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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Scott Murray

Why having a Potter at the wheel could be good for Boehly and Chelsea

The Fiver’s, erm, digital mock-up of how Graham Potter might look like if he was manager of Chelsea.
The Fiver’s, erm, digital mock-up of how Graham Potter might look like if he was manager of Chelsea. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

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Should Graham Potter take the not-that-surprisingly-available Chelsea job in the next couple of hours/days, it’s going to become very fashionable to suggest that his critical faculties must have momentarily gone haywire. Brighton, you see, are about as optimal an example of a well-run club as you can get. Potter’s team play some extremely attractive football. Hell, they’ve even recently learned how to do goals. Given their modest status and limited resources, they’ve no right to be mixing it with the big boys. But mix it with the big boys they do. It’s a wonderful life on the south coast, and this particular Pottersville isn’t a dystopian nightmare; it’s a seagull-infused Shangri-La. Such a happy place to be.

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