Awful miscalculation from Graham Potter backfired badly and it means he won’t last long at West Ham

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Graham Potter finally cracked on Saturday, after three months in charge of West Ham United.

West Ham conceded two late goals to lose 3-2 to Brighton on Saturday, and Potter looked like a broken man after the game.

Potter was visibly seething with anger after West Ham lost to Brighton, and rightly so.

It was an embarrassing capitulation from his players, but he’s far from blameless himself.

Players like Lucas Paqueta really let West Ham down against Brighton, but real questions need to be asked of Potter as well.

The Hammers head coach seems to accept mediocrity far too easily, and he certainly isn’t the most ruthless of managers.

However, he tried to change all of that on Saturday, but badly miscalculated one attempt to get the fans onside.

Graham Potter’s Niclas Fullkrug miscalculation means he won’t last long at West Ham

Niclas Fullkrug came out and told some home truths last weekend, after the Hammers’ home defeat to Southampton.

Fullkrug called out his West Ham teammates for collapsing late on to draw against the Saints.

He was absolutely spot on with what he said as well.

However, during Potter’s pre-match press conference ahead of the Brighton game, he said he wasn’t a fan of players criticising their teammates after matches.

It was typical Potter really wasn’t it. ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ is certainly not a saying that I would associate with the Hammers head coach.

And he proved that with his incredibly weak decision to drop Fullkrug for the game against Brighton.

Potter has lost the West Ham players, and the fans

It’s a common saying in football that when, as a manager, you lose the away fans, your days are numbered.

And that’s exactly what has happened with Potter.

The awful decision he made to drop Fullkrug for our clash with Brighton yesterday immediately turned everyone against him.

The German was the only one who was brave enough to say it how it is last weekend.

And the West Ham striker subsequently got punished for it by Potter.

It was a pathetic, weak attempt by Potter to show some kind of authority, and it backfired badly. His days at the London Stadium could well be numbered already.