New low: Chelsea’s Potter receives death threats
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Reading Time: 3min | Sat. 25.02.23. | 11:55
The Blues boss is under fire due to terrible results in the Premier League
It looked great in August and January when the players just kept coming, but the results are still not there, and it’s now gloomy situation at Chelsea. And it just turned ugly, as under pressure coach Graham Potter revealed that he has been targeted by an anonymous account after Chelsea's dismal season hit a new low with a 1-0 home defeat against Southampton last weekend. Supporters called for Potter to be sacked throughout the Southampton debacle, with personal attacks towards him on social media also increasing.
Potter: "My job is to try to act how I think I should act, for the best way for the team and for Chelsea. Act with Integrity that's right for me. I don't want to be anybody else. I don't want to be fake. I'll be me, do my best, & if my best isn't good enough, okay, I accept that" pic.twitter.com/aXR10BPhXK
— Vince™ (@Blue_Footy) February 25, 2023
But worryingly for Potter, threats are now being sent directly to the former Brighton boss.
"You could ask my family how life has been for me and for them. It's been not pleasant at all. I understand supporters go home and they're annoyed because the team aren't winning. I've had some not particularly nice emails come through, that want me to die and want my kids to die. That's obviously not pleasant to receive. If you've been asked for four months if you're under pressure, because the media need to sell stuff - what do you expect, in the end? You know there's a problem when the email address it's been sent from is 'Potter bastard at Gmail dot com'" said Potter.
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Chelsea are currently in 10th place and have won only two of their last 14 matches, with a tricky Tottenham side their next opponent. But Potter vows to continue to do the best he can, as he believes in this club and himself.
"I want to succeed here. There's nonsense being said that I don't care. Where does that come from? Where's your evidence on that? Ask my family. People have a perception I don't care - what's that based on? How do you know? If you go to work and somebody's swearing abuse at you, it's not going to be pleasant. You can answer it two ways. I could say I don't care, but you know I'm lying. Everyone cares what people think, because we're hardwired to be socially connected" said Chelsea’s boss.
PREMIER LEAGUE - ROUND 25
Friday
Fulham - Wolves 1-1 (0-1)
/Solomon 64 - Sarabia 23/
Saturday
18:00: (2.65) Everton (3.15) Aston Villa (3.10)
18:00: (2.09) Leeds (3.50) Southampton (3.90)
18:00: (5.20) Leicester (3.80) Arsenal (1.79)
18:00: (1.84) West Ham (3.60) Nott.Forest (5.20)
18:30: (9.50) Bournemouth (5.70) Man.City (1.34)
22:45: (5.00) Crystal Palace (3.70) Liverpool (1.84)
Sunday
16:30: (2.65) Tottenham (3.20) Chelsea (2.95)
***odds are subject to change***
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