Everyone at West Ham 'on the same page', says under-pressure Potter

Graham Potter insisted that he and the board at West Ham United were on the same page amid pressure surrounding his position after a poor start to the season. 

Potter watched on as his team were comfortably beaten 3-0 by London rivals Tottenham, while also seeing midfielder Tomas Soucek sent off early in the second half. 

After four games of their Premier League campaign, the Hammers are 18th with just three points to their name, with their home form a particular area of concern. 

Indeed, they are winless in their last seven home Premier League games (D3 L4), losing each of their last three by an aggregate score of 2-10. West Ham last lost four in a row in Manuel Pellegrini's final four home league games in charge between November and December 2019.

All three of their defeats in 2025-26 have been by three-goal margins too, with matchday four the joint earliest a side has lost three games by a 3+ goal margin in a season in the top-flight, level with Bournemouth in 2022-23. 

Ahead of facing Crystal Palace at London Stadium this Saturday, supporters' groups are set to stage protests against the club's board this weekend after the West Ham Fan Advisory Board issued a vote of no confidence two weeks ago.

West Ham released a statement on Wednesday in reaction to that, in which they accepted that results and performances over the past two seasons had not been good enough.

"In every football club, if you don't win there is always noise, pressure and criticism, and that is fair, it is the world we are in," Potter told reporters. 

"Everybody wants West Ham to do well, the fans do, the players do, me and my staff do, and the board do.

"We are all on the same page in terms of how much we love the club and how much we want them to do well; we are all hurting the same.

"We have to try and stick together – which we will – because that is part of this club, but at the same time you have to hear when there is criticism."

Many of West Ham's early-season problems have been at the back, with only Everton in 2024-25 and the Hammers in 2010-11 conceding 3+ goals in four of their first five games of a Premier League campaign. 

But set-pieces have been a huge problem for Potter's defence, with Pape Matar Sarr opening the scoring with a header from Xavi Simons' corner in the 47th minute. 

West Ham have now conceded six goals from corners in the Premier League this season, twice as many as any other side. It's only two fewer than they have conceded from corners in the whole of last season (eight).

"Even if I could pinpoint it, I would not verbalise it to you as it would help our opponents," Potter said of his team's inability to defend set-pieces. 

"When things aren't going the way you want, then everyone is scrambling for ideas, and the reality of it is we all want to pinpoint something specific, but it is often lots of little things we need to work at.

"The responsibility is mine, and we have to keep working at it. As I said, there is no point in shying away from it because, at the moment, we are being punished and are a little bit vulnerable to it, but it can help us grow and get better."