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Chelsea FC’s new manager is defying the doubters by using the whole of his talented squad to full effect

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Graham Potter. Getty/Andrew Kearns Questions were raised when Chelsea FC appointed Graham Potter as its new manager. But the Englishman is already proving his doubters wrong.

He’s used the whole of Chelsea’s squad to full effect to record four wins on the bounce.   Questions were raised when Chelsea FC appointed Graham Potter as its new manager after the shock sacking of Thomas Tuchel last month, barely a year after he had guided the club to only its second ever UEFA Champions League title. The former Chelsea defender Robert Huth said Potter, who left Brighton & Hove Albion to take over at Stamford Bridge, was too inexperienced for the club.

Williams Gallas, another ex-Blues defender, and the onetime Liverpool star Jamie Carragher both claimed Chelsea should have appointed the former Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino instead. Just five matches into his Chelsea career, Potter is already proving his doubters wrong. Undefeated under the Englishman, Chelsea has won its last four matches – two of which were against the reigning Italian champions, AC Milan, in the Champions League.

 Potter’s side produced an emphatic display to beat Milan 3-0 at Stamford Bridge last week, before on Tuesday, it turned the Italians over on their own turf for the first time ever. In between the wins over Milan, the Blues dismantled Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0. “You can see the boys have got quality.

They are a responsible group, are honest and open, and I really enjoy working with them,” Potter said after Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Milan at the San Siro. “It’s been a nice start for us, and we need to carry on. “Chelsea is on fire under Potter.

Getty/Harriet LanderMuch of the criticism of Potter’s appointment at Chelsea centered on the fact that he has no experience managing a top European club. Before his three-year spell at Brighton, the 47-year-old had only managed English second-tier team Swansea City, Swedish outfit Östersunds FK, and English semi-professional team Leeds Carnegie.  But what Potter lacks in experience, he makes up for in tactical acumen and the ability to utilize his whole squad to full effect.

In his second match in charge, against Crystal Palace, Potter produced a stroke of magic. With the scores level late, he introduced midfielder Conor Gallagher, who went on to score an injury-time winner against the side he spent last season on-loan with. Against Wolves, Potter made seven changes to the team that had just beaten Milan at Stamford Bridge, handing Gallagher, Christian Pulisic, and Kai Havertz starts.

Both Pulisic and Havertz scored, while young striker Armando Broja came off the bench to complete the scoring with his first ever goal for the club.  It’s not just his attacking players Potter has chopped and changed, however. Under the Englishman, Chelsea has now kept three consecutive clean sheets with three different defenses.

Predicting how Potter’s Chelsea will set up is impossible for opponents. Each of the players look more confident and are delivering in a way they couldn’t under Tuchel, who, for all his success, was never able to fully utilize the strength-in-depth Chelsea possess. Pulisic is among those fringe players thriving under Potter.

After scoring his first Chelsea goal since April in the win over Wolves, the USMNT star hailed the impact of his new manager. “I like the way the team is working at the moment, and it’s just about finding some consistency and keeping going,” he said. “We have a very strong team with amazing depth, guys that can come in and do a great job.

We have players that work hard and push each other in training every day.  That can only help the team. “Read the original article on Insider.


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