Former West Ham supervisor Alan Pardew has picked out what he thinks has been going incorrect for Graham Potter.
Potter, who took cost of the Hammers in January, has solely gained six of 24 video games in all competitions throughout his time on the membership.
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The ex-Chelsea boss has misplaced 13 occasions in whole, with final Saturday bringing a London derby thrashing by the hands of rivals Tottenham.
Spurs cruised to a 3-0 victory to pile strain on Potter, with extra questions raised on whether or not he is the proper man for the job.
That was his aspect’s third defeat of the Premier League season already and so they now sit 18th within the desk after 4 outings.
Their solely win of the marketing campaign got here simply earlier than the worldwide break, as they beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 – however that outcome has now been in a short time forgotten.
And it leaves Potter in hassle, with former West Ham boss Pardew wanting again on that loss and the place issues went incorrect.
He believes that Tottenham’s dominance within the derby would have been ‘as uncomfortable because it will get’ for the Hammers supervisor.
“Once I was at West Ham, probably the most emotional recreation within the calendar was Spurs,” Pardew stated dwell on talkSPORT.
“Neglect everybody else, there are such a lot of London derbies, however that is greater than a London derby, it is obtained an actual style to it for West Ham fan particularly, a giant emotional recreation.
“Potter’s on the sideline, they’re scoring two from set performs, one disallowed however each set play it appears to be like like they are going to rating.
“You are getting out-fought at set performs, which comes again to you as a supervisor.
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“On the finish, with 10 males, you’ve got obtained the opposition that the followers despise and so they’re passing it round with ‘Ole, Ole’, that’s about as uncomfortable because it will get for a West Ham supervisor.”
Pardew added: “And that is on the again of final yr and the beginning of this yr, the place issues have not gone so nice.
“So, is he in a tough place? Completely.
“Are West Ham followers slightly bit rebellious towards him and the board? Sure.
“There’s loads of dangerous feeling there that must be addressed by some means.
“I believed the win at Forest would simply give them a little bit of a raise and the worldwide break couldn’t have come at a worse time for Potter, as he’d have wished to again that up.”
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Let down by the switch window?
Regardless of bringing in eight new signings this summer time, Pardew believes that Potter would have wished some extra funding.
West Ham spent over £100m on gamers reminiscent of Mateus Fernandes, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Mads Hermansen and Soungoutou Magassa.
Callum Wilson and Kyle Walker-Peters additionally arrived on a free.
Nevertheless, Pardew would have wished some extra high quality additions to the squad to assist deliver higher outcomes.
He stated: “Positively the switch window that they’ve simply had has been a little bit of a let-down for my part.
“They actually wanted to do some work in that and if I used to be him, I might be dissatisfied with what I have been given.
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“I might have anticipated slightly bit extra funding, I feel West Ham followers really feel that as nicely.
“He is obtained [Jarrod] Bowen, a participant who can get him out of hassle by way of high quality, actual prime drawer high quality.
“You are blessed with that, I feel there is a good base there, some first rate high quality.
“However they do not seem like they are going to threaten the highest of the league for positive.
“The one factor that Potter goes to fret about is threatening the underside of the league.”
West Ham are at the moment 18th within the Premier League with simply three factors after a worrying begin to the brand new season.
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Getting extra out of his gamers
On the subject of Potter’s present squad, Pardew is happy with a number of the expertise that he has out there.
However he thinks the Hammers boss can strive a bit more durable to get extra out of his stars, reminiscent of Wilson and Crysencio Summerville.
“Callum Wilson has pedigree…I feel he is obtained some extent to show and he may need a terrific yr this yr,” Pardew continued.
“I hope he does, he is the kind of participant that if you happen to get into him and revved him up slightly bit…he could be a bit complacent, the supervisor has obtained to be proper on prime of him to get a tune out of him.
“On Summerville, I managed him after I was at ADO Den Haag on mortgage from Ajax, he is a terrific lad and an trustworthy character.
“He is obtained higher as his defensive work and obtained his huge transfer and he must ship now, he is stepping up in school.
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“I feel the query mark there for Potter is beginning to get slightly bit extra out of those people.
“Get into them and get some extra struggle on the pitch.”
West Ham’s London Stadium continues to be questioned and Pardew additionally talked about the environment within the floor.
He says Potter must get his gamers going for that to translate to the stands and to the supporters.
Pardew defined: “All of it appears to be like flat and there cannot be something worse in that stadium than it being flat, as a result of the stadium does not offer you any power, you need to give it power.
“On the outdated Boleyn, the stadium labored with the followers, they impressed one another… this stadium does not encourage anybody.”
