Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[German James]

The commentators on here are mostly of one mind...

"But his brand of attacking and tactically flexible football has brought him many admirers in the game."

Potter's Brighton scored 19 goals at home last season, lower than everybody except the bottom three and Leeds. At one point they scored 1 goal in 7 games.

I meant the punters in the comments section, rather than the article but I absolutely with you.

[Chris Smith]

The commentators on here are mostly of one mind...

"But his brand of attacking and tactically flexible football has brought him many admirers in the game."

Potter's Brighton scored 19 goals at home last season, lower than everybody except the bottom three and Leeds. At one point they scored 1 goal in 7 games.

Whenever I’ve watched them they look like a team that keep the ball well but the lack of a top level striker means that they don’t convert enough chances.

[PeterWithesShin]

The £100m that keeps getting quoted doesn't tell the whole story though. They are in profit on transfers over those 2 years and they only signed about 5 players that cost £10m or more, and one of those has already been sold.

[Goldenballs]

We sold our best player and turned to shit, Brighton do it every year and Potter seems to keep them on track. If they had a proper striker they would've done much better during their lean spells imo, I've seen games where they've had 15 shots from good positions blazing them all over the shop.

[garyellis]

Perhaps we have already had "talks" with Poch and things are developing so Chelsea go straight to Potter?

[aldridgeboy]

I'd love to think so, but even if we were, I'm sure he would drop us like a stone to go to Chelsea

[garyellis]

I'd love to think so, but even if we were, I'm sure he would drop us like a stone to go to Chelsea

I can see that but just maybe he is looking for something other than a couple of seasons and then the sack

[Risso]

The £100m that keeps getting quoted doesn't tell the whole story though. They are in profit on transfers over those 2 years and they only signed about 5 players that cost £10m or more, and one of those has already been sold.

The idea that they haven't spend money is false though. He's done a good job of replacing players, sure, but he's had a mid tier Premier League amount of money to spend, they have a mid tier sized ground, and they're a mid tier Premier League club.

He's a good manager, and was my first choice when Smith was punted (mainly due to ignorance of anybody outside of the Premier League) but I think he'd be entirely the wrong bloke for Chelsea, and with hindsight I don't think he'd do any better than Smith or Gerrard at Villa.

[Beard82]

Maybe hes not seen as that much of a success Man Utd Overlooked him - maybe what happened at PSG has tainted him in the eyes of the sky6 etc

[manic-road]

The £100m that keeps getting quoted doesn't tell the whole story though. They are in profit on transfers over those 2 years and they only signed about 5 players that cost £10m or more, and one of those has already been sold.

The idea that they haven't spend money is false though. He's done a good job of replacing players, sure, but he's had a mid tier Premier League amount of money to spend, they have a mid tier sized ground, and they're a mid tier Premier League club.

He's a good manager, and was my first choice when Smith was punted (mainly due to ignorance of anybody outside of the Premier League) but I think he'd be entirely the wrong bloke for Chelsea, and with hindsight I don't think he'd do any better than Smith or Gerrard at Villa.

You honestly think he couldn't do a better job than Smith or Gerrard?

[Risso]

You honestly think he couldn't do a better job than Smith or Gerrard?

Well done, was it the statement "I don't think he'd do any better than Smith or Gerrard at Villa" that gave it away?

[manic-road]

You honestly think he couldn't do a better job than Smith or Gerrard?

Well done, was it the statement "I don't think he'd do any better than Smith or Gerrard at Villa" that gave it away?

Yes that's the one, I actually laughed out loud, you had only just stated that you wanted him as first choice to take over from Smith but now he wouldn't have done any better than Smith.

[Brazilian Villain]

Well done, was it the statement "I don't think he'd do any better than Smith or Gerrard at Villa" that gave it away?

Yes that's the one, I actually laughed out loud, you had only just stated that you wanted him as first choice to take over from Smith but now he wouldn't have done any better than Smith.

I sense a Paul Samuelson quote coming up.

[algy]

I'm a big fan of Graham Potter and what he does at Brighton, but keeping a small club ticking over and occasionally punching above its weight is what made us go for poor Paul Lambert. There's nothing to say Potter's got another gear. We should at last be looking at a manager with proven quality or we'll never get off this merry-go-round. Also, I genuinely like Potter too much to see him fail and God knows there have been enough ruined managers at Villa since MON sashayed out.

I agree here.  I like Potter too, but he feels so much the wrong manager for Villa right now.  We - and Newcastle to be fair to them - have arguably a harder climb ahead than Chelsea do.  Chelsea need to finish 1st rather than 4th, but have Champions League money, Champions League players, and an inexhaustible supply of money from selling academy players.

We, meanwhile, have a midtable set of players but eyes on playing in the Champions League.  There's clubs to compete with that have much higher incomes, and with that the ability to spend far more, than we do.

IMO we need a proven manager next.  Not a prospect, not someone who's part of "the project" - a ready-made top quality manager.

[brontebilly]

No five at the back merchants under any circumstances, please.

Brian Little did ok?