‘Difficult position’ – Ex-West Ham boss pinpoints exactly what has gone wrong for Graham Potter

Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew has picked out what he thinks has been going wrong for Graham Potter. Potter, who took charge of the Hammers in January, has only won six of 24 games in all competitions during his time at the club. Potter is under big pressure at West Ham after a damaging derby defeat to SpursGetty Pardew has discussed where things have gone wrong for the West Ham boss so fartalkSPORT The ex-Chelsea boss has lost 13 times in total, with last Saturday bringing a London derby thrashing at the hands of rivals Tottenham. Spurs cruised to a 3-0 victory to pile pressure on Potter, with more questions raised on whether he’s the right man for the job. That was his side’s third defeat of the Premier League season already and they now sit 18th in the table after four outings. Their only win of the campaign came just before the international break, as they beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 – but that result has now been very quickly forgotten. And it leaves Potter in trouble, with former West Ham boss Pardew looking back on that loss and where things went wrong. He believes that Tottenham’s dominance in the derby would have been ‘as uncomfortable as it gets’ for the Hammers manager. “When I was at West Ham, the most emotional game in the calendar was Spurs,” Pardew said live on talkSPORT. “Forget everyone else, there are so many London derbies, but this is more than a London derby, it’s got a real taste to it for West Ham fan in particular, a big emotional game. “Potter’s on the sideline, they’re scoring two from set plays, one disallowed but every set play it looks like they’re going to score. “You’re getting out-fought at set plays, which comes back to you as a manager. West Ham were thrashed by Spurs in the derby, conceding from a set pieceGetty “At the end, with 10 men, you’ve got the opposition that the fans despise and they’re passing it around with ‘Ole, Ole’, that is about as uncomfortable as it gets for a West Ham manager.” Pardew added: “And that’s on the back of last year and the start of this year, where things haven’t gone so great. “So, is he in a difficult position? Absolutely. “Are West Ham fans a little bit rebellious against him and the board? Yes. “There’s a lot of bad feeling there that needs to be addressed somehow. “I thought the win at Forest would just give them a bit of a lift and the international break could not have come at a worse time for Potter, as he’d have wanted to back that up.” Potter’s side were left playing in front of hardly any fans as Spurs’ support Ole’dAFP via Getty Let down by the transfer window? Despite bringing in eight new signings this summer, Pardew believes that Potter would have wanted some more investment. West Ham spent over £100m on players such as Mateus Fernandes, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Mads Hermansen and Soungoutou Magassa. Callum Wilson and Kyle Walker-Peters also arrived on a free. However, Pardew would have wanted some more quality additions to the squad to help bring better results. He said: “Definitely the transfer window that they’ve just had has been a bit of a let-down in my opinion. “They really needed to do some work in that and if I was him, I’d be disappointed with what I’ve been given. New goalkeeper Hermansen hasn’t made the best start at West HamGetty “I’d have expected a little bit more investment, I think West Ham fans feel that as well. “He’s got [Jarrod] Bowen, a player who can get him out of trouble in terms of quality, real top drawer quality. “You’re blessed with that, I think there’s a good base there, some decent quality. “But they don’t look like they’re going to threaten the top of the league for sure. “The one thing that Potter is going to worry about is threatening the bottom of the league.” West Ham are currently 18th in the Premier League with just three points after a worrying start to the new season. Getting more out of his players When it comes to Potter’s existing squad, Pardew is pleased with some of the talent that he has available. But he thinks the Hammers boss can try a bit harder to get more out of his stars, such as Wilson and Crysencio Summerville. “Callum Wilson has pedigree…I think he’s got a point to prove and he might have a great year this year,” Pardew continued. “I hope he does, he’s the type of player that if you get into him and revved him up a little bit…he can be a bit complacent, the manager has got to be right on top of him to get a tune out of him. “On Summerville, I managed him when I was at ADO Den Haag on loan from Ajax, he’s a terrific lad and an honest character. “He’s got better as his defensive work and got his big move and he needs to deliver now, he’s stepping up in class. Pardew thinks Potter can get some more out of his talented playersGetty “I think the question mark there for Potter is starting to get a little bit more out of

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‘Difficult position’ – Ex-West Ham boss pinpoints exactly what has gone wrong for Graham Potter

Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew has picked out what he thinks has been going wrong for Graham Potter.

Potter, who took charge of the Hammers in January, has only won six of 24 games in all competitions during his time at the club.

