[Albion] Would you have Potter back?

[Green Cross Code Man]

I still think he was never a good manager

Fair enough. But you're probably in the minority there even now. I think he's been the disaster most of us predicted at Chelsea as he jumped too soon and pinned his hopes on the first big club which came calling.

 

[sparkie]

No.

He did well here, but he put bank balance ahead of albion. He left us in the lurch mid-season without a care for his "project" at the albion.

Which is all OK in many respects. But it doesn't get him his job here back.

 

[Chicken Run]

Hopefully the rumours about De Zerbi having crossed swords over transfers aren’t true as it brings back that faint whiff of Poyet trouble.

If our great boss does then get pinched in the summer, Potts is likely to be a free agent given what we are all regularly laughing about.

I realise he is viewed by some or even many as something of an antichrist but he would be a safe bet in terms of minimum adjustment and transition needed. I’d take that over us rolling the dice on another manager and hitting yet another double 6. Obviously whether he’d want to come back is another matter entirely

I wouldn’t want that man or his cohorts anywhere near our club!

 

[beorhthelm]

why on earth would this even work, players would see him as someone who ditched everyone for better option, and failed.

 

[A1X]

Hell no, we can do much better than that washed up serial loser.

I was Potter Out when he was here. I’m now firmly Potter Stay Out.

 

[portlock seagull]

It’s a no from me too. Wasn’t 100% first time around. Besides I like us scoring goals!

 

[Swansman]

I (still) think he's a good manager. But whatever we are in the leagues, and I've watched us in all, I would never want him back. Too much baggage.

Well, I respect that. At the same time, you can find plenty of threads where people said the same thing about Glenn Murray... which in the end turned out quite well.

 

[Nobby]

What a great idea
We can watch our false nines missing chance after chance after chance and the lose to Palace after having 98,7334% possession and sixty bazillion shots
It will be fantastic to watch
I just can’t wait.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

I missed the Brentford boxing day game so went 8 months without seeing a home win , so it's a no from me.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Well, I respect that. At the same time, you can find plenty of threads where people said the same thing about Glenn Murray... which in the end turned out quite well.

You cite Murray. It's not really comparable as Poyet wanted him gone. Murray didn't ask to leave and in fact wanted to stay. Had Murray stayed, we'd have almost certainly gone up years before we did and palace would perhaps still be playing above their level in the championship.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I like his new Barnet.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Yes, I’d have Potter back.

There are scenarios where, in a few years time, with RDZ poached and perhaps we’re near the bottom of the table, he could appeal.

My concern is that he is managing another team where he can’t get them to score. He’d need to sort this out before he returns to us in 2027.

 

[smiler]

No.

He did well here, but he put bank balance ahead of albion. He left us in the lurch mid-season without a care for his "project" at the albion.

Which is all OK in many respects. But it doesn't get him his job here back.

No how can anyone trust him again

 

[Weststander]

I missed the Brentford boxing day game so went 8 months without seeing a home win , so it's a no from me.

So did I. A footballing epoch without seeing a home win.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Calling @Dr. No

 

[London Irish]

It’s almost like 99% of his other threads have been condescending wank.

Oh wait, it’s LI.

It’s almost like 100% of his other threads have been condescending wank….

It’s absolutely comical you’re a moderator

 

[Acker79]

I think you're all being a bit rash in ruling it out. How many of you saw the total mess at the Fulham match? There were just three servers in the west upper concourse! We clearly need more people in there.

 

[Jam The Man]

No thanks.
Many don’t understand it but I wasn’t the slightest bit worried when he went. I was convinced we could do better.

Notwithstanding the work he’d done and relative success he’d achieved (and I’m grateful in many ways for it) I still found it desperately hard to love him.

And the ‘history lesson’ comment still grates.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Maybe De Zerbi would’ve liked more signings in January, but I believe this will have been more than offset by the club refusing to sell Caicedo.

 

[London Irish]

I (still) think he's a good manager. But whatever we are in the leagues, and I've watched us in all, I would never want him back. Too much baggage.

Yes I accept the baggage issue is massive so it wouldn’t be very popular. But stranger things n all that. I never was a huge fan of his but grudgingly accepted his strengths the longer he was here.

Probs I’m being too cautious but it would ask a lot of the club to find yet another RDZ