Thousands Of Fans Sign Petition Demanding Chelsea To Sack Graham Potter

Thousands of Chelsea fans have signed petitions online in the wake of the Blues’ latest defeat to Tottenham calling for Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali to sack Graham Potter.

Chelsea were beaten 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, as second-half goals from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane condemned the manager to a 10th defeat in his 26 matches in charge.

Somewhat remarkably though, Potter was unbeaten in his first nine games as Blues manager, winning six and drawing three in what can now certainly be described as a honeymoon period.

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The former Brighton boss was booed by those in attendance for last weekend’s defeat to Southampton at Stamford Bridge.

Any jeers on Sunday from the traveling supporters were drowned out by Tottenham’s celebrations.

So fans found another way to make their anger known after the final whistle. Within minutes of the result, a petition on Change.org went live demanding Potter’s Chelsea exit.

It quickly racked up thousands of signatures, boasting over 4,000 after just 40 minutes.

And it hit a whopping 8,000 signatures over an hour later, with many fans agreeing with the petition’s description.

It read: “Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali, and shareholders, this petition is directed at you to please sack Graham Potter.

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The 10 defeats in the subsequent 17 matches have included a 4-1 humbling at former club Brighton, exits from both the FA and Carabao Cups at hands of Manchester City, and slip ups against top four hopefuls Newcastle, local rivals Fulham and bottom of the table Southampton.

Sunday’s reversal at Tottenham leaves Chelsea down in 10th place in the table, some 14 points off Spurs in fourth.

Potter has pleaded for time, pointing to the apparent struggles experienced by both Mikel Arteta at Arsenal and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool as examples of what can be achieved if managers are allowed to work with a long-term vision.

Arteta frequently faced suggestions that he wasn’t good enough to be Gunners manager before leading the club to the top of the table this season while Klopp, like Potter, came to Liverpool after a season had already started and took his time to build the Reds up to becoming European and Premier League champions.