Fans need Graham Potter again as Championship membership fires Football Manager legend
Graham Potter is being tipped for a return to Swansea after the Championship membership parted methods with Football Manager icon Michael Duff.
The ex-Chelsea coach has been out of labor since his depressing seven-month stint at Stamford Bridge got here to an finish in April and Swans followers need him again on the Swansea.com Stadium, the place he spent a profitable season previous to his transfer to Brighton in 2019.
The Welsh membership are 18th within the desk and are only a few factors above the drop zone after successful simply 5 of their first 19 league matches this season. Duff, who was employed in the summertime, struggled to get the staff clicking and was dismissed following a run of only one win in eight video games.
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As a participant, he loved spells at Cheltenham and Burnley, and Championship Manager (now Football Manager) gamers will keep in mind him as one of many highest-rated younger defenders on the ’98 and ’99 variations of the sport. But that did not translate into success in south Wales.
Reacting to information of the Norther Irishman’s sacking, supporters on social media urged the membership to “get Potter” earlier than a membership within the Premier League snapped him up. “Doubt he’d come but please get Graham Potter #Swansea,” one X person stated.
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“Duff gone. Graham Potter now please,” one other wrote. A 3rd added: “Bring him home #Graham Potter,” whereas a fourth stated: “Great time to move on Potter as Prem clubs haven’t started sacking managers at will yet. Not sure he’d come but worth a shot while there are limited options on the table.”
Potter is reportedly biding his time and will not soar again into administration except he feels the challenge he is becoming a member of fits him all the way down to the bottom. He rejected an method from French membership Lyon in September, although it is understood he is open to working overseas once more.
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Duff, in the meantime, did not make the grade in his first Championship job following profitable stints with Barnsley in League One and with Cheltenham Town in League Two.