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West Ham boss Graham Potter ‘safe for now’ as pressure builds after historic low

Graham Potter is safe as West Ham manager for now, talkSPORT understands. But the Hammers boss is already under boardroom pressure to turn around their poor start to the season. Potter has overseen two unwanted records as a result of the defeatShutterstock Editorial The Irons have lost both their first two games, conceding eight goals in the process, following Friday’s 5-1 thrashing at home by London rivals Chelsea. Sources close to David Sullivan say the West Ham owner is concerned by Potter’s wider record of only five wins from 20 Premier League games since replacing Julen Lopetegui midway through last season. talkSPORT understands Potter believes he is being hamstrung by previous poor recruitment, which means he can only spend what the club bring in from sales. He would also have liked to keep Mohammed Kudus, who was sold to Tottenham for around £55million. Potter‘s horrendous start to the new season began with a humiliating opening day 3-0 defeat to newly-promoted Sunderland. His side then shipped a further five goals to his old team, Chelsea, on Friday, which is an unwanted Premier League record by matchday two. That is despite West Ham taking the lead on the night and facing a Blues outfit who had lost talisman Cole Palmer through injury, having been withdrawn minutes before kick-off. The east Londoners have now won just two of their ten home Premier League matches under Potter, picking up nine points in total. No West Ham manager had ever won fewer than 10 points in their first 10 home games in the competition previously, with both Alan Curbishley and Avram Grant managing to hit double-digits. ‘He’s a great man’ – Karren Brady backs Potter talkSPORTPotter’s side were outclassed in just about every department on Friday evening[/caption] West Ham vice-chair Brady recently came out in support of the club’s under-fire boss during her visit to talkSPORT Towers. Speaking a day after their 3-0 defeat to Sunderland last weekend, she told the Sunday Edition: “I wish yesterday could start all over again. “It’s so tough to take. It’s never easy for the supporters, the players, or the manager to lose 3-0, particularly in the opening game of the season. “I spent a lot of time with the manager and the squad in America on the preseason tour. The spirit amongst them is fantastic. I know that they’ll be more disappointed, that they’ll be the most disappointed people this morning. “I know we’ll see a reaction and I know they want to turn it around and they’ll want to turn it around quickly. “Graham is a forward thinking manager. He’s sort of calm under pressure. He’s very detailed in his approach. He’s a great man, manager of players. Brady had an emphatic response to Paqueta sale linkstalkSPORT “He builds a special relationship with players, and they understand where he’s coming from. “He has a modern mindset, and all of those things mean it does take some time to put a team together, to get the team playing the way that you want. “West Ham is not a club that panics about its managers. We tend to stick with them, tend to support people, stick with them and see it through. “I really hope he does well. He’s a pleasure to work with. He’s incredibly professional. I know the players respect him. “I know his relationship with the players is good. I know he’ll be sitting down with them today to have a long, hard think about what went wrong yesterday, expecting a reaction and expecting to put it right.” What did Potter say after Chelsea defeat? Speaking to talkSPORT, Potter said: “Disappointed, of course, bitterly disappointed. “Tough evening, really tough evening, not much more to say than that. “Got off to a good start, scored a good goal, recovered the ball well, had some good attacks, but then I think the first goal is a cheap goal and that probably sets the tone for the evening from our perspective. “We’re playing against a top team, I think, with some talent, but at the same time the goals we’ve conceded are too cheap.” Addressing the fans, Potter remarked: “It’s a tough evening for us and I feel for the supporters. “They want more and we let them down today. We let them down because the goals we gave away were too cheap. “So there’s nothing I can say that’s going to make that feeling any better at the moment. “They’ll be hurting and it’s painful, so it’s just a case of we need to do better and we need to work harder.”

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West Ham boss Graham Potter ‘safe for now’ as pressure builds after historic low

Graham Potter is safe as West Ham manager for now, talkSPORT understands.

But the Hammers boss is already under boardroom pressure to turn around their poor start to the season.

Potter has overseen two unwanted records as a result of the defeat

The Irons have lost both their first two games, conceding eight goals in the process, following Friday’s 5-1 thrashing at home by London rivals Chelsea.

Sources close to David Sullivan say the West Ham owner is concerned by Potter’s wider record of only five wins from 20 Premier League games since replacing Julen Lopetegui midway through last season.

talkSPORT understands Potter believes he is being hamstrung by previous poor recruitment, which means he can only spend what the club bring in from sales.

He would also have liked to keep Mohammed Kudus, who was sold to Tottenham for around £55million.

Potter‘s horrendous start to the new season began with a humiliating opening day 3-0 defeat to newly-promoted Sunderland.

His side then shipped a further five goals to his old team, Chelsea, on Friday, which is an unwanted Premier League record by matchday two.

That is despite West Ham taking the lead on the night and facing a Blues outfit who had lost talisman Cole Palmer through injury, having been withdrawn minutes before kick-off.

The east Londoners have now won just two of their ten home Premier League matches under Potter, picking up nine points in total.

No West Ham manager had ever won fewer than 10 points in their first 10 home games in the competition previously, with both Alan Curbishley and Avram Grant managing to hit double-digits.

‘He’s a great man’ – Karren Brady backs Potter

Potter’s side were outclassed in just about every department on Friday evening[/caption]

West Ham vice-chair Brady recently came out in support of the club’s under-fire boss during her visit to talkSPORT Towers.

Speaking a day after their 3-0 defeat to Sunderland last weekend, she told the Sunday Edition: “I wish yesterday could start all over again.

“It’s so tough to take. It’s never easy for the supporters, the players, or the manager to lose 3-0, particularly in the opening game of the season.

“I spent a lot of time with the manager and the squad in America on the preseason tour. The spirit amongst them is fantastic. I know that they’ll be more disappointed, that they’ll be the most disappointed people this morning.

“I know we’ll see a reaction and I know they want to turn it around and they’ll want to turn it around quickly.

“Graham is a forward thinking manager. He’s sort of calm under pressure. He’s very detailed in his approach. He’s a great man, manager of players.

Brady had an emphatic response to Paqueta sale links

“He builds a special relationship with players, and they understand where he’s coming from.

“He has a modern mindset, and all of those things mean it does take some time to put a team together, to get the team playing the way that you want.

“West Ham is not a club that panics about its managers. We tend to stick with them, tend to support people, stick with them and see it through.

“I really hope he does well. He’s a pleasure to work with. He’s incredibly professional. I know the players respect him.

“I know his relationship with the players is good. I know he’ll be sitting down with them today to have a long, hard think about what went wrong yesterday, expecting a reaction and expecting to put it right.”

What did Potter say after Chelsea defeat?

Speaking to talkSPORT, Potter said: “Disappointed, of course, bitterly disappointed.

“Tough evening, really tough evening, not much more to say than that.

“Got off to a good start, scored a good goal, recovered the ball well, had some good attacks, but then I think the first goal is a cheap goal and that probably sets the tone for the evening from our perspective.

“We’re playing against a top team, I think, with some talent, but at the same time the goals we’ve conceded are too cheap.”

Addressing the fans, Potter remarked: “It’s a tough evening for us and I feel for the supporters.

“They want more and we let them down today. We let them down because the goals we gave away were too cheap.

“So there’s nothing I can say that’s going to make that feeling any better at the moment.

“They’ll be hurting and it’s painful, so it’s just a case of we need to do better and we need to work harder.”