[Albion] Potter- what’s he up to?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Did they pay him off with £10m lump sum, or are they continuing to pay his monthly salary until the end of his contract or, if earlier, until he gets another job? Either way I suppose he has no great incentive to get back into work.
I wonder if he’ll be offered a TV pundit job for the BHA v Chelsea matches.

Or à la Murray (the authentic voice of Cumbria) as a pundit as the authentic voice of the west midlands (including Forest of Arden) and tooth-suckers.

 

[Birdie Boy]

I also suspect that the £10m is spread over 10 years!

 

[US Seagull]

Potter has to be very careful about the next job he takes - he has to be at least to some small degree a success. Another debacle like Chelsea and he will be off the boards for most clubs who will adopt the attitude that his success at Brighton was down to the club and not the man (particularly as RDZ has walked in and the team haven't missed a beat).

Here is one out of left-field - Phil Parkinson is a limited coach - good at the grudge work of getting a team out of the conference and maybe L2 - but Reynolds is ambitious for Wrexham and has a lot of money - when Parkinson is pushed aside (which could happen by the end of this coming season - he will go for a much bigger name to replace him and that could be Potter with the idea that he will build the squad through the divisions. Reynolds needs to hire a few people and get them to intern at Brighton - there is a roadmap there to build the club from a low point - and he has the money to accelerate the process.

Nothing would get "Welcome to Wrexham" cancelled faster than Mr. Personality as manager. Not even Ryan and Rob's star power could overcome that black hole of tedium.

 

[Paris]

Wouldn't surprise me if Potter's next job is outside the UK.

He'll bide his time. You only have to look at modestly successful managers from a decade or so ago(Nigel Atkins to name one) to see that rushing back in isn't always a great idea.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

In the grand scheme of things, he was just a guy who went for a job that he saw as a promotion (European football, more money, etc). In pretty much any other line of work that would not register but because of the emotive nature of football he was abused for it.

If Potter had just on his own, he wouldn't have got the abuse. If he’d left with Bjorn and Billy, he wouldn’t have got the abuse. He gets the abuse because he took Ben Roberts and Bruno with him, and then came back for Winstanley too. Whether or not you rate Winstanley, the point is Potter thought it was OK to come back and get yet more staff from Brighton.

In another line of work this would also cause outrage, leaving a company and number of staff with you.

 

[BNthree]

Basing this on very little but get the impression his Mrs like Hove and the lifestyle here and the kids are settled in school etc. Think any move for a job would have to be pretty special to uproot the family.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

If Potter had just on his own, he wouldn't have got the abuse. If he’d left with Bjorn and Billy, he wouldn’t have got the abuse. He gets the abuse because he took Ben Roberts and Bruno with him, and then came back for Winstanley too. Whether or not you rate Winstanley, the point is Potter thought it was OK to come back and get yet more staff from Brighton.

In another line of work this would also cause outrage, leaving a company and number of staff with you.

Correction: Roberts and Bruno went with him. He didn't TAKE them – they had a choice. But anyway, it's all going over old ground.

And that sort of thing DOES happen. @dazzer6666 for one at the time highlighted examples of it that he had seen (or maybe even been part of) in the finance world. Again – it's all a bit 'people leave one company and join another one'. As we've seen – the company (football club) still survives without the need to start threatening the lives of the ex-employees.

 

[Giraffe]

You'll know when he is ready/desperate for a new job when he randomly pops up as a pundit on something.

 

[HCxUK]

Knocking about in Soho House

 

[Lenny Rider]

Wouldn't surprise me if Potter's next job is outside the UK.

He'll bide his time. You only have to look at modestly successful managers from a decade or so ago(Nigel Atkins to name one) to see that rushing back in isn't always a great idea.

This

I think he's 'damaged goods' domestically, he's not going to get anything decent in the EPL, it will be a relegation battle and if loses that no one will go near him, so perhaps going abroad and rebuilding his reptutation will be the best way forward?

 

[Lurchy]

I think he's waiting for Moyes to leave, West Ham perfect for him!

Or he’s waiting to take the reins of them up the road when Hodgson goes, and start their rebuild.

He wouldn’t need to move.

 

[WhingForPresident]

 

[kelvinnewman]

I think seeing how the next couple of months go for Potch at Chelsea will have an impact on how Potter is viewed by other potential employers. If they continue to be a binfire I think that'll help his stock.

So it's be less "Potter screwed up at Chelsea" and more "Chelsea screwed up Potter"

 

[jcdenton08]

Wouldn't surprise me if Potter's next job is outside the UK.

He'll bide his time. You only have to look at modestly successful managers from a decade or so ago(Nigel Atkins to name one) to see that rushing back in isn't always a great idea.

This. Do a McClaren and pop off to Holland or Turkey or something, win a noddy league and make a mark on Europe, regain some credibility then return to a Premier League club of the Aston Villa, Newcastle, Spurs variety in about 3 years.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Correction: Roberts and Bruno went with him. He didn't TAKE them – they had a choice. But anyway, it's all going over old ground.

And that sort of thing DOES happen. @dazzer6666 for one at the time highlighted examples of it that he had seen (or maybe even been part of) in the finance world. Again – it's all a bit 'people leave one company and join another one'. As we've seen – the company (football club) still survives without the need to start threatening the lives of the ex-employees.

Todd: Hi Graham, it’s great you’ve agreed to come and work for Chelsea, which of your back room staff from Brighton would you like to take?

Graham: Well, Bjorn and Billy have been working with me for years, but it would be also great to get these other two guys who were at the club when I turned up.

Todd: No problem Graham, well offer two triple their salary and they’ll be here in a jiffy. Anything else?

Graham: Yes actually, there’s this guy in the recruitment department called Paul. If you could bring him over as well we’d have the inside scoop on Brighton’s transfer dealings and knowledge of who their looking to sign at the moment. If we get in first we could steal the players from under their noses.



Yes, I was a fly on the wall at that meeting.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

This. Do a McClaren and pop off to Holland or Turkey or something, win a noddy league and make a mark on Europe, regain some credibility then return to a Premier League club of the Aston Villa, Newcastle, Spurs variety in about 3 years.

It isch what it isch

 

[jcdenton08]

It isch what it isch

 

[Van Cleef]

I'll take your steve Mcclaren and raise you a joey barton

 

[Bozza]

Saying "no" to Rangers, which may open the door for serial management failure Frank Lampard to mess up another club...

Graham Potter not interested in Rangers job but Frank Lampard under consideration

Rangers have drawn up a list of candidates to replace manager Michael Beale, but former Chelsea boss Graham Potter has ruled himself out of the running.

www.90min.com

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Potter's a far bigger fan of the easy life than he'd ever admit publicly