Is West Ham a 'good job' for Potter?
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Managing West Ham is "a different job" to what Graham Potter has previously experienced, former Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam has told a bonus Football Daily podcast discussing the appointment.
"Graham Potter needs to win football matches first and foremost," he said.
"The rest of it will come if he can build on that. He'll have to build confidence in the players because ultimately it will be really low with some. He has to get the best out of players like [Lucas] Paqueta and [Mohammed] Kudus - your match winners.
"He'll have to make them stronger defensively because they have been leaking too many goals.
"Graham has done a very good job at Swansea and Brighton, earned the right to have the Chelsea job but it was tough with new owners, and now he will be delighted to be back in management.
"Coming into West Ham, it is a different job than what he has experienced. Potter did well abroad, Swansea knew how they wanted to play, Brighton were in a good place, Chelsea were a different beast. I think it is a good job for him to come back in to but they are starting from a lower point."
Technical Director Tim Steidten was asked to stay away from the training ground by former Hammers boss David Moyes and also fell out with Julen Lopetegui towards the end of his tenure, but Adam believes the relationship between him and Potter will be key going forward.
"He [Potter] has been pictured with the technical director while Lopetegui was still in the job, " he added.
"Potter has to say how he works and what he wants. He has to be strong about it. His relationship with the sporting director has to be key in terms of going forward, the manager has to have the trust in terms of how to make the team better and how to navigate signing the right players for what Potter is looking for."