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West Ham are into the new season under Graham Potter with a degree of caution, as questions linger over whether the squad is strong enough to push on after a turbulent summer.
To get more insight on the Hammers’ situation, we spoke to James Jones of LondonWorld. He pointed to the uncertainty surrounding whether Potter can implement his ideas quickly enough, and highlighted the concern that the squad may not yet have the quality or depth to comfortably handle the challenges of the season ahead.

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00:00West Ham are into the new season under Graham Potter with a degree of caution as questions
00:08linger over whether the squad is strong enough to push on after a turbulent summer. Recruitment
00:15has been patchy with some key areas still lacking depth despite the addition of several
00:20younger players aimed at reshaping the squad for the long term. The loss of influential
00:26figures has left gaps and will not be easy to fill and Potter faces the challenges of
00:30blending new signings with an experienced core that has endured mixed results in recent
00:36years. Supporters are hopeful that Potter's reputation for tactical structure and player
00:41development can bring stability but there's also realism about the size of the task.
00:47To get more insight on the Hammers situation we spoke to James Jones of London World and
00:53he pointed out the uncertainty surrounding whether Potter can implement his ideas quickly
00:59enough and highlighted the concern that the squad may not yet have the quality or depth
01:05to comfortably handle the challenges of the season ahead.
01:11Yeah I mean when the Premier League predictions start to pile in a lot of people sort of look
01:17at the table and you know because of the last two seasons of all the promoted sides getting
01:21relegated straight away you feel that there is probably three teams again worse off than
01:26the likes of your Wolves and West Ham maybe and these are the guys who hopefully are going
01:31to avoid that. So what's sort of the goal this season for Graham Potter you know because
01:35it is quite upsetting really as a West Ham fan to maybe say that it is to avoid the drop
01:42but then if you look at their squad on paper it is still there's still some very very high quality
01:47players with plenty of Premier League experience in there you know it obviously just depends
01:51massively on things like you know the home form and injury records and stuff like that
01:56to kick in. So where do you see Graham Potter approaching this season? What's he going to
02:00be looking at realistically for the Hammers this season?
02:04Well I think we have to stay realistic this season. There will be fans out there no doubt that
02:09we'll be demanding a top eight finish, top seven finish, European qualification and a cup run
02:16because we were only there two or three years ago under David Moyes but realistically given the
02:22amount of work that Graham Potter has needed to do and still needs to do with this squad to get it
02:28to really where he wants it to be we can't we can't really go into the season expecting any more
02:34than probably mid-table you know 10th the length or 12th is probably should be seen as a good campaign
02:41it's underwhelming given where we were two or three years ago but it's an improvement on last season
02:47no doubt and if we have a season where we're looking over our shoulders you know we're worried about
02:54getting sucked into a relegation battle you know we're going on runs you know five six games of
02:57losing of defeats in the trial then that immediately puts the pressure on Graham Potter and the like it is
03:03that he eventually loses his job and then we're back to square one again then we bring in another manager
03:06in mid-season and then next summer we're having the same conversation going okay well he needs
03:12to bring in his own players we need to be patient we need to be realistic so ideally this season should
03:17be all about just almost consolidating ourselves as a in the mid-table of the Premier League picking up
03:23some good wins along the way performances are good and consistent as consistent as they can be
03:28and then next summer you go again and then you can start thinking oh you know if we bring in the
03:32right players last season was okay there were good signs of improvement bringing the right players
03:37and we can get further improvement and then we can start maybe being again being in that conversation
03:41of potentially pushing into the top seven or top eight of the Premier League I think this year is
03:46should really be about consolidation don't be in a relegation battle don't be in a position where
03:53there's talk about Graham Potter's future and then that way then we can really push on he gets the time
04:00and you know a couple more transfer windows to really work on this work on his project
04:05and we're having a season where we're not petrified of dropping into the championship
04:11so so yeah that's where that's the way I see it I just I'm not going into this season expecting
04:18or demanding anything other than mid-table if we get it great bonus and if we don't get it
04:24um then as long as it's not bottom five and we're worried and we're concerned for nine months then
04:32um I'll probably look back on it as is it being a pretty decent campaign
04:36it hasn't been as as terrible that as a lot of West Ham fans were fearing maybe two or three months ago
04:43yeah
04:57yeah
05:05yeah
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