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Marc Cucurella insists “results will come” if Chelsea give Graham Potter time, asking fans to trust the “process”… with the Blues boss under fire after his difficult start at Stamford Bridge .
- Chelsea had a difficult run of results before the World Cup break
- They have lost four of their last five games, increasing the pressure on Graham Potter.
- Marc Cucurella has backed Potter to turn things around if given time
- He feels that Chelsea fans need to trust their manager and that positive results will come.
Marc Cucurella has backed Graham Potter to success at Chelsea despite his unconvincing start at Stamford Bridge.
Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel on the bench in September and began his reign with a nine match unbeaten run.
However, Chelsea lost four of their last five games before the mid-season break, which leaves doubts about whether he is the right man for the job. Cucurella, who played under Potter at Brighton last season, is convinced the Englishman will turn things around and has revealed that the players are treating the resumption of the Premier League as a fresh start.
Graham Potter is under pressure after Chelsea lost four of their last five games before the World Cup.
Marc Cucurella is convinced that Potter will do well at Chelsea if they give him time
‘This is maybe another season. It’s very good for us, the last games before the break we didn’t play very well or get results, but this is a new season,” said the defender. Sun.
“We have to be together, play good football and win games.”
Chelsea have built a reputation for firing managers at regular intervals, and new owner Todd Boehly decided to get rid of Tuchel just four months after taking control of the club.
The pressure appears to be mounting on Potter, but Cucurella has pointed out that the 47-year-old also started slowly in Brighton before thriving on the south coast, indicating he deserves to be given time.
“I was very happy in Brighton with him and now he’s come here and I think it’s good for me and the rest of the team.” He is a good coach because his idea of football is attacking.
Everything is a process. The first season with Graham in Brighton the results were not good, they were left bottom of the table.
Cucurella knows Potter well from their time together at Brighton, and believes that Chelsea fans must trust the process and the results will come.
‘They continued with the same ideas, working, working and working. Then last season and this season they played very well with the same ideas.
“We have to work and understand their ideas and the results will come.”
Chelsea have been away in Abu Dhabi during the World Cup as those not competing in the tournament get fit before the second half of the season.
Despite Armando Broja suffering a season-ending injury in a friendly with Aston Villa, Cucurella believes the time out has been a positive and has allowed the players to become more familiar with Potter’s methods.
Cucurella feels that having more time on the training ground has helped the players
“After he arrived, it was a difficult training session because there are a lot of games,” Cucurella said.
‘These weeks gave us time to train to prepare for the second half of the season. It’s good to train together because you understand the players and the movements of your teammates.
‘All changes are difficult. We have a lot of players to come with a new coach, not a lot of training time because we play a lot of games.
“We need to get their ideas and then play together. These weeks have been very good for us.”