Potter is under big pressure at West Ham after a damaging derby defeat to Spurs

Pardew has discussed where things have gone wrong for the West Ham boss so far

The ex-Chelsea boss has lost 13 times in total, with last Saturday bringing a London derby thrashing at the hands of rivals Tottenham.

Spurs cruised to a 3-0 victory to pile pressure on Potter, with more questions raised on whether he’s the right man for the job.

That was his side’s third defeat of the Premier League season already and they now sit 18th in the table after four outings.

Their only win of the campaign came just before the international break, as they beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 – but that result has now been very quickly forgotten.

And it leaves Potter in trouble, with former West Ham boss Pardew looking back on that loss and where things went wrong.

He believes that Tottenham’s dominance in the derby would have been ‘as uncomfortable as it gets’ for the Hammers manager.

“When I was at West Ham, the most emotional game in the calendar was Spurs,” Pardew said live on talkSPORT.

“Forget everyone else, there are so many London derbies, but this is more than a London derby, it’s got a real taste to it for West Ham fan in particular, a big emotional game.

“Potter’s on the sideline, they’re scoring two from set plays, one disallowed but every set play it looks like they’re going to score.

“You’re getting out-fought at set plays, which comes back to you as a manager.

West Ham were thrashed by Spurs in the derby, conceding from a set piece

“At the end, with 10 men, you’ve got the opposition that the fans despise and they’re passing it around with ‘Ole, Ole’, that is about as uncomfortable as it gets for a West Ham manager.”

Pardew added: “And that’s on the back of last year and the start of this year, where things haven’t gone so great.

“So, is he in a difficult position? Absolutely.

“Are West Ham fans a little bit rebellious against him and the board? Yes.

“There’s a lot of bad feeling there that needs to be addressed somehow.

“I thought the win at Forest would just give them a bit of a lift and the international break could not have come at a worse time for Potter, as he’d have wanted to back that up.”

Potter’s side were left playing in front of hardly any fans as Spurs’ support Ole’d

Let down by the transfer window?

Despite bringing in eight new signings this summer, Pardew believes that Potter would have wanted some more investment.

West Ham spent over £100m on players such as Mateus Fernandes, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Mads Hermansen and Soungoutou Magassa.

Callum Wilson and Kyle Walker-Peters also arrived on a free.

However, Pardew would have wanted some more quality additions to the squad to help bring better results.

He said: “Definitely the transfer window that they’ve just had has been a bit of a let-down in my opinion.

“They really needed to do some work in that and if I was him, I’d be disappointed with what I’ve been given.

New goalkeeper Hermansen hasn’t made the best start at West Ham

“I’d have expected a little bit more investment, I think West Ham fans feel that as well.

“He’s got [Jarrod] Bowen, a player who can get him out of trouble in terms of quality, real top drawer quality.

“You’re blessed with that, I think there’s a good base there, some decent quality.

“But they don’t look like they’re going to threaten the top of the league for sure.

“The one thing that Potter is going to worry about is threatening the bottom of the league.”

West Ham are currently 18th in the Premier League with just three points after a worrying start to the new season.

Getting more out of his players

When it comes to Potter’s existing squad, Pardew is pleased with some of the talent that he has available.

But he thinks the Hammers boss can try a bit harder to get more out of his stars, such as Wilson and Crysencio Summerville.

“Callum Wilson has pedigree…I think he’s got a point to prove and he might have a great year this year,” Pardew continued.

“I hope he does, he’s the type of player that if you get into him and revved him up a little bit…he can be a bit complacent, the manager has got to be right on top of him to get a tune out of him.

“On Summerville, I managed him when I was at ADO Den Haag on loan from Ajax, he’s a terrific lad and an honest character.

“He’s got better as his defensive work and got his big move and he needs to deliver now, he’s stepping up in class.

Pardew thinks Potter can get some more out of his talented players

“I think the question mark there for Potter is starting to get a little bit more out of these individuals.

“Get into them and get some more fight on the pitch.”

West Ham’s London Stadium continues to be questioned and Pardew also mentioned the atmosphere in the ground.

He says Potter needs to get his players going for that to translate to the stands and to the supporters.

Pardew explained: “It all looks flat and there can’t be anything worse in that stadium than it being flat, because the stadium doesn’t give you any energy, you have to give it energy.

“At the old Boleyn, the stadium worked with the fans, they inspired each other… this stadium doesn’t inspire anyone.”