West Ham 'won't Panic' As Potter Gets Backing

West Ham vice-chair Karren Brady says nan nine "won't panic" and head Graham Potter will beryllium fixed clip to move things astir pursuing a disappointing conclusion to Sunderland successful their Premier League opener.

The Hammers were beaten 3-0 to nan recently promoted Black Cats astatine nan Stadium of Light connected Saturday - a continuation of nan patchy shape nether Potter since his assignment successful January.

The erstwhile Brighton and Chelsea leader has won five, drawn 5 and mislaid 10 of his 20 matches successful complaint since he replaced Julen Lopetegui.

Some angry fans called for Potter to beryllium sacked amid fears of a relegation conflict this season.

But Brady said nan 50-year-old would beryllium backed arsenic she told Talksport: "Graham is simply a forward-thinking manager. He's benignant of calm nether pressure, he's very elaborate successful his approach, he's a awesome man-manager of players.

"He builds a typical narration pinch players and they understand wherever he's coming from.

"He has a modern mindset and each of those things mean it does return immoderate clip to put a squad together, to get nan squad playing nan measurement that you want.

"West Ham is not a nine that panics astir its managers. We thin to instrumentality pinch them, thin to support people, instrumentality pinch them and spot it through.

"I really dream he does well. He's a pleasance to activity with, he's incredibly professional.

"I cognize his narration pinch nan players is good. I cognize he'll beryllium sitting down pinch them coming to person a long, difficult deliberation astir what went incorrect yesterday, expecting a guidance and expecting to put it right."

Potter gave afloat debuts to Senegal full-back El Hadji Malick Diouf, a £19m signing from Slavia Prague, and Denmark goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, who joined for £20m from Leicester.

Striker Callum Wilson besides made his debut arsenic a substitute pursuing his presence from Newcastle, while different free transfer, Kyle Walker-Peters, remained connected nan bench.

West Ham person yet to bring successful a nonstop replacement for Ghana midfielder Mohammed Kudus, who joined Tottenham for £55m.

They performed good successful nan first half and went adjacent done Jarrod Bowen and Diouf, but faded severely aft Eliezer Mayenda's 61st-minute opener, conceding doubly much successful nan last 17 minutes.

"I wish yesterday could commencement each complete again," added Brady. "It's truthful reliable to take. It's ne'er easy for nan supporters, nan players, aliases nan head to suffer 3-0, peculiarly successful nan opening crippled of nan season.

"I spent a batch of clip pinch nan head and nan squad successful America connected nan pre-season tour. The tone among them is fantastic. I cognize that they'll beryllium much disappointed, that they'll beryllium nan astir disappointed group this morning.

"I cognize we'll spot a guidance and I cognize they want to move it astir and they'll want to move it astir quickly."

Former Premier League striker Alan Shearer was captious of West Ham's capacity connected Match of nan Day, particularity their guidance to going 1-0 down.

"I would beryllium [concerned if I was a West Ham fan], that is Graham Potter's biggest conclusion arsenic West Ham manager," he said.

"They haven't replaced Kudus, 2 caller players successful nan starting line-up, Callum Wilson came on, but Bowen was their main threat, peculiarly successful nan first half.

"The 2nd half would beryllium nan 1 to interest astir because erstwhile they conceded that first goal, they conscionable folded for illustration a battalion of cards.

"There was nary spark, nary power and location surely was nary guidance astatine all. That would beryllium nan worrying point already."