Inside Potter's 'Surreal' Chelsea Reign
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Yesterday, we brought you the news that Chelsea head coach Graham Potter had been sacked by Chelsea, today, host Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein and Simon Johnson to reveal the full story of how things unravelled for Potter in West London...
A playing squad too big to fit into one dressing room, who really wields the power at Cobham, why Bruno Salter and other coaches are likely to still be in charge when the team head to the Bernabeu next week and the "Harry Hogwarts" moniker that underpinned a mutiny.
Plus, an update from David on the search for the next permanent manager and why the owners might struggle to find the perfect candidate.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, if you've hit play wondering why we're talking about Graham Potter's Chelsea exit again, |
| 0:09.3 | the athletics finest have been hard at work since Sunday night, |
| 0:12.0 | piecing together the full story of exactly how things unraveled for Potter in West London. |
| 0:17.5 | Hogwarts, Jibes, who really wields the power behind the throne, |
| 0:20.7 | and a playing squad so bloated that it couldn't fit into one dressing. West London. Hogwarts, Gives, who really wields the power behind the throne, |
| 0:25.3 | and a playing squad so bloated that it couldn't fit into one dressing room. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Ian Irving, and this is that story. |
| 0:33.8 | Like I said, I don't really see it as a risk in a negative way, |
| 0:38.3 | but I think everything is a bit unknown, and that's the beauty of life. We get a second chance, pushed away and Groozy's there. |
| 0:46.3 | You go to Saff Thomas Tupil and go to Graham Potter. |
| 0:49.3 | Roberto Deserby will get his first win as Brighton head coach on today of all days as Graham Potter returns to the annex. |
| 1:02.0 | I don't think he was enjoying it there. I think he'll have thought it was mad. |
| 1:05.0 | You can't just go out and buy all the people in the world and expect to win games. It doesn't work that way. |
| 1:10.0 | So he's trying to do it the American way, coming from an American, and it just doesn't work that way. They've stuck with the team, the support we've had has been amazing. And we'll lead him on Saturday. We'll try and beat Everton, and then we'll take the draw, and then we'll try and win the Fibkin Champions League. The Guinnesses it in. It's on to it and lasses it in. |
| 1:30.4 | It's a glorious goal from John McGinn. |
| 1:33.8 | It's a long overdue goal from him for Aston Dibha. |
| 1:40.5 | Okay, the Athletic Chelsea correspondent, Simon Johnson and David Ornstein are back on the show today. Yesterday, we did the news, why Chelsea sacked him, who's in the frame to replace him, and what's next for Graham Potter? Today, we're ready to tell the whole story. We're going to go back to the start, Simon, if that's okay. And that's Thomas Tuchel being sacked and being replaced by |
| 2:02.4 | Graham Potter why do you think the owners acted back then so swiftly to change boss it just wasn't a |
| 2:09.1 | right fit they wanted a collaborative approach and they didn't feel they were getting that with |
| 2:14.9 | Thomas Tuchel and I know that's been part of the problem, actually, |
| 2:19.7 | is Graham Potter succeeding such a popular coach in the fans' eyes. |
| 2:25.9 | But it was a marriage that was never going to work. |
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