Inside Graham Potter’s plan to break the mould at West Ham - New Hammers manager is determined to deliver style and substance after positive start to long-awaited comeback

The new head coach has a tough run of games in the capital to start his tenure and both he, and his team, have struggled in these fixtures

West Ham United fans expect new manager Graham Potter to bring some style back to their team's football after a dispiriting and brief Julen Lopetegui reign but the new coach was happy to win ugly against Fulham on Tuesday.

Graham Potter welcomed his first win at West Ham but admitted the performance was “far from” what he wants to see long-term. The Hammers won their first home match under Potter as they beat Fulham 3-2 at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.

West Ham has hired Graham Potter as the coach a day after Julen Lopetegui was fired. Potter has been out of management since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023 after just seven months in the job at Stamford Bridge.

This was a West Ham performance “of high effort”, Potter added. Accomplished performances more closely following the Potter playbook will no doubt come in time, but success in his first home game in charge was always going to be chiefly measured by the scoreline.

Besides Bowen, Michail Antonio is out for the season after his car accident in December, Niclas Fullkrug is out for months with a hamstring injury suffered 15 minutes into Potter’s first game in charge against Aston Villa last Friday, and Crysencio Summerville’s minor injury looks set to keep him out of Tuesday’s visit of Fulham.

West Ham United are eyeing Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz to bolster Graham Potter’s frontline in January, ExWHUEmployee has claimed. The Hammers are said to be long-term admirers of the Brazilian forward,