Potter, worse than Lopetegui in the West Ham

Everything indicates that the first coach to be fired in the Premier League will be Graham Potter. He is the favorite in the bets to leave and his team, The West Ham United, He has lost the first two Premier League games and this Tuesday, in addition, he was eliminated in the League Cup.

Potter numbers already worsen those of Julen Lopetegui, his predecessor in the 'Hammer' set. The Basque coach, who signed for the Londoners after showing off in the Wolverhampton Wanderersto which Colista took and saved in the 2022-2023 season, he was fired earlier year after less than half season in office. The directive promised time and patience, but it was not so.

The bad results and external pressure, which did not understand why David Moyesthe man who gave them the first title in four decades, had been replaced by a Spanish coach, undermined Lopetegui's work, which on January 8 said goodbye to the team.

Then Potter arrived, with an irregular curriculum. He did well in the Brighton & Hove Albion, although later Roberto de Zerbi He improved his results with the 'Seagulls', but failed in Chelsea, where he was fired within a few months.

The comparison

Despite having the approval of the English press, which saw him as a potential candidate for the bench of the National Team, The first 22 Potter games with the West Ham They have not improved what Lopetegui did.

The English coach has lost twelve meetings, tied five and won another five. It barely has a percentage of triumphs of the 22.73 %. Of all the coaches that the West Ham has had in the Premier League era, that is, since 1992, only AVRAM GRANT worsens your numbers in the league.

Compared to Lopetegui, The Spanish lost ten, won seven and tied fivewhich means a percentage of triumphs of the 31.82 %. Lopetegui also inherited a West Ham de Moyes that came from winning only four games in the last 18 games. The Spanish stopped that bleeding, but did not have time to build on it. After Christmas, the directive succumbed to the pressure and fired Lopetegui.

On Tuesday, KO in the League Cup

“It hurts us all and we need everyone to help,” Potter said Tuesday after Wolves eliminated them from the League Cup (3-2). «The team is having a bad time at the moment it already hurts. I can assure you that no one is happy with what is happening ».

With eleven goals embedded in three games this season, the team played background in the defeat 1-5 in the London Stadium last Friday, when not a few were the London fans who left the field to rest. The drip of people continued With every goal from Chelsea To the point that there was hardly anyone from the West Ham in the field when the referee whistled.

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