Graham Potter accepted that he has to enhance after West Ham's dismal begin to the season continued with a humiliating 5-1 defeat by Chelsea on the London Stadium.
Potter, who's desperately trying to strengthen his struggling squad earlier than the switch window shuts, didn't conceal from the scenario after his aspect adopted up their 3-0 defeat by Sunderland of their opening recreation with one other atrocious efficiency. The previous Chelsea supervisor has made little influence since taking cost at West Ham in January and there's rising unhappiness behind the scenes.
“You might be below stress on a regular basis in these jobs,” Potter mentioned. “On this scenario, that's how it's. I do know the territory, I do know what comes with poor outcomes and I settle for that duty. It was too simple to attain towards us so I take my duty and I've to do higher. That's the case with all of the gamers. They're sincere and need to do greater than they're in the meanwhile.”
West Ham have conceded eight targets of their first two matches. Potter has criticised his gamers for failing to hold out the fundamentals however he insisted that he has not detected a scarcity of effort.
“I don't need to say it's a scarcity of battle, I do know the gamers care and are determined to do properly,” he mentioned. “I do know they need to do higher than we're. Typically in soccer and life you hit a patch and little question about it, it has been a troublesome week. We've had a smash on the nostril.”
Potter, who has picked up fewer factors (9) from his first 10 dwelling video games within the Premier League than any supervisor in West Ham's historical past, didn't need to say whether or not a relegation battle beckons. The membership are hopeful of strengthening in midfield by signing Monaco's Soungoutou Magassa.
Chelsea, in the meantime, delighted in how they handled shedding Cole Palmer to a groin damage within the warm-up. They fell behind early however had been impressed by a scintillating full debut from Estêvão Willian.
“We conceded due to him, he misplaced the ball within the buildup, so he must make errors to be taught,” Enzo Maresca mentioned. “The efficiency was excellent. That confirmed how good he's and the rationale why he's right here with us.” Maresca added that Palmer has been coping with a groin downside since final week.
