December 26, (THEWILL) – According to Graham Potter, Chelsea’s dismal performance in the weeks leading up to this winter’s World Cup break nearly ruined a trip with his wife, but he was able to get through it and now feels the board’s support.
Following a run of three straight losses and six games without a victory, the Blues have slipped to eighth place in the Premier League standings, one spot behind Potter’s former team, Brighton.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s return to action on Tuesday, against Bournemouth, Potter acknowledged that while on vacation with his wife in California last month, this disastrous run never left his thoughts.
The 47-year-old said: “I would rather have gone on holiday with a couple of wins behind me because I probably would have been better company for my poor wife. As it was, I’m staring into the Pacific Ocean, and she’s thinking about what a wonderful time we’re having, and I’m thinking about Chelsea Football Club,” he said.
“But thankfully, she’s been with me long enough to know that that’s how it is, and then you have to use the pain, the frustration, the disappointment of the last few weeks to say, OK, how can we go forward? And then, like anything, a bit of distance gives you that time, a bit of perspective, and then it’s about how you can start the process of integrating all the players back and taking the learning of that time and saying OK, we need to show some direction here.”
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