{"id":149828,"date":"2025-09-20T19:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149828\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:49:08","slug":"graham-potter-under-serious-threat-of-west-ham-sack-after-crystal-palace-defeat-west-ham-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149828\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Potter under serious threat of West Ham sack after Crystal Palace defeat | West Ham United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graham Potter is facing the sack after West Ham\u2019s dismal start to the season continued with a 2-1 defeat<\/a> at home by Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

Potter insisted that he retains the support of the hierarchy but it is understood that the head coach will be fired unless he can inspire a swift improvement in results. West Ham are 18th<\/a> after four defeats in their first five games and have already started identifying potential replacements for the former Chelsea manager.<\/p>\n

The board have not made a final decision but the mood at the London Stadium has grown mutinous and Potter faced dissent from supporters as his team\u2019s winless run at home extended to eight matches.<\/p>\n

The question for West Ham, however, is whether suitable candidates are on the market. They have spoken to the former Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo and are considering a reunion with Slaven Bilic<\/a>. Gary O\u2019Neil, the former Wolves manager, is open to the job.<\/p>\n

Asked if he felt the support of the board, Potter said: \u201cYeah, I have no reason to think not but I also understand the environment and the results. I have no complaints at all with the support that we\u2019ve had and the support from the supporters and everyone at the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I believe I can turn it around? Of course. I also understand it\u2019s tough. We\u2019re in a tough situation, there\u2019s no getting away from that. The only thing you can do is front it up, be honest with it. We want to do better than we are and at the moment we\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potter has six wins from 25 games since replacing Julen Lopetegui in January. He has struggled to make an impact and was booed after substituting Crysencio Summerville and Mateus Fernandes against Palace. \u201cI didn\u2019t hear anything, to be honest,\u201d Potter said. \u201cI understand frustration, people are entitled to their opinion. There\u2019s nothing I can say.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody connected with the club feels that because the situation isn\u2019t what we want. The results aren\u2019t good, you have to face it up and you have to ensure that we\u2019re stronger next week. It\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n

West Ham\u2019s frailties were summed up by them conceding from a corner for the seventh time this season when Jean-Philippe Mateta headed Palace into the lead. Jarrod Bowen equalised but Potter\u2019s luck was summed up by the unlikely figure of Tyrick Mitchell volleying in the winner for Oliver Glasner\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Glasner insisted that he is not thinking about Champions League qualification after Palace rose into fourth place. \u201cI\u2019m never relaxed,\u201d Palace\u2019s manager said. \u201cThe better we will perform, the better we will be at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Potter is facing the sack after West Ham\u2019s dismal start to the season continued with a 2-1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-149828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}