Graham Potter is still yet to convince the majority of the West Ham United fans.
In my opinion, Graham Potter will come good, but the West Ham fans, and owners of course, need to give him time.
The Hammers defended well on the whole against Everton in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Saturday.
However, Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s role in Everton’s equaliser was truly shambolic, as he ducked out the way of a header just before the Toffees scored.
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The draw at Goodison Park was an infuriating one if you ask me.
It’s always tough to swallow when you concede a goal so late on in proceedings.
It bothered me that Potter sat on his hands and took so long to change things after we had scored.
To criticise some of Potter’s decisions AND think he’s the man to lead us on towards a bright future is fine – the two things are not mutually exclusive remember.
He made a howler with his in-game management against Everton, and his post-match comments really didn’t fill me with any confidence.
Graham Potter’s admission after West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Everton
Dropping two points against Everton was a bitter pill to swallow in the end, given how late on in the game they equalised.
Potter suggested that his team lost control during the second-half against the Toffees, as quoted by WHUFC.com:
“We were a little bit disappointed with the first half as we felt we were a little bit deeper than we wanted to be, but I think we fixed that at half-time and in the second half we were a lot better, even though in the first half I still thought we had a couple of good opportunities.
“I thought in the second half we controlled more of the game, again scored a good goal, had some more opportunities.
“We needed that second goal, I think, because Everton make it difficult for you with the atmosphere here and the situation with them moving to a new stadium and not so many games left at Goodison.
“So the crowd got involved and it’s hard to control. So I feel for the players because they gave everything, but in the end we have to take our medicine and take the point.
“We’re disappointed to concede at the end, but overall the players defended well as a unit, as a collective.“
I’m hugely concerned by those comments.
If Potter realised that his team needed a second goal, and had lost control in the game, why did he wait until the 83rd minute before making a change?
And why did he then wait until injury time before bringing a striker on into the mix?
Pathetic Potter’s handling of Evan Ferguson inexcusable
Potter’s management of Evan Ferguson has been utterly baffling over the past six weeks or so.
In my opinion, the fact that Graham Potter only gave Ferguson two minutes of action for West Ham up at Everton was embarrassingly poor.
The Hammers only have nine Premier League games left now this season.
If Ferguson was nowhere near fully fit when we signed him, why did Graham Potter bring him to West Ham?
If the Hammers head coach wasn’t going to throw the Brighton-owned striker straight into action, it was a real waste of a domestic loan in my opinion.
Potter had nothing to lose anyway. He should have just started Ferguson as soon as he was available to play.
The 49-year-old’s handling of the Republic of Ireland international has been baffling if you ask me.
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