The fallout from Graham Potter’s sacking at Chelsea continues – and today The Athletic can take you inside his ‘surreal’ reign. Join David Ornstein, Simon Johnson and Ian Irving as they provide some of the details from his curious seven months at Stamford Bridge.
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Ornstein talks a lot of waffle. Watched a lot of these. Beats around the bush states the obvious covers points we already now and doesn’t offer any insight despite being a journalist with contacts. Fair play he’s doing well considering he brings nothing new to the table.
Chelsea don't even know how many players they have on the roster. Yikes.
Need to build a new stadium just to accommodate the huge squad
The sheer incompetence and chaos is absolutely ridiculous. Boehly owes Potter an apology for tarnishing this coach’s reputation. Potter was doomed from the outset if these reports are true. 😠
Potter isn’t made for an elite club like Chelsea.
I was skeptical from day 1. He never seemed like the man for the job.
Tottenham and Chelsea are two clubs , proper managers should stay away for their own valuation in the market.
So basically, he was bullied. Whether someone is Pep Guardiola or not, they deserve the same respect. It says more about the players.
Chelsea FC is an absolute mess.
Unless a manager can choose their own squad and influence transfers, theyll keep failing.
I don't know why any top manager would go there if they're just going to have random signings chucked at them that they don't want.
Chelsea are a mess
The incompetency of one doesn't negate the incompetency of another. Potter has never won anything nor worked at this profile and won't ever do that either. He is an adult who knows what he was signing up for and from a salary of 2.5m/year came to 12.5m and for this 6 months because of his sacking got 20m. A wise person knows whether a job is too big for them or not and whether they can handle it and Potter got greedy. Boehly and Eghbali have micromanaging style but if you have backbone and character you won't allow them to do so or once you are negotiating the deal you talk it out and define the scope of the work and responsibility but Potter was happy with that because he is a yes man + he really thought that he can manage Chelsea like Brighton and made fun of fans telling them the owners have changed I'm here for long time blah blah but any fool knows that in football fans are the one who decide whether someone stays or not the owners just execute it. If you lose the fanbase even if you are getting the result then you are finished. Many people say he has emotional intelligence education but having studied something doesn't make you an expert in it nor it means that you can execute the theory yourself and Potter certainly is not an emotionally intelligent person just by the face of his press conferences or his reaction to the situation at Chelsea. Give this team to Pep Zidane or Klopp and see what happens. Give it back to Tuchel to see that Chelsea will win CL again this very season. If it wasn't for the points that Tuchel got at the beginning of the season Chelsea would be in relegation battle now, the scoring record of Chelsea hasn't been this bad since 1929 and this team scored last season 77 goals that should tell you how clueless incompetent and bang average coach Potter is.
Translation "we have no idea what happened, but perhaps he was too nice".😂
David with a crisp trim over here!
Oh no, he is not toxic and didn't swear? Get him out… Reporters (like people in the athletic) cost him the job.
when things not working. we should terminate those players contracts first. not manager
Some of the comments on this video are hilarious. Potter was the worst Chelsea manager for almost 30 YEARS. Chelsea have been the one of if not the most successful club in terms of total trophies since the millennium. This same core squad won the Champions League, Supercup and Club World Cup 1-2 years ago. Potter's replacement at Brighton is outperforming him even after losing core 1st team players. Potter is too nice to be an elite level manager. Every top manager is the world commands respect and fear from their squad. Potter may even be an elite level tactician but if his personality doesn't demand that he be listened to an obeyed then players aren't going to fight for him and they're going to take the piss because they know he only has authority by title.
Chelsea are on their way to the mid table mediocrity they enjoyed before the rubles rolled in
I don't see Nagelsmann trusting Chelsea, i think it will all hinge on how Lampard does & how Chelsea finish the season.
Enrique seems the one who Boehly wants, solid experience & a coach who'll likely work with the wide squad at the club.
Nagelsmann..is no doubt an excellent manager but when he joined Leipzig…he specifically said he wants everyone on the same page & ultimate responsibility for decisions. Boehly will clash with him, just as he did with Tuchel. The fact he is looking at Lampard after Potter tells you he wants obedience.
Nagelsmann is too good a manager to take on Chelsea despite the wealth…he is a good long term option for Liverpool & Madrid.
I wont rule him out of taking it though because if they can offer 60m to Potter.. then no one would turn down that kind of money.
The first real sign he would lose his job was when he got hired 🙄…. Have you not watched Chelsea in the last 20years
13:20 utter tosh
I recall hims saying also how he was struggling with the increase in fixtures per week compared to Brighton.
I'm a utd fan,and it's sad to see Chelsea in this state at the minute…I hope they get back on track as the league is better with them in the mix for trophies.
I won't feel bad for Potter. As a manager, you earn respect. Nobody is going to automatically give it to you. Getting called names etc is just something workers do. You can't be getting paid millions a year and can't deal with a little childishness.
I'm surprised a prankster didn't just turn up at the Chelsea training ground in full training gear and try and bluff it as a new signing…50:50 Potter may have just let it slide…😂
There's a core of players there who've never won anything but think they know everything and they're dragging the club down.
Lampard makes Potter look like a genius
Potter is not an impact manager. The board hired him for a long term job, messed up the squad with poor transfers/ lack of sales, then sacked him when they should have backed him.
Getting an interim manager in was pathetic! Basically gave up on the season with 10 games to go. Where is the benefit of sacking Potter if you don't get a new manager in to assess the squad?