Interesting Graham Potter Interview

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

I'm not having it that he had no inkling he wouldn't get the parachute money. That's a load of crap. We had started flogging players before he even came.

Now if he'd have come out and pointed out the really weird thing - that for some bizarre reason the Chuckle Brothers decided to loosen the purse strings in year two under Cooper, when the parachute money had dropped, instead of giving it to him in year one - then I'd have more respect for that. Jack Something has it about right I think. This is a bloke retrospectively polishing his reputation.

I’m sure part of the interview is based on trying to rebuild his reputation, but was is 100% accurate (and I’m not one to use that lightly) is that 2 of his 3 senior centre halves were sold after the first game of the season and he was very very close to walking away at that point.

This suggests that some promises were broken/lies told when he was appointed - which isn’t that surprising based on everything those owners did before and after!

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

I’m sure part of the interview is based on trying to rebuild his reputation, but was is 100% accurate (and I’m not one to use that lightly) is that 2 of his 3 senior centre halves were sold after the first game of the season and he was very very close to walking away at that point.

This suggests that some promises were broken/lies told when he was appointed - which isn’t that surprising based on everything those owners did before and after!

Not saying he wasn't pissed off at that - I heard the same thing about him being on verge of walking as well - but he still would have known the situation wasn't good before coming. I can't believe he was naive enough to think more weren't going to be sold that summer.

 

[J_B]

Oh, and his team did play some decent football. The Celina goal against Man City is one of the best ever scored by Swansea City.

 

[bakajack]

Oh, and his team did play some decent football. The Celina goal against Man City is one of the best ever scored by Swansea City.

Which made the travesty of City's shameless cheating combined with incompetent officiating all the more galling
It was a goal that deserved to win any game

 

[waynekerr55]

I agree to an extent. What may not have been known and what really utterly killed us, were the number of player contracts that didn’t include relegation clauses because the people running us were absolute idiots. That wouldn’t have been public knowledge and may have been disclosed after the event.

How long before the usual suspects turn up to deny objective reality I wonder...

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

I doubt he'd have known before coming that Routledge and Dyer were also virtually unavailable for selection when he arrived

 

[Swans Jack]

I do query his suggestion that he didn't realise the financial situation before signing his contract. He seems a smart enough bloke and I would expect his agent to have some experience, so it sounds like a manager trying to inflate his achievements. Not really necessary, we all know the financial mess the club was in at the time.

Exactly that. He did know, I remember he pointed this out at the time when he joined us. I also remember he said the first thing he did when he got to Swansea was to drive to IKEA in Cardiff. I may have a memory like rain man but Potter is just buffering his CV so it looks good for a new job. He had more at his disposal than alot of recent managers. I don't have any doubt the club was and did lose money, but he had it better than he is making out its not like he took a non league team to greatness.

 

[J_B]

Exactly that. He did know, I remember he pointed this out at the time when he joined us. I also remember he said the first thing he did when he got to Swansea was to drive to IKEA in Cardiff. I may have a memory like rain man but Potter is just buffering his CV so it looks good for a new job. He had more at his disposal than alot of recent managers. I don't have any doubt the club was and did lose money, but he had it better than he is making out its not like he took a non league team to greatness.

He's already got a new job.

 

[Swans Jack]

He's already got a new job.

Didn't Williams have a job when he was scouting for another. Managers aren't dumb. They are always touting there selves for a bigger job.

 

[Swanjaxs]

The two of them were well over £150k a week. Ayew alone was £90k ish. Insane. Plus we had Clucas, Mawson, Fab, Fernandez, Ki, etc etc etc all leave for sod all. And multiple players we had to loan out.

Sam Clucas: Stoke City sign Swansea City midfielder for £6m

Stoke City sign Swansea City midfielder Sam Clucas on a four-year contract for a fee of about £6m.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jacket]

Ayew, signing for a relegation threatened team in January, rooted to the bottom of the table, was never going to agree to a relegation clause. Equally Bony, at the stage he was at in his career was never going to agree to a relegation clause either, he knew he had already ran his race. In both their cases, the fault lay, not at failing to agree to a relegation clause, but in sanctioning their signings at all, and agreeing to such ridiculous wages which would have tempted in far better players who would not only have performed far better for us but would have been far easier to move on in case of relegation.

 

[Swans Jack]

Sam Clucas: Stoke City sign Swansea City midfielder for £6m

Stoke City sign Swansea City midfielder Sam Clucas on a four-year contract for a fee of about £6m.

www.bbc.co.uk

For a moment my heart stopped. I thought we are not signing this dud again are we

 

[waynekerr55]

Ayew, signing for a relegation threatened team in January, rooted to the bottom of the table, was never going to agree to a relegation clause. Equally Bony, at the stage he was at in his career was never going to agree to a relegation clause either, he knew he had already ran his race. In both their cases, the fault lay, not at failing to agree to a relegation clause, but in sanctioning their signings at all, and agreeing to such ridiculous wages which would have tempted in far better players who would not only have performed far better for us but would have been far easier to move on in case of relegation.

Which the blame lays squarely at the foot of the Skewen Messiah, who thought he was Brian Clough reincarnated

 

[Gors Buster]

We went to the IOW festival about 14 years ago and were camped next to a load of Portsmouth boys.
I always remember them explaining how they blew it and how much trouble they were in - especially heading to League 1 with a player still on £80k a week.
We were in the Laudrup era and I thought “no chance we’ll be that stupid” (Bony AND Ayew )
Potter did a brilliant job that season considering the players we brought in.

Steve Cotterill: Liquidation threats and forced player sales - Pompey was tough to manage

As a manager in demand during the summer of 2010 following the League Two title with Notts County, Steve Cotterill was exploring his options.

www.portsmouth.co.uk

 

[Jacket]

When conk signed Bony back, I like may others I'm sure fooled ourselves he would pick up where he left off. Why o why, after seeing how that had gone from August to December, would anyone in their right mind go for more of the same and bring back Ayew too? Wet Spam must have struggled to believe their luck. Huge marched us, blinkers on, right into that black hole.