After a disappointing 3-0 opening day defeat to newly promoted Sunderland, Karren Brady has insisted Hammers boss Graham Potter has the board’s backing as he looks to get results back on track.

Beginning the campaign away to a newly promoted side always has the potential to be a tough fixture, however many Hammers fans would not have expected the disappointing manner of Graham Potter’s sides defeat as they were ultimately comfortably beaten by the Black Cats.

The former Brighton and Chelsea manager certainly inherited a difficult set of circumstances when he joined West Ham back in January. A team low on confidence, languishing in mid table and leaking goals under Julen Lopetegui. That being said, the Hammers certainly have not seen much of an up turn in results since Potter joined the club.

Of his twenty games since joining West Ham, Graham Potter has already suffered 10 defeats. Sections of the West Ham fan base already feel less than convinced that Potter is the man to take the club forward, with worries around being dragged into a relegation battle already beginning to grow.

In a recent interview with TalkSport, the Hammers vice chair Karren Brady said: “West Ham is not a club that panics about its managers. We tend to stick with them, tend to support people, stick with them and see it through.”

Brady continued: “I know his (Potter’s) relationship with the players is good. I know he’ll be sitting down with them today to have a long, hard think about what went wrong yesterday, expecting a reaction and expecting it to be put right.”

With little time remaining in the summer transfer window, Graham Potter will be hoping to bring another one or two players through the door. It appears obvious to supporters at present the squad still needs strengthening, particularly in midfield.

Football is fast moving, things change quickly. If West Ham can respond to the Sunderland defeat with a much improved performance and by picking up a positive result against Chelsea, that will go some way in lifting the spirits of supporters and improving the general mood around the club.