[Albion] One thing you like about Graham Potter

[Oscar]

The way he says, "It is what it is," a lot when interviewed.

It's crying out for a song when we finally get back to attending games...

He is what he is.
He is what he iiiIIIIiiis.
Graeme Potter.
He is what he is.

 

[zefarelly]

That noise he makes breathing in before giving interviewers replies.

 

[A1X]

He's not Sami Hyppia. I mean this is literally the top of any list about what I like most about any Brighton manager going forward. Unless we re-hire Sami Hyppia, obviously.

 

[Justice]

Not surprised this is "one thing you like about Graham Potter".

Happy you are done griefing over the Saints game, you we're really missed around here yesterday

I’ve noticed a few times British humour doesn’t register with you, lighten up fella

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

He waits for the team bus at Hickstead

Does he wait at a bus stop? I hope he does. I like the idea of this.

 

[Robinjakarta]

The way he says, "It is what it is," a lot when interviewed.

That and '.. like I said' drive me crazy. Anyway, off topic. One thing I like? His level-headedness. To those who want a bellower (e.g. Dyche) or whinger (e.g. Mourinho), no thanks.

 

[dazzer6666]

Does he wait at a bus stop? I hope he does. I like the idea of this.

Yep, seen him there.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Yep, seen him there.

Brilliant.

As has already been said, I bet the players are throwing paper darts around and flicking each other’s ears until he gets on.

 

[Seaber]

I like the way he makes a point of noting the great job his predecessor did in getting us #plready, keeping us up for two seasons and providing a great starting point for 'Potter's Brighton' to take over.

Most coaches would ignore the previous regime and take all the credit for themselves.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

He usually tries to change things when a game isn't going our way. Doesn't always pay off of course but I prefer the risk taken over doing like for like subs every time.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Lots of things as he's a very good manager, but if just to pick one, it's quite an important one:

The fact we have a coherent plan for every game we play that the players all understand and buy into and generally execute very well.

 

[TugWilson]

Because of GP everyone now associates Brighton & Hove Albion with good football , i cant think of a higher accolade .

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This could have been written about him.

"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!"

The icing on the cake would be at the end of his Newcastle pre match press conferenece him ending with "And we'll be playing four, four, ****ing two"

 

[marlowe]

Even if we lose, he doesn't have a long face.

On the contrary even when we win he still has a long face (but I suspect you knew that).

To paraphrase the horse walked into a bar joke...

As Potter climbed aboard the team bus after yesterday's win the coach driver took one look at him and said "why the long face?".

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

That sort of half squint he does with his head slightly on one side as he's listening to question from a TV reporter, usually about a lack of clinical finishing.

Oh, that and his refreshing and imaginative approach to getting us playing the most attractive and exciting football I've ever seen from the Albion

 

[blue-shifted]

I love the way he absolutely has the back of all his players. Even the ones who've not performed.

He claps their mistakes and finds plausible defence for them in public. He never gets arsey with his squad like Mourinho or Tuchel.

Behind closed doors, you can be sure words will be said at the right times, but many PL players have to play in fear of a manager who will publicly humiliate them for an error. No BHA player is in that position.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I just love the fact that he looks every bit as gormless as his name suggests

 

[Seasidesage]

Tactical flexibility. Think he reads a game very well and frequently makes adjustments during games that improve us.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

He looks like my brother..

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[Perkino]

I love the way he absolutely has the back of all his players. Even the ones who've not performed.

He claps their mistakes and finds plausible defence for them in public. He never gets arsey with his squad like Mourinho or Tuchel.

Behind closed doors, you can be sure words will be said at the right times, but many PL players have to play in fear of a manager who will publicly humiliate them for an error. No BHA player is in that position.

A sign of a great people person. He protects their reputation and isn't concerned about defending his own in the process, meanwhile everybody else knows he is being overly self critical and is worth working for