BBC · Aug 13, 2025
West Ham 'don't need drastic change' to succeed
Image caption, Graham Potter won five and lost nine of his 19 games in charge of West Ham last seasonWest Ham United face newly promoted Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday, with manager Graham Potter determined that any improvements this season should emerge from solid foundations.
Potter felt he inherited a mess at the London Stadium when he was brought in to replace Julen Lopetegui in January.
While he could identify what was wrong, the 50-year-old could not start fixing the issues properly until this summer.
That meant he oversaw just one victory in his first six games and a run of eight without a win, before an end of season rally took West Ham up to 14th.