West Ham boss Graham Potter certainly didn’t enjoy his reunion against former club Chelsea on Friday night.
It feels like the pressure is already on West Ham head coach Graham Potter, 50, at this very early stage of the new season. The Hammers followed up a 3-0 defeat against Sunderland in their Premier League opener by losing 5-1 at home to London rivals Chelsea.
Even though the Hammers took the lead early on through Lucas Paqueta’s goal, they crumbled by conceding five unanswered goals.
Chelsea’s away support mocked Potter during the league contest. The reality is he never truly won them over during his short spell in charge at Stamford Bridge. In fact, the Englishman was sacked after less than seven months in charge back in 2023.
West Ham manager Graham Potter and Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca interact during the Premier League match between the two sides.
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Graham Potter gets unwanted Premier League record at West Ham
Following West Ham’s heavy loss at home to Chelsea, Potter now has an unwanted Premier League record with them.
Potter is the first West Ham manager in Premier League history to fail to get into double figures for points in his first 10 home games, taking just nine points in that time (Sky Sports).
Matches Wins Draws Losses
10 2 3 5
West Ham’s Premier League record in their first 10 home games under Graham Potter
Let’s wait and see if Potter can turn things around at the London Stadium, but it feels like he desperately needs help during what’s left of the summer transfer window.
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Potter wasn’t happy with Chelsea’s transfer activity under him because of the scattergun approach. In contrast, it looks like he’s got the opposite problem in his current role at West Ham as their squad looks too thin.
Graham Potter looks dejected during West Ham against Chelsea in the Premier League.
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Graham Potter’s managerial career in numbers
Potter built up quite a strong reputation as a progressive coach earlier in his career, but things have started to unravel recently.
Club Matches Wins Draws Losses Points per game
West Ham 21 5 11 11 0.95
Chelsea 31 12 8 11 1.42
Brighton 134 43 43 48 1.28
Swansea City 51 21 11 19 1.45
Ostersund 224 109 56 59 1.71
Graham Potter’s managerial record in senior club football
First, Potter was out of his depth at Chelsea, albeit working under very difficult circumstances. The writing may be on the wall for him at West Ham, too.
We would be very surprised to see the 50-year-old turn things around with the Hammers, but he’s still got the chance to do that for as long as they employ him.