It has been revealed why West Ham made the surprise decision to sack Graham Potter yesterday, when they had initially intended to wait until next week.
The update comes from Sky Sports, who reiterated the widely known story that the Hammers board did not plan to replace Potter until after the Everton and Arsenal games.
Nuno insisted on taking the West Ham job immediately
However, Sky reported today that the urgency came directly from Nuno Espirito Santo, who insisted on starting work straight away. This would explain why Potter took the pre-match press conference for Everton v West Ham, and why he appeared so surprised to be sacked yesterday.
The revelation also raises serious questions about the judgement of the West Ham board, who seemed ready to sacrifice six vital Premier League points just to wait for the October international break.
Fair play to Nuno for wanting to get to work, even before his backroom team had finalised their own deals. As for the West Ham board – their incompetence seems to go from bad to worse.
I’m not at all certain that Nuno’s departure from Forest was settled until the last moment, he was only sacked on 9th September. I don’t think that it was as straightforward as the board had free choice in the timeline. He was appointed on 27th September was only 18 days later.
If we sideline the issue of not paying compensation for managers then I don’t really have any axes to grind with this change of manager. It was clear that Potter needed to go, he went reasonably quickly, Nuno was the best of the no compo paid managers.
That he was only 18 days between positions I believe was a factor in the timeline of his appointment.
Wow what a bunch of clowns
They just never cease to amaze
Owners, players or commentators on here?
Fair play to Nuno as this gives us a fighting chance to hopefully get some points in the next few games.
It just show again how obvious our board think we are an amateur side in the 70’s
I am glad that Nuno convinced our supreme leaders to let him start immediately. Hardly any of us fans were happy to concede 6 points in the away games at Everton and Arsenal without a fight. But why couldn’t our supremos act a little more professionally and make a statement as to why they acted so suddenly to make the switch? At least they could have passed the info on to this website and others. Lady Brady wasn’t in Spain on holiday so she surely could have organised a press release. After all, she’s happy to speak to the media when it suits her.
So who was the last Premier League manager to insist on starting ASAP? Oh yes, Amorim. That’s turned out well.
I find it sad really because I liked what Potter was trying to do, play out from the back, keeping possession etc. instead we’re now going to go back to Sam Allardyce ball, long balls forwards from the goalkeeper hoping Fullkrug or Souchek or someone gets their head in the ball and knocks it down to someone. defend for your life and counter attack on the rare opportunity we actually get the ball. All that talk of wanting better football, more exciting possession based football and now it’s back to the drawing board.
No I think the board were worried Potter might beat Everton and make it harder for them to get rid of Potter.
As a fan, not shocking to hear a manager wanting to start early ahead of two un-winnable games.
Encouraging, I would say !
Yes, well done, Nuno !
I said this the other day, surely a new manager would want these two games to see what he has at his disposal and then have a chance in the Int’l Break to work on a few things, like defence, midfield and attack !
After all, the club had written both of these games off, anyway…..
What worries me already is if Sullivan starts poking his horrible little nose in.
Nuno seems the kind of guy who won’t tolerate any interference. Should be interesting….
Any decent coach would want to take on the job immediately , just as you called it Gonzo . Everton away is a good chance for at least a point which could easily prove to be the difference between survival and relegation . The relegation battle is likely between 5 or 6 clubs .
Potter won’t be complaining with his multi million settlement.
Thank god Nuno wanted to get started give us half a chance against Everton.
Time for the players to step up and show some character COYI!!!
Oh, please!
Come on lads, we ALL know that if we hadn’t secured Nuno, right quick, Man U would have.
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I agree with you here as I can’t see Man Utd putting up with Amorim much longer. Full points for Nuno if he did say he wanted to start as soon as possible. Aligning with other comments above, it gives him a chance to assess the team under pressure before the international break. Was getting so sickened of Potters demeanour on the touch line, hardly ever seeing to encourage his teams apart from an occasional wave of his arms!