Reckon he'll have to be. Player of the Season or not, he's now got a genuine £20M contender breathing down his neck. The place is his to keep, but he'll have to play week after week at his very best to keep it. That can't be a bad thing, eh?
Well, we have just had a sacking due to a slump, in case you hadn't noticed!
.....and please note, if you haven't spotted it already, my post is aimed at those who would like us to think they were ahead of the game and called for Hughton out long before TB hit on the same idea (there weren't...
No, I'm not - and that's something else all of us who weren't in the dressing room will never know either. I'm implying - no, actually I'm stating a fact - that they did huddle round the six yard box like frightened sheep. All too often.
I don't know why, and I'm not going to speculate.
Don't really need 'em, thanks, although they are of course perfectly compatible with "I personally think Potter is doing a good job, and hope he continues to do so".
We'll never know, unless we were in the dressing room (and I assume no-one on here was). Did he actually brief them, "Right lads, get out there and huddle round the penalty area and six yard box like frightened sheep encircled by a pack of ravening wolves" or did he say, "Keep you shape, but FFS...