"I Know There Will Be People Who Think I'm Rubbish": Graham Potter On Criticism

Graham Potter still hasn't won over the hearts of Chelsea fans. Many Blues faithful were calling on the board to sack the Englishman, especially after losing four league games out of five before the World Cup break.

After a 2-0 victory against Bournemouth, the Blues boss says he's experienced criticism earlier in his career and knows that the owners back him.

"I can understand that when we’re not playing well and things don’t look as they'd like, everybody gets frustrated," Potter said.

"I understand... I’m not naive, I know there'll be people saying I’m not good, or this or that. It’s happened throughout my career.

"If you go back to Ostersund and go on a website in the first 18 months and Potter was rubbish. So that is normal. There will be people in this room who thinks the same but I can probably give you a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise.

"Thankfully, they [the owners] have a similar opinion and there has been a lot of support out there for me in terms of interactions I’ve had with our supporters that understand the situation we’re in and are very supportive.

"But haven’t been perfect so we have to accept any criticism that comes our way when we don’t get the performances and results we want here."

Source: Tribuna