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‘Potter is not the first choice for most West Ham fans’
West Ham podcaster and fan Sean Whetstone speaking to the Football Daily podcast: “I don’t think Graham Potter is the first choice for most West Ham fans. Julen Lopetegui wasn’t the first choice. In the blog I run, we ran a big poll of 11,000 people and most people wanted to keep David Moyes over Lopetegui but we supported him.
“I think most people would not want Graham Potter. Critics would say Potter was flattered by Tony Bloom and Dan Ashworth’s recruitment formula at Brighton. It didn’t work at Chelsea and what has he done elsewhere?
“That’s why I think there was some nervousness and talk of a short-term contract until the end of the season.”
Graham Potter stats – what are his win percentages?
Jack raised an interesting point about Graham Potter’s win percentages.
Of all the permanent West Ham managers in the Premier League, David Moyes has the best win percentage at 36.9%.
Julen Lopetegui’s win percentage of exactly 30% was 10th best of 12 bosses.
Interestingly though, Lopetegui’s win percentage across his 23 games in charge of Wolves was 39.1%.
Incoming manager Graham Potter’s win percentage was 28.3% at Brighton and 31.8% at Chelsea, although that perhaps does not tell the whole story.