Unofficially, the Potter Sack race began long before the third goal went in at [London stadium](https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-united-0-3-tottenham-hotspur-final-whistle-first-impressions/) on Saturday. Graham Potter’s clueless management style and awful performance means the club is heading towards the foot of the Premier League table: A win ratio of 25% for West Ham is championship-bound form.
Whether the board decree (in the way in which judgement was pronounced with Lopetegui, for instance,) that there are ‘must -win’ games ahead in the hope that a threat will magically bring an up turn in form seems like pretty pointless melodrama.
More likely the Hammers leadership are already sifting through likely candidates who are _‘ready, free of cost, willing and able_‘ to take the job on. What chance, I wonder, of the Chairman actually stumbling across a decent candidate.
However, opinions do vary as to Potter’s position on the precipice just now: _[Footballinsider247.](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-west-ham-board-make-graham-potter-sack-decision/)com_ seem to think that Potter is safe for the time being, despite only achieving two home wins in his whole 25 game tenure. Their article today claims a ‘source’ telling them that:
_“West Ham will stick with Graham Potter for the time being and hold fire on sacking him despite a wretched start to the season played to a backdrop of fan discontent_“.
‘For the time being’ is likely to mean ‘_until the Crystal Palace game’:_ Lose and Potter is likely to have his P45 by Monday morning.
The West Ham board will want to give Potter every chance, anything to avoid paying the man millions in compensation for being the worst West Ham manager ever.
But without a decent result against Palace, I suspect that the hammer will fall.
_David Sullivan could well sense an opportunity to spike the guns of the protestors by making Potter the sacrificial lamb – the ‘feel good’ factor of a new appointment would be a strategic win against the anti-board protests planned and divert attention away from the Chairman and Vice Chairman who are currently under verbal attack._
So the idea of Potter tottering on to the International break – if he loses on Saturday – is unlikely in the extreme.