even beat Arsenal in their first leg, all while operating on a shoe-string budget. Interested to see how he does at Chelsea. Also, bringing the guy who scouted Cucurella etc.
How is Graham potter better than Thomas Tuchel tactics?
The logic of removing an experienced coach like Tuchel who has spent £280m on players he wanted after 6 games is beyond me, with all respect to Graham, some of the players in Chelsea dressing room may not look up-to him based on his experience unless he gets support like Arteta who is ruthless and has all the support from Arsenal board, Graham may struggle as they are not his players and will Chelsea let go of players they have just bought.
Will Graham Potter Do Better At Chelsea Than Thomas Tuchel
With Potter, Chelsea under Boehly will be a lot more stable and analytical in their decision making. Football changed a lot over the last few years. In 2004 Roman could come in as an oligarch and spend massively on the club while rivals ManU and Arsenal went into debt. His big pockets allowed the club to spend its way to titles.
Now a lot more teams have billionaire owners and the ability to spend. Chelsea’s transfer policies have been quite bizarre and inefficient over the last few years. They failed to capitalize on their UCL title and other teams financial woes last year and it cost them dearly. Tuchel was a very good coach but inflexible and has a history of burning bridges in other clubs. So I’m sure Boehly and co. didn’t want to spend massive money to build a squad that suits only one manager’s style.
Thomas Tuchel vs Graham potter: who is better?
According to Football.london, Graham Potter will do what Thomas Tuchel couldn’t as Chelsea FC break away from Roman Abramovich’s path. Potter has better man-management skills than Thomas Tuchel. Graham Potter certainly has those skills. In his playing days, he graduated from the Open University with a degree in Social Sciences. He later completed a masters in leadership and emotional intelligence at Leeds Metropolitan University. As such, he is an excellent communicator as well as a coach, something that is understood to be hugely valued by Chelsea’s owners.
Potter’s route to Chelsea hot seat – which started at Östersunds in Sweden and included stop-offs at Swansea in Wales and Brighton in England – is one of risk, self-belief, and no little coaching talent. He was undeniably ready for a top-level job; all he needed was a project he could believe in.
Potter is a very progressive coach. He’s flexible and malleable. He truly turned Brighton into a team you didn’t want to face if you were a big club. I loved his adjustment and I think he has the temperament and comes from a more American model of running franchises with Brighton.
In the MLB there’s teams like the Oakland Rays and Tampa Bay Rays who have very small budgets relative to the Dodgers and they consistently produce good talent and good results and have managers in place who can deal with constant roster turnover and down years. They trade their players at their peak value and continually reload their squads with talented young players.
I think the appeal to have a coach who can work with a DoF and the board will make Chelsea a lot more efficient in their transfer policies and their ultimate long term health. With Newcastle and Arsenal ascending and other clubs having access to funds, you can’t consistently expect to win the league every year and spend as if it’s a league title or bust.
Man City has shown what a smooth sailing operation can look like if you have the patience and continuity in place.
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
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