{"id":23507,"date":"2025-09-16T09:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/west-ham-united-decides-to-sack-graham-potter-amid-ongoing-struggle\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:05","slug":"west-ham-united-decides-to-sack-graham-potter-amid-ongoing-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/west-ham-united-decides-to-sack-graham-potter-amid-ongoing-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham United decides to sack Graham Potter amid ongoing struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/west-ham-united-decides-to-sack-graham-potter-amid-ongoing-struggle\/#West_Ham_United_links_with_Potter_alternatives\" >West Ham United links with Potter alternatives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/west-ham-united-decides-to-sack-graham-potter-amid-ongoing-struggle\/#Hammer_is_not_going_to_dismiss_Potter\" >Hammer is not going to dismiss Potter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Graham Potter is under severe pressure in West Ham. (Photo: Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Football Insider, West Ham United&#8217;s board of directors has decided not to loot manager Graham Potter at least yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite growing uncertainty among fans at the opening of the chaotic season, sources say the club&#8217;s hierarchy is still too early to make a dramatic change.<\/p>\n<p>Potter&#8217;s West Ham United started the season in a disastrous way. Nothing seems to work for the club under Potter.<\/p>\n<p>Big losses such as 5-1 for Chelsea and 3-0 for Tottenham amplified fan frustration and raised serious questions to defensive frailty.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"West_Ham_United_links_with_Potter_alternatives\"><\/span>West Ham United links with Potter alternatives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Potter retains the support of the board, particularly David Sullivan and Karen Brady, but interest in replacing him has escalated. Names such as Nuno Espirito Santo, Jose Mourinho, and Kieran McKenna were born on speculation.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, McKenna was reportedly found in the boardroom during a Tottenham match.<\/p>\n<p>Former West Ham Scout Mick Brown is a vocalist and warns Potter that he is running out of time.<\/p>\n<p>Brown criticizes West Ham&#8217;s performance, particularly important aspects of defensive organization and consistency. He emphasizes that when you are losing your game with convincingness, people start to lose faith.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hammer_is_not_going_to_dismiss_Potter\"><\/span>Hammer is not going to dismiss Potter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-414x221.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-630x336.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-768x409.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-770x410.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-900x480.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-1200x640.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly-1536x819.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/west-ham-united-v-lille-osc-pre-season-friendly.jpg.webp 1666w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graham Potter Manager, West Ham United (Photo by Richard Perham\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Potter needs to quickly address some areas, tighten defensive discipline, reinforce clubs&#8217; exposed set pieces performance, and perhaps simplify tactics to get results.<\/p>\n<p>Hammers Hierarchy has decided that he will only fire the manager this season unless absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>They show faith in former Brighton and Chelsea bosses, and feel he is the right guy to turn things around at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Hammer hosts Crystal Palace in his next match, then travels to a rejuvenated Everton.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Striker West Hamwanted agreed to join London rivals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Potter is under severe pressure in West Ham. (Photo: Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images) According to Football Insider, West Ham United&#8217;s board of directors has decided not to loot manager Graham Potter at least yet. Despite growing uncertainty among fans at the opening of the chaotic season, sources say the club&#8217;s hierarchy is still too early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-23507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}