In any other sport, such stark statistics would signal the end for the coach. Worst record in the league for headed goals conceded. Most goals conceded full stop. Six goals conceded from corners already (compared with eight in all of last season). But the millions required to terminate [Potter’s](https://www.claretandhugh.info/list-of-candidates-to-replace-graham-potter-will-shock-fans-west-ham-news/) contract means he hangs on, standing on the touchline without a plan, without a response, knowing he shouldn’t be there but refusing to walk away for several million reasons.
Reported on [bbc.co.uk](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c98dgpjg41go) ex-Newcastle goal keeper Shay Given put it bluntly:
_“Everyone said judge Graham Potter when he’s had a full pre-season and a chance to get his own players in, but there’s been no improvement,” he told BBC Sport._
_Seeing the stadium half empty in the second half, just like it was against Chelsea, will worry the West Ham hierarchy._
_“Tomas Soucek’s red card didn’t help but that is six wins and 11 defeats in 22 league matches for Potter. They’ve started so poorly. Will he be given more time? I’m not sure.”_
BBC Journalist Gary Rose:
_“Aside from the alarming number of goals they have conceded, it is also the type they are letting in… Despite bolstering their defensive options, that has been the main concern for the Hammers this season.”_
The graphic provided shows West Ham’s terrible defensive position: More goals conceded than Wolves, Brighton, Brentford, Burnley, Leeds.. the very clubs the Hammers are now challenging for the bottom three slots. It needs stopping, and it needs stopping now.
Whatever the cost. And ‘_deep-in-thought-Potter on the touch line’_ is just waiting for the Hammer to fall instead of doing the decent thing which would have happened in a long-lamented bygone era. Potter won’t walk. Get it over with. It’s the kindest thing to do for the club and for Potter himself.