Brighton's English manager Graham Potter smiles ahead of the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England on May 9, 2021. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Rui Vieira / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Brighton’s English manager Graham Potter smiles ahead of the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England on May 9, 2021. – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Rui Vieira / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
3. Brighton’s Graham Potter
Graham Potter has created a puritan’s football culture during his time at Brighton. Credited with cultivating an incredibly pleasing brand of football, Potter has his team executing a dynamic style more expected from elite teams.
A possession-based team, Brighton has been drilled to play on the front foot, with relentlessly high energy. If Brighton capitalized on more of their chances, they’d be nestled safely in the top half of the table. Unfortunately Potter’s side are particularly wasteful in front of goal.
That wouldn’t be the case with Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Gareth Bale as his primary attacking options. Akin to Parker, the main knock on Potter is his lack of experience at the top level of football management. He spent a year in Swansea before taking the helm at Brighton in 2019.
However, the same could be said for Mauricio Pochettino before being appointed as Spurs manager. Prior to landing the Tottenham job, the Argentine managed Espanyol for three years before a one-year pitstop in Southampton.
