Graham Potter has manoeuvred himself into a pretty strong position at West Ham. Compared with his appointment back in January, the former Brighton Head Coach now has a solid grip on the football club which is fine as long as results on the pitch go his way.
From the very start, with the power shift which saw Tim Steidten fired in February the direction of travel was clear. Even the club spokesman started referring to him as ‘the manager’ in communications as Potter grew his influence. The subsequent appointment of Potter’s man Kyle Macaulay as head of recruitment again cemented Potter’s dominance.
A much needed further appointment has been confirmed just today with another of Potter’s old guard: Sports psychologist James Bell was confirmed by ExWHUEmployee in thewesthamway.com.
Bell worked with Graham Potter at Brighton and clearly adds another dimension to the Manager’s hand-picked coaching team.
Described as an appointment with a mission” to improve the winning mentality and resilience at the club.” – as their report suggests, it further cements Potter’s own position:
Sniden tried it and it doesn’t work giving him too much authority will do us no good
what authority, tim wanted to appoint that guy that ended up going to brighton, we got lop and then lop wanted solar, guido, kilman, etc
tim never had the authority you think he did
I would hardly describe his position as having a vice like grip. Seems more waiting to be thrown under the bus. Which isn’t surprising because he is a dreadful manager and is clueless trying to get a tune out of players
I whole heartedly agree