If Graham Potter doesn’t stop doing one thing, West Ham will be lost in the abyss of mid table teams

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Graham Potter has a serious amount of work lying ahead of him at West Ham United.

Years of poor squad building at West Ham has now come home to roost.

And Graham Potter needs to inject some real energy, power, athleticism, pace and youth into his ranks at the London Stadium.

The good news is that that’s exactly what the Hammers head coach is allegedly planning on doing.

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Graham Potter will oversee a huge squad revamp at West Ham this summer.

However, it’s not all about new signings and getting rid of the deadwood. Potter has to make one change regarding his own approach.

Graham Potter must change one thing to turn West Ham around

Potter really does need to up his game now. He has already shown some positive signs.

And it’s clear to see that Graham Potter is head and shoulders above Julen Lopetegui.

However, the 49-year-old needs to prove that he’s capable of taking us to the next level. Otherwise what would have been the point in parting ways with David Moyes last year?

Whilst the standard of football has improved at West Ham, the results haven’t been good enough on the whole.

Aside from the win away at Arsenal, I would suggest that the Hammers have actually been very average to say the least.

The defending has improved greatly, but our forward play has been painful to watch at times.

Since Potter’s arrival, no team in the Premier League have had less shots on goal than West Ham (FBREF).

It’s time that the Hammers boss laid down the law with his players.

Graham Potter needs to start holding West Ham players to account

I’ve been hearing Potter stand up for his players far too often during post-match press conferences since his arrival at the club.

As far as I’m concerned, Potter needs to make the standards very clear at the London Stadium.

If any player slips below the levels required, then he needs to be shown the door, end of story.

Potter has to be far more demanding of his group of players going forward now. I’m all for giving him time, but there’s no use in just picking up from where Moyes and Lopetegui left off before him.

I understand that it’s really early days.

But I get the impression that Potter is somewhat of a pushover, and he has been throughout his entire career.

That, combined with the fact that he was simply ‘too nice’, ended up being his downfall at Chelsea.

I want to see more attitude from Potter.

I need to see him criticising refereeing decisions more, and holding his players to account for their poor performances.

Graham Potter is a very good manager, and I truly believe that he could be great for West Ham.

He gets his teams playing some fantastic football after he’s had enough time with them on the training ground.

However, he cannot continue to accept mediocrity, otherwise that will become an almost irreversible culture at West Ham.