Potter’s appointment was not only aimed at fixing the team, it should be seen as part of a much bigger picture
This was a day of celebration, the wedding of a club in need of “the one”, and a coach desperate to create a new family he can call his own.as a family club, a reference to its East End past, an institution central to life in that unique manor.
Though Potter was pictured in clandestine discussions with Steidten in a Stratford hotel days before his appointment, it is understood his principal advocate was vice-chairman Karren Brady. What his appointment means for Steidten is yet to be determined. But the feeling is the German needs Potter more than Potter needs him.
Shoring up the defence is uppermost. Only three clubs have let in more than the 39 shipped by West Ham’s rearguard, and none have let in five in 45 minutes. Then he must figure out how to get the most of Lucas Paqueta, Mohammed Kudus and Crysencio Summerville in the enforced absence of Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio.
The potential of West ham to challenge the hegemony of Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea to become the capital’s fourth great power is clear. From Bow to Dagenham, Barking to Redbridge, every child born in that A12-A13 corridor learns their Bobby Moores as well as their times tables.. Alf Garnett loved the Hammers more than his wife, which was the recurring gag upon which episodes were built. That kind of programming would not pass the woke filter now but the point stands.
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