{"id":17176,"date":"2023-03-04T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/graham-potter-confident-over-support-of-chelsea-squad\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T11:30:12","slug":"graham-potter-confident-over-support-of-chelsea-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/graham-potter-confident-over-support-of-chelsea-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Potter confident over support of Chelsea squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_k8mr7b-o_O-style_1ts1q2h\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_ny1p03h01\"><strong>Chelsea manager Graham Potter is adamant he feels the support of his players, despite acknowledging the team&#8217;s current run of form has landed him &#8216;in peril&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_tfdbvotza\">The Blues are stuck on a run of two wins from their past 15 games and are closer to the relegation zone that the top four, with Potter&#8217;s future at the club under immense pressure ahead of a crucial meeting with old rivals Leeds United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_z8riw21eo\">Fan support for Potter is growing weaker with each passing game, but the boss remains confident that the <a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/www.90min.com\/teams\/chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> squad are still behind him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_rj41inpo3\">\u201cI feel the support of the players, I feel the support of everyone here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I understand the frustrations externally but among the players, it is a desire for us all to do better and that is the pleasing thing. The results haven\u2019t been good but we are still fighting for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_tn5k9v9ly\">Questioned about concerns over his players&#8217; performances, Potter admitted that his coaching methods may have to change after clearly failing to yield the desired results during his first six months in charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_9h3zobvcy\">\u201cWhen you\u2019ve had the results we have had clearly it is not perfect otherwise you would have better results,&#8221; Potter confessed. \u201cClearly it is a process of how to get our message across better. How can we structure things in a way to help the players? Because that is what we are here for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_f7f3kr9ux\">\u201cWhen results aren\u2019t good, from my point of view you have to accept that we haven\u2019t done it well enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_hkkfwofyn\">\u201cNow that\u2019s the reality we are in and I am sure the players will take responsibility and admit they can do better as well. We are in it together. I don\u2019t feel any loss of anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_v0wxyroi3\">Potter, who also insisted he feels supported by those in charge at Stamford Bridge, went on to acknowledge that the team&#8217;s run of form has left him in a perilous position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_v7a3tzhyl\">\u201cWhen you are a head coach and you start on this journey you say: &#8216;Well if the results aren\u2019t good enough then you know your job is in peril&#8217;,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That\u2019s the life we lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_7g65mv5y3\">\u201cI just have to accept that and do my best and try to improve the situation we are in until there is a point where we are not able to go forward. But that hasn\u2019t been the case and we keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_88vxjhc4l\"><em><strong>On this week&#8217;s edition of TFP,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarrySymeou\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Harry Symeou<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>\u00a0hosts\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrizzKhan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Grizz Khan<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_scottsaunders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Scott Saunders<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HunterGodson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Hunter Godson<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>\u00a0to preview the weekend&#8217;s Premier League action, including Man Utd&#8217;s trip to Anfield to face Liverpool.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_b98qyatll\"><em><strong>If you can&#8217;t see this embed, click\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a class=\"tagStyle_z4kqwb-o_O-style_10eod42\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_nFFx_p50HE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>\u00a0to watch the video!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"style_1d7btat\" data-mm-id=\"_0kd7k7ks0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"style_1d7btat\" data-mm-id=\"_a7mstfbtf\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.90min.com\/posts\/graham-potter-confident-support-chelsea-squad?utm_source=RSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea manager Graham Potter is adamant he feels the support of his players, despite acknowledging the team&#8217;s current run of form has landed him &#8216;in peril&#8217;. The Blues are stuck on a run of two wins from their past 15 games and are closer to the relegation zone that the top four, with Potter&#8217;s future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}