Graham Potter issues dig at Chelsea and West Ham in Instagram swipe

Graham Potter issues dig at Chelsea and West Ham in Instagram swipe

He was dismissed by the Blues less than one season into a five-year deal, having won just 12 of his 31 matches in charge.Graham Potter has impressed with the Swedish national team after enduring chastening spells at West Ham and ChelseaGettyBoth stints were undercut by boardroom chaos, and in a new Instagram post, Potter has gone to bat for himself.He shared photos of himself taking a Pilates lesson, under which a fan commented: “Hopefully you are better at Pilates than you are a football manager.”Potter hit back: “I’ll try not to do Pilates in a dysfunctional place and I will be ok.”Pressed in a reply as to which job he was referring to, he wrote: “Easy tiger. I never mentioned West Ham or any club.”Read MoreIn a further reply to a supporter telling him to “ignore the haters,” Potter added: “Of course I am responsible for my part but unfortunately lots happen at football clubs to determine success or failure, not just one man! COYI.”Potter’s West Ham tenure ended on rather unsavoury terms, with the club languishing in the relegation zone having taken three points from their opening five Premier League games.He was made to work through a period of concerted fan unrest, with multiple home matches preceded by well-attended demonstrations against David Sullivan and Karren Brady.His tenure with the Swedish national team, though, has been far more positive. Potter made a prompt impact to rescue their World Cup qualification campaign and progressed to the knockout stages of the summer tournament after finishing third in a tricky group. They were knocked out in the last-32 by France.

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