GRAHAM POTTER “should be SACKED” after blaming rotation for Chelsea’s defeat to Southampton, claims talkSPORT pundit Gabriel Agbonlahor.
The Blues fell to their latest defeat at Stamford Bridge yesterday, falling 1-0 to the struggling Saints.
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Chelsea’s dreadful defeat extended their dire run to just two wins in their last 15 matches in all competitions.
After the match, Potter pointed to his need to rotate after the 1-0 Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund in mid-week.
The former Brighton boss made six changes for the clash with the Saints, but this didn’t wash as an excuse with Agbonlahor.
Appearing on talkSPORT, he said: “He should be sacked for that post-match interview.
“‘What’s he talking about?
“You’re playing against a team that are in disarray, they’ve not got a manager, they can’t get back-to-back wins together and you’re complaining that you’ve had to bring (Mykhailo) Mudryk off the bench, you’ve had to start (Joao) Felix.
“Are you joking me?”
Agbonlahor’s co-host Jamie O’Hara also piped up, blasting: “Is he winding me up?
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“This is Chelsea Football Club, have you seen their line-up? It’s an unreal team.”
Potter brought in Cesar Azpilicueta, Benoit Badiashile, Mateo Kovacic, Noni Madueke, Mason Mount and David Datro Fofana for the match.
The six stars cost a combined £130million, while academy graduate Mount has twice won the club’s Player of the Year award.
Chelsea also brought on £282.5m foursome Wesley Fofana, Mykhailo Mudryk, Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz during the second half – as well as academy graduates Conor Gallagher and Trevoh Chalobah.
After the game, Potter said: “I think it was, certainly in the first half, it was a below-par performance.
“Returning from the Champions League and we had to make some changes, so you lose a bit of fluidity and cohesion. Southampton set up with a plan, an idea.
“They mixed the game well with a big target man but our performance wasn’t what we wanted in the first half and I take as much responsibility as anybody in that.”
On the changes he made, the 47-year-old later added: “No injuries. More just the turnaround and demand of the games considering a few of them had injuries previously.
“With Reece, two 90s in a row, which is more than we expected at the start of the week. It was a case of managing the load and managing the squad.”
